1. Prelude to War
Chapter 24.1

2. Video Clip: A Brief Overview of WWII

3. Fascism- Places importance of the nation above value of individuals
Totalitarian- Government controlled every aspect of live. Use terror to suppress individual’s rights.
Ex) Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union
Fascism- Places importance of the nation above value of individuals
Difference between fascism and communism
Fascism believed in private business and communism did not.

4. Mussolini Fought in WWI
He felt Italy was short changed with the peace agreement.
Joined and organized a fascist revolution.
He terrorized those who opposed him “bully”
He became a powerful figure and threaten to march on Rome, so the king approved him as prime minister.
Once in power he wanted to restore greatness, he suspended elections and established a dictatorship.

5. Hitler Also a soldier during WWI
He was enraged by how Germany was treated after WWI
In 1919 he joined a small political party National Socialist German Workers Party-Nazi Party
Powerful public speaking ability
In 1923 he tried to over throw the German government. He was not successful.
He was sentenced to prison for five years.

6. Hitler continued While in prison he outlined the Nazi philosophy.
He argued that German was weakened by certain populations in Germany, mainly Jews. He also blamed the Jewish population for Germany defeat in WWI.
He wanted to strengthen the military and expand German boundaries

7. Why did people like him? Unemployment was high Inflation was high
He promised stability

8. Axis Power
Germany, Italy and later Japan

9. Video Clip: The Rise of Nationalism

10. War Begins:
Germany invaded Rhineland (western Germany) on March 9, 1936
Hitler violated Treaty of Versailles “big gamble” for Hitler
Hitler took over Austria in 1938
Wanted a western portion of Czechoslovakia in 1938

11. Appeasement: giving into someone’s demands in order to keep peace
All nations appeased Hitler
Why did they appease him?
Remembrance of WWI
Economic costs of war
Hitler was hoping for war, he signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union
On September 3, 1939 Great Britain and France declared War on Germany after Germany invaded Poland

12. Video Clip: The Clouds of War

13. Blitzkrieg: Lightning War
Tanks, artillery, and soldiers, moving by truck instead of by foot. The opposition had no time to react.

14. Video Clip: The Nazis Conquer Western Europe

15. Video Clip: The War in Great Britain

16. Japan Unhappy with their position in the world
Lack of natural resources
Wanted to establish an Empire
Japan attacked China “Rape of Nan King”
Became Allies with Germany and Italy “Tripartite Pact”

17. Caused of World War II Treaty of Versailles/unresolved WWI issues
Failure of Appeasement
Fascism/Totalitarianism
Hitler’s land acquisitions
Japan’s aggressive foreign policy
Failure of the League of Nations

18. What did Italy, Germany, and Japan have in common in the 1930s?
Which three countries made up the Axis Powers?
Name and explain two causes of WWII (write in paragraph form)