1. Causes of World War II

2. Post War Europe Treaty of Versailles
Germany accepts guilt for World War I
Massive reparations
Limited german military
German Economy collapses. What does the economic collapse lead to?
Recap our Padlet activity

3. Rise of Hitler WWI veteran with decorated service
Imprisoned in 1923 after a failed coup
Writes “Mein Kampf” which translates to my struggle
Book helps to make Hitler a national figure in Germany
After prison Hitler goes on speaking tour talking about the idea of “lebensraum” and how the treaty of Versailles was a failure

4. Hitler becomes Der Fürher
The Reichstag (German Parliament) burns on February 27,1933
The Nazi party had struggled to gain a coalition
Hitler had become Chancellor in an effort to keep communist from power
Exact events of the fire are still under dispute
In the aftermath Hitler created a totalitarian fascist state
Totalitarian: A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
Fascism: A political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

5. Triumph of the Will https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qoa7dWSk5U
Nazi Propaganda film.
Propaganda: Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

6. The Sudetenland Part of Czechoslovakia modern day Czech Republic
Hitler ends up taking the Sudetenland without even firing a shot?
The Munich Agreement
Neville Chamberlain tries a policy of appeasement. What famous American was apart of this policy? Why Appeasement?
Hitler also signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union

7. Hitler Invades Poland
September 1, 1939
France and Britain immediately declare war. Not the U.S?

8. U.S. F.D.R. is still President.
Many Americans were not in favor of going to war. The depression was still ongoing and left many Americans anxious about going to war
Did America pick sides?
Lend Lease Act: A means of providing foreign aid to countries such as Free France, The U.K. China, and the Soviet Union

9. What finally Makes the U.S. enter
December 7, 1941
harbor-franklin-roosevelt-infamy- speech-attack/

10. Allied Powers Vs. Axis Powers
Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
F.D.R. Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan
Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo

11. Jesse Owens and Joe Louis
1936 Olympics Jesse Owens puts on one of the most incredible performances in Berlin.
Joe Louis has two epic bouts with Max Schmeling which are hyped as Democracy vs. Fascism