Topic: Causes of World War II (ELP) Essential Question: How could World War II have been prevented?
Causes of World War II The Treaty of Versailles (1919) Officially ended World War One Severely punished Germany
Officially ended World War One Severely punished Germany BRAT Blame Reparations
BRAT Blame Reparations Arms Territory
Arms Territory Created the League of Nations International peacekeeping organization Purpose was to prevent another world war
10-2-2 #1 International peacekeeping organization Purpose was to prevent another world war 10-2-2 #1 Discuss Treaty of Versailles BRAT League of Nations How did the Treaty of Versailles help cause WW2?
International peacekeeping organization Purpose was to prevent another world war Worldwide economic depression
Purpose was to prevent another world war Worldwide economic depression Totalitarianism Government has total control over the people Powerful totalitarian governments after World War One:
Government has total control over the people Totalitarianism Government has total control over the people Powerful totalitarian governments after World War One: Soviet Union (USSR/Russia) Bolshevik Revolution established a communist government (1917) Lenin Stalin
Soviet Union (USSR/Russia) Bolshevik Revolution established a communist government (1917) Japan Established a militaristic government (1926) Hirohito
Japan Established a militaristic government (1926) Italy Mussolini established a fascist government (1922) Extreme nationalism
Mussolini established a fascist government (1922) Extreme nationalism Germany Hitler established the Nazi government (1933) Form of fascism
10-2-2 #2 Hitler established the Nazi government (1933) Form of fascism 10-2-2 #2 Discuss Worldwide depression Totalitarianism (definition) Totalitarianism in: USSR Japan Italy Germany Describe how one of the following helped cause WW2: Depression Totalitarianism
Hitler established the Nazi government (1933) Form of fascism Imperialism When a stronger nation dominates a weaker nation Japan Invaded Manchuria (1931)
Japan Invaded Manchuria (1931) Invaded China (1937)
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking”
Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking” Invaded China (1937) Murdered over 300,000 Chinese civilians in the “Rape of Nanking” Italy Invaded Ethiopia (1935) Haile Selassie of Ethiopia—speech to League of Nations
Italy Invaded Ethiopia (1935) Germany Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936)
Germany Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936) Invaded Austria (1938)
Moved troops into the Rhineland (1936) Invaded Austria (1938) Invaded Czechoslovakia (1938-39)
Invaded Czechoslovakia (1939) Appeasement British and French policy Invaded Austria (1938) Invaded Czechoslovakia (1939) Appeasement British and French policy Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
British and French policy Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler Enabled Germany to easily conquer its weaker neighbors
Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler Enabled Germany to easily conquer its weaker neighbors
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Hoped to avoid war by giving in to Hitler Enabled Germany to easily conquer its weaker neighbors Isolationism The U.S. refused to join the League of Nations Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Woodrow Wilson
Isolationism The U.S. refused to join the League of Nations The U.S. did little to stop Japanese, Italian, and German aggression
10-2-2 #3 The U.S. refused to join the League of Nations The U.S. did little to stop Japanese, Italian, and German aggression 10-2-2 #3 Discuss Imperialism in: Japan Italy Germany Appeasement US Isolationism Describe how one of the following helped cause WW2: Imperialism Isolationism
The U.S. refused to join the League of Nations The U.S. did little to stop Japanese, Italian, and German aggression World War II Participants Axis Powers Germany Italy Japan Romania Thailand
Soviet Union (joined in 1941) United States (joined in 1941) Germany Italy Japan Allies Britain France Soviet Union (joined in 1941) United States (joined in 1941) China Canada Australia
Soviet Union (joined in 1941) United States (joined in 1941) Dots indicate territories conquered by Axis Powers during the war
Soviet Union (joined in 1941) United States (joined in 1941) World leaders Italy Benito Mussolini “Il Duce”
Italy Benito Mussolini “Il Duce” Japan Hirohito (emperor) Hideki Tojo (prime minister, general) Isoroku Yamamoto (navy)
Hideki Tojo (prime minister, general) Isoroku Yamamoto (navy) Germany Adolf Hitler “Der Fuehrer”
Germany Adolf Hitler “Der Fuehrer” Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union Joseph Stalin Britain Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill (replaced Chamberlain in 1940)
Neville Chamberlain Winston Churchill (replaced Chamberlain in 1940) France Charles de Gaulle
France Charles de Gaulle American leaders Political leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Harry S Truman (replaced Roosevelt in 1945)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) Harry S Truman (replaced Roosevelt in 1945) Military leaders European Theater General Dwight D. Eisenhower (supreme commander)
European Theater General Dwight D. Eisenhower (supreme commander) General George S. Patton
General George S. Patton Pacific Theater Admiral Chester Nimitz (navy) General Douglas MacArthur (army)
10-2-2 #4 Admiral Chester Nimitz (navy) General Douglas MacArthur (army) 10-2-2 #4 “If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment. … It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.” Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, Speech to the League of Nations, 1935 Discuss: According to Haile Selassie, who should stop the aggressors? According to Haile Selassie, what would happen if the aggressors were not stopped? Explain how Haile Selassie was right.