1. Thursday Jan 21
Coach Duke

2. Home Room
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLACED YOUR LUNCH MONEY AND/OR EXCUSES IN THE PROPER ENVELOPE!
DO NOT DELAY!!

3. Bell Ringer What Did Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin all have in common?
What is a totalitarian State?

4. Japan
During the Depression Japanese were frustrated with their government.
Military leaders rose to power
Japan attacked Manchuria, China in 1931
3 Years later Japan joined an Alliance known as the Axis with Germany and Italy

5. Germany On the March
Hitler began to rebuild Germany’s military strength
This defied the Treaty Of Versailles
Hitler formed an alliance with Italy in 1936

6. Germany On the March
In 1936, Hitler began moving troops into the Rhineland.
The Rhineland was a small territory that separated France and Germany and was supposed to remain Neutral per the treaty that ended WW1.
Next Hitler, Annexed Austria.
In 1938, he wanted to Annex The Sudetenland

8. Munich Conference
Czechoslovakia was prepared to fight to keep the Sudetenland.
Great Britain and France wanted to avoid war.
They adopted a policy known as appeasement, which was accepting Germany’s Demands.
Hitler and Germany were given the Sudetenland

9. 1939 The hope for peace was shattered in 1939.
Hitler Seized the rest of Czechoslovakia.
Hitler and Stalin signed the Soviet- German Non-Aggression Pact
Hitler and Stalin were bitter enemies
This treaty shocked the world
Hitler could now invade Poland without fear of Russian interference.

11. Aug 1939

12. Germany and Russia Prepare to invade Poland