 World War I had left Europe in Shambles  Another War was inevitable  Many governments were very unstable ◦ Allowed for dictators to gain support and overtake government  German- Hitler  Italy- Mussolini  USSR- Lenin/Stalin

 America decided early on that they would be neutral ◦ Isolationism ◦ Fix our own country before we help others  FDR did not agree with this ◦ Internationalism ◦ Did what the people wanted  Passed many Neutrality Acts

 Civil War in Spain ◦ After elections of Republicans, Socialists, and Fascists, rebellions broke out  Each group tried to rule ◦ USSR helped Communists, Germany and Italy helped Fascists, American did nothing  Italy and Germany pledged to support each other on other European affairs  Japan quickly followed and formed the Axis Powers

 Germany tries to unite all German Speaking people ◦ Started with Austria ◦ Demanded Nazis be put into Government positions ◦ Austrian Chancellor gave in, but wanted a vote ◦ Hitler invaded and forced unification, Anschluss  Hitler then focused on Sudetenland, part of Chechoslovakia

 Many people accepted Austrian Anchluss ◦ Mostly German heritage ◦ Chechoslovakia was not ◦ Heavily opposed unification  Leaders from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany met to decide what to do ◦ Decided on appeasement ◦ Gave in to Hitler, hoping he would stop

 Hitler then focused on Poland  Demanded back Danzig and some Polish Ports ◦ These demands convinced other countries that Hitler would not stop ◦ Pledged their support of Poland  Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact ◦ USSR would stay out of war ◦ Would receive parts of Poland

 Create a comic strip that shows how WWII started  Use pictures and words to describe the different events  Information is in chap 19 sec 2  Comic strip must be at least 6 slides and be colored