1. OH NO…NOT ANOTHER WAR!
World War II

2. WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR? ALLIES GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES
Soviet Union (USSR)
FRANCE
AXIS
GERMANY
ITALY
JAPAN

3. TREATY OF VERSAILLES Germany lost land to surrounding nations
War reparations
Germany owes $112 billion ($341 billion dollars today)
Bankrupted and embarrassed Germany

4. WORLD WIDE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION
Germany’s debt becomes even worse
Decline in Germany’s industrial production over 30%
Unemployment in Germany rises to 5.3 million people by 1932 (2.3 million in 1928)

5. TOTALITARIAN REGIME Totalitarianism Communist Dictatorship (USSR)
Fascist Dictatorship (Germany, Italy)
Military Dictatorship (Japan)
Fascist: military government with strong support from business
In a Totalitarian country, individual rights are not viewed as important as the needs of the nation

6. ISOLATIONISM OF WORLD
Economic Depression-Countries world wide had their own problems
“Appeasement” Policy- give the dictators what they want-avoid war. (Germany wanted what was taken by the Treaty of Versailles)

7. DESPERATE TIMES
National Socialist Party builds support with seats in German parliament led by Adolf Hitler
Provides promise for Germany
Get back what is ours!
Germany takes Austria, Czech Republic, and then invades Poland…..
Rise of Hitler video

8. Record your answers on the back of your notes:
What are 2 symbols you see?
What is one of the words you see?
What does the political cartoon represent?
What is the perspective of the artist?

9. Record your answers on the back of your notes:
What are 2 symbols you see?
What is one of the words you see?
What does the political cartoon represent?
What is the perspective of the artist? Who is the artist?

10. THIS MEANS WAR Germany invades Poland in Sept, 1939
Two days later, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany