1. Semester 2 Reminders Warm Ups Homework Start Fresh
Turn in every 6th warm up
Don’t accept them late
Homework
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2. Origins of World War II

3. We want to explain:
Why dictators rose to power in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s
How Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin were similar and different as leaders
The policy of appeasement
How appeasement impacted WWII
Why the US and GB choose to align themselves with the Soviets

4. Totalitarian
In Europe in the 1930s, the stage was set for the rise of dictators who would rule in a TOTALITARIAN system
Complete rule by a single party and it’s leader
All aspects of people’s lives are controlled without opposition

5. The Treaty of Versailles
Harsh punishment of Germany
Led to resentment
Soviet Union lost a great deal of land
Including several ports
Italy felt like they didn’t get enough
New democracies set up
But had no help in rebuilding
No tradition of rule

6. The League of Nations US was not a member The League was a failure
Peace was not kept in the world
No way to enforce disarmament
Germany and Italy drop out of the League

7. The Global Depression The Great Depression extended beyond the US
Large numbers of people were unemployed
Led to discontentment
In an environment of discontentment, dictators could easily rise to power

8. The Rise of Dictators

9. Germany Adolf Hitler Der Fuhrer
National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi)
Nationalism, racism, expansionism, anti-communist
The Third Reich – the Nazi state

10. Italy Benito Mussolini Il Duce
Fascism – strong central government headed by a powerful dictator
Military expansion and extreme nationalism

11. Soviet Union Joseph Stalin The Man of Steel Communist
Collective farms, state run industry
Stalin was paranoid
Attempted to destroy all opposition

12. Japan Various Military Leaders
Including Hideki Tojo (appointed Prime Minister and Army Minister)
Hirohito was emperor of Japan
Looked to expand Japan’s power in the Pacific
Wanted more land and resources

13. The Road to War in Europe

14. Germany begins mobilizing for war in 1935
Germany takes the Rhineland in 1936
Germany and Italy support fascist revolution in Spain
Italy invades Ethiopia and later takes Albania
Germany annexes Austria
Germany occupies the Sudetenland
Munich Pact signed
France and Britain were hesitant to enter another war, due to problems with WWI and war debt. In 1938, France and Britain met with Hitler and allowed Germany to take Sudetenland if no other land was taken – APPEASEMENT

15. Germany takes over the rest of Czechoslovakia
Germany and Italy form the Axis Powers
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact of 1939
Germany invades Poland
Blitzkrieg – “lightning war”
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Soviet Union acquires part of Poland and ports in the Baltic states
Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact

16. Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania join the Axis – 1940
Denmark and Norway fall to Germany – 1940
Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg fall to Germany – 1940
Germany marches on France, takes over Paris – 1940
Vichy France
Germany attacks Great Britain
Battle of Britain – “the Blitz”
Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece

17. Germany invades the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union allies with Britain and France

19. WWII – Alliances Axis Powers Allied Powers Germany Italy Japan Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Yugoslavia
Canada
China
Denmark
Greece
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
South Africa

20. Discussion – Wrap Up
Explain why dictators rose to power in Europe in the 1920s and 1930s.
Describe how Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin were similar and different as leaders.
Explain the policy of appeasement. How did appeasement impact the starting of WWII?
The US and Great Britain’s objectives were different than the Soviet objectives for war. So, why did the US and GB choose to align themselves with the Soviets?