1. Chapter 37 Day 1, Aim: How did World War II begin?
Do Now- Pair/Share 1) Compare the Munich Pact to the Treaty of Versailles 2) Why would the Europeans agree to this Pact?
Agreement concluded at Munich, September 29, 1938, between Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy
GERMANY, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, taking into consideration the agreement, which has been already reached in principle for the cession to Germany of the Sudeten German territory, have agreed on the following terms and conditions governing the said cession and the measures consequent thereon, and by this agreement they each hold themselves responsible for the steps necessary to secure its fulfilment: …(4) The occupation by stages of the predominantly German territory by German troops will begin on 1st October. The four territories marked on the attached map will be occupied by German troops in the following order: The territory marked No. I on the 1st and 2nd of October…

2. The Second World War 1939-1945 Allies vs. Axis Powers
Italy, Germany and Japan form Axis
“Revisionists:” wished to revise post-World War I peace treaties (?)
Allies initially follow policy of appeasement
War erupts 1939, global by 1941, over 1945
The Second World War

3. Axis Rally in Tokyo

4. Japan’s War in China Conquest of Chinese Manchuria 1931-1932
Full-scale invasion in 1937
The Rape of Nanjing
Ariel bombing of urban center
400,000 Chinese used for bayonet practice, massacred
7,000 women raped
1/3 of all homes destroyed
Japan signs Tripartite Pact with Germany, Italy (1940), Non-Aggression Pact with USSR (1941)

5. Chinese Resistance
Japanese aggression spurs “United Front” policy between Chinese Communists and Nationalists – WHY?
Guerilla warfare ties down half of the Japanese army – WHY?
Yet continued clashes between Communists and Nationalists
Communists gain popular support, upper hand by end of the war- WHY?

6. Italian Aggression
Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia with overpowering force
WHY Ethiopia?
2,000 Italian troops killed, 275,000 Ethiopians killed
Also takes Libya, Albania

7. Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) withdraws from League of Nations
Remilitarizes Germany
Anschluss (“Union”) with Austria, 1938
Pressure on Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia)

8. Munich Conference (1938) Italy, France, Great Britain, Germany meet
Allies follow policy of appeasement
Hitler promises to halt expansionist efforts
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ( ) promises “peace for our time”
Hitler signs secret Russian-German Treaty of Non-Aggression (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, August 1939)

9. Invasion of Poland September 1, 1939
Blitzkrieg: “lightning war” strategy
Air forces soften up target, armored divisions rush in
German U-boats (submarines) patrol Atlantic, threaten British shipping

10. Assessment Compare and contrast causes of World War I.
Write a thesis statement for a possible C/C essay.
Two similarities and One difference OR
One similarity and Two differences