CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II

Cause #1 Germany Rearmament

Cause #1 Germany Rearmament Hitler ignores the Treaty of Versailles and builds up the German military.

Cause #1 Germany Rearmament The Treaty of Versailles was the agreement that ended WWI!

Cause #1 Germany Rearmament According to the Treaty of Versailles Germany was supposed to have NO TANKS, NO SUBMARINES, NO AIRPLANES, AND AN ARMY OF ONLY 100,000 OR LESS!

Cause #1 Germany Rearmament By 1935 Hitler had 300,000 men in his army along with over 2,500 warplanes. Take a look at the German war machine German Military Might

Cause #1 Germany Rearmament Even though Germany was breaking the rules of the Treaty, Britain and France did nothing to stop Germany from rearming. JUST TALKED!!!

Cause #2 League of Nations

Cause #2 League of Nations The League of Nations was set up after WWI by Woodrow Wilson of the United States.

Cause #2 League of Nations He hoped it would stop wars and improve lives of everyday people.

Cause #2 League of Nations By the 1930s there were about 60 countries in the League of Nations. Britain, France, Italy, and Japan were the most powerful countries in the League of Nations.

Cause #2 League of Nations The League of Nations did not have an army to enforce its rules!

Cause #2 League of Nations Countries like the USA, Soviet Union, and Germany did not join the League of Nations. Italy and Japan invaded countries and the League of Nations could not force them to leave those countries! Failure of League of Nations

Cause #3 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Cause #3 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Japan was suffering from a worldwide economic depression Japan lacked raw materials like coal, iron, and oil.

Cause #3 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Because of this fact Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931.

Cause #3 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria

Cause #3 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria Manchuria was a part of China and after the invasion China, went to the League of Nations for help. The League of Nations told the Japanese they must give the land back to China.

Cause #3 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria The Japanese ignored the League of Nations and withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933 and then they invaded the mainland of China! Japanese invasion and world reaction

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused In the 1920s Hitler formed the Nazi Party. By 1933 he was chancellor of Germany. As the leader of Germany these were Hitler’s foreign policies:

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused #1: To go back on the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused #2: To rearm Germany

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused #3: Unite all German speaking people in one country

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused #4: To win living space for Germany

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused #5: To racially clean the Reich (KILL ALL NON-Aryans)

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused #6: To destroy communism

Cause #4 Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Problems he Caused This is the life he imagined for his country and he was willing to do whatever to get it. Hitler's vision

Cause #5: Germany and Italy start Conquering Places

Cause #5: Germany and Italy start Conquering Places Italy in October 1935 invaded Abyssinia (modern day Ethiopia).

Cause #5: Germany and Italy start Conquering Places Mussolini invaded because he wanted this to be the first step towards a new Roman Empire.

Cause #5: Germany and Italy start Conquering Places Hitler sent troops to Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the Rhineland.

Cause #5: Germany and Italy start Conquering Places He took over those places because countries like England and France did not want to go to war.

Cause #5: Germany and Italy start Conquering Places This video shows Hitler’s army taking over Austria. They were cheered because a lot of Germans lived in Austria (Hitler was born there). Hitler Army Conquering Austria

Cause #6: Appeasement

Cause #6: Appeasement Appeasement means giving in to a bully.

Cause #6: Appeasement England and France time after time gave in to Hitler and Mussolini as they took over places in Europe.

Cause #6: Appeasement Some of the reasons of appeasement were: 1. Britain was weak

Cause #6: Appeasement Some of the reasons of appeasement were: 2. France did not want to go to war

Cause #6: Appeasement Some of the reasons of appeasement were: 3. People believed in the League of Nations

Cause #6: Appeasement Some of the reasons of appeasement were: 4. Peace movement by young people (pacifists)

Cause #6: Appeasement This video shows how Chamberlain (THE PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND BEFORE CHURCHILL) gave in time and time again to Hitler and allowed Hitler to do whatever he wanted. This appeasement led to WWII! Appeasement SMH

Cause #7: Mussolini

Cause #7: Mussolini He formed the Fascist party in 1919.

Cause #7: Mussolini He dreamed of a new Roman Empire and made an alliance of Steel with Germany in the 1930s and he conquered Albania, and Abyssinia in the 1930s. Italian Army invading weak nations..BULLIES

Cause #8: Nazi/Soviet Non Aggression Pact

Cause #8: Nazi/Soviet Non Aggression Pact In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact. Non-Aggression: Promise not to fight each other.

Cause #8: Nazi/Soviet Non Aggression Pact The pact promised not to invade each other. The pact was signed one week before World War II started.

Cause #8: Nazi/Soviet Non Aggression Pact The Soviet Union received land for signing the pact. When Germany invaded Poland the Soviet Union did not help Poland and WWII was underway. Nazi Soviet Pact

Cause #8: Nazi/Soviet Non Aggression Pact THE FINAL STRAW THAT LED TO WWII HAPPENING WAS WHEN GERMANY INVADED POLAND!