Interwar years World History Bell ringers Take notes on 6 of 7 for your 1st assignment

1. The Armenian Genocide 1915 As the Ottoman Empire falls apart during World War I, residents of Armenia or ethnic Armenians were systematically arrested, deported from their homelands and killed because of their ethnicity. *The term genocide was not coined until 1943. The Armenian is the first genocide of the last century and unfortunately, not the last. *The Armenian atrocities are the 2nd most studied genocide in history. *Turkey still does not acknowledge the genocide. *1-1.5 million people were rounded up, taken to the Syrian Desert or location/detention centers, and killed.

2Rise of Benito Mussolini Italian

Fascism-originated with Mussolini and Italy 1919-1921. 1. Powerful nationalism. One political party-”Totalitarian” 2. Disdain for human rights. State above individuals 3. Anti communist and anti democracy 4. Military supremacy 5. Controlled Mass media 6. “Cult of Personality” around leader

3 Rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazism Born in Austria 1889, Moved to Germany at age of 3. Went to technical school, drops out, fails art school entry WWI soldier. Germany loses WWI and forms Weimar Republic Nazi party forms 1920 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Fails and leaders arrested Hitler writes Mein Kampf (my Struggle) in prison about the T of V, anti-Semitism, anti- internationalism

1930

1925-1930 Nazi Party increases in popularity power 1931-1933 Elections 1925-1930 Nazi Party increases in popularity power 1931-1933 Elections. Hitler Appointed Chancellor in 1933 by Von Hindenburg

Night of the Long Knives 1934 Night of the Long Knives—Operation Hummingbird Further consolidation of power, elimination of rivals Herman Goring and Heinrich Himmler, Ernest Rohm and the SA do not. The SS (Hitler’s personal guard) murders those opposing Hitler within the NAZI party.

4. Rise of Joseph Stalin 1930’s Born in Georgia 1879 1917 Bolshevik Revolution Vladimir Lenin 1st leader of Soviet Union Joseph Stalin 2nd leader of Soviet Union

5 Hideki Tojo 1889-1948 Japanese Education minister-emphasized military and totalitarian policies in government Lead the military invasion of Manchuria Military General and Prime Minister of Japan during WWII Ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor After war he was arrested and put to death for war crimes

6. Pablo Picasso and the Lost generation After WWI, artists had a grim and different outlook on life since an entire generation of young men were killed. Ernest Hemingway F Scott Fitzgerald Pablo Picasso Gertrude Stein named them the “Lost” generation.

7/ Causes of WWII