1. World War II

2. What was WWII? Largest war in human history
Involved countries, colonies, & territories around the entire world
70 million+ dead by end

3. Causes W
WWI & the Treaty of Versailles A
Appeasement R
Rise of Totalitarian governments

4. WWI and the Treaty of Versailles
Germany
lost land
War reparations
Allies collect $ to pay back war debts
Germany pays $33 billion
Germans are bankrupt, embarrassed, guilt ridden, and angry.
Desperate people turn to: Totalitarian regimes

5. Appeasement
Appeasement: Example= Hitler demanded land that wasn’t Germany’s and others just gave it to him
PM of Britain Neville Chamberlain huge supporter of this ideology
Isolationism: Nations were trying to prevent war & focus on domestic issues

6. Rise of Totalitarianism
A system in which the state and its leader have nearly TOTAL control
Individual rights are not as important as the needs of the nation
No right to vote
No free speech
Government controlled economy
Often a police state
Propaganda

8. Adolf Hitler-Germany
Hideki Tojo -
Japan
Benito Mussolini-Italy
Josef Stalin-USSR

9. M.A.I.N Causes M A I N Militarism-? Alliances? Imperialism?
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, 9/23/1939 I
Imperialism? N
Nationalism?

10. A Grand Alliance The Big Three Strategy for War: Great Britain
Winston Churchill
The U.S.
FDR
The Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Strategy for War:
Defeat Germany first

11. How did WWII start? Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 3rd, 1939
Allies declare war on Germany (Britain & France)
Germany then invades France, Belgium, etc. (fall of 1941)
Hitler invades Russia (June 1941)
Germans use “blitzkrieg” to overwhelm other armies
Blitzkrieg means “lightening war” in German
Surround with tanks, troops & trucks.