World War II
Treaty of Versailles ends World War I
Terms of the Treaty Germany loses European territories & overseas colonies German army is reduced to 100,000 men & limited amounts & types of armaments War Guilt Clause $32 Billion in Reparations
Weimar Republic – Germany gov’t from 1919 – 1933 Nazi Party – Political Party in Germany Jan. 1933 Hitler named Chancellor Feb. 27, 1933: Reichstag Fire: Hitler assumes full dictatorial powers Third Reich – name for Germany between 1933 and 1945 Hitler’s Nazi Government
"We are overpopulated and cannot feed ourselves from our own resources"
Lebensraum Means “living space” Germany needed more space in order for their “Superior” Aryan population to have room to develop. Look towards Eastern Europe Anschluss – Germany annexes Austria in March 1938 March 1939 – Germany invades and occupies Czechoslovakia
Japan Invades Manchuria 1931 Begins Creating a Japanese Empire in the Pacific
Reaction to Germany’s expansion Allied Powers: Appeasement: the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid a war Munich Conference Let Germany keep Austria and Czechoslovakia, but nothing else… Italy & Japan see Hitler’s growing strength and make an alliance known as the Axis Powers
September 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland
World War II Map Allied Powers Axis Powers Great Britain France USSR United States Germany Italy Japan
Blitzkrieg: “lightening war” Germany’s WWII Military Strategy Used in Poland as well as Western Europe Depended on surprise and overwhelming force
Fall of France May 1940 – Hitler sweeps through the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg Begins to attack France June 14, 1940: Germany occupies Paris June 22, 1940: France surrenders to Germany
Battle of Britain “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets…we shall never surrender” Hitler wants to destroy the Royal Air Force and land ground soldiers on England’s shore Summer 1940: Luftwaffe (Germany’s air force) begins bombing GB
British are able to resist May 10, 1941: Hitler calls off attacks & changes focus to Mediterranean and Eastern Europe RADAR = extremely important Shows that Hitler can be blocked
Operation Barbarossa Germany’s plan to invade Soviet Union June 22, 1941: begin invasion USSR is not prepared for attack Germans make in over 500 miles into USSR within one week
September 8, 1941: Germanys begin siege of Leningrad October 2, 1941: begin advancement to Moscow Scorched-Earth Policy Germany gains nothing but over 500,000 Germany lives lost
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941: Japan attacks the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor US declares War on Japan & joins the allies
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