1. World War II

2. Germany Faces Economic Collapse

3. A troubled Germany after the Treaty of Versailles
Lost territory
Limited military
Pay war reparations
Extreme inflation
Spirit of revenge
Weak gov’t: Weimar Republic

4. US Response US involvement in WWI a mistake
Isolationism towards new problems in Europe
Forced Germany to continue to pay war reparations

5. Rise of Adolf Hitler

6. Early years Born in Austria High school drop out/ failed artist
Soldier in World War I-Germany
Extreme nationalist

7. Hitler and the Nazi Party
National Socialist German Worker’s Party
Blamed Weimar Republic and Treaty of Versailles for economic woes
Led uprising in Munich/arrested/imprisoned/wrote Mein Kampf: proclaimed Germans as Master Aryan race

8. Hitler becomes Dictator
Rebuilt Nazi Party after imprisonment
Nazis regained control of German Government (Reichstag)
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler becomes “Fuhrer” (leader of leaders) when German President dies

9. Anti-Semetic Policies
Hitler expels German Jews from government jobs and teaching positions
Nuremburg laws deprive Jews of German citizenship, Star of David to be worn on clothes
Kristallnacht: Anti-Jewish campaign in retaliation to a German ambassadors death at the hand of a Jew. Synagogues, homes, businesses destroyed.

10. Hitler’s policies Promised economic recovery Territorial expansion
Military build up
Defend Germany from Soviet Union

11. US policies
Focus on New Deal
Disarm aggressive Nations

12. Fascism in Italy

13. Turmoil in Italy Italy facing Political and economic problems
Mussolini gains favor with ruling family and suggests turning to a fascist form of Government
Mussolini takes control of Italian Government promising economic recovery by using a cooperative system
Mussolini encourages an aggressive foreign policy and promises territorial expansion

14. US response Neutrality Acts of 1935, 36, 37
Forbade sales of arms to militarily aggressive nations
Prohibited Americans from traveling on ships of countries at war
No loans to countries at war

15. Spanish Civil War

16. Spain under Francisco Franco
Franco fights socialism and communism and establishes Fascism in Spain after a civil war
Spain enters an alliance with Germany and Italy known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

17. Militarism in Japan

18. Japan under Hideki Tojo
Military leaders rise to power seeking to expand Japanese Empire
Attacked Manchuria for coal and iron deposits to support industry
Joined Germany, Italy, and Spain to create the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis (Axis Powers)

19. US response Stimson Doctrine: moral lecture
Cancelled commercial treaty with Japan
Quarantine Speech: FDR invites peace keeping nations to keep aggressive nations in check

20. Violation and Appeasement
Hitler Violates Treaty of Versailles
Rebuilds military in Rhineland (French Border)
Claims territory in Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
Claims all of Czechoslovakia - even after Munich Agreement with Britain to stop aggression

21. US response
Praises British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain for using peaceful measures
British leader Winston Churchill disagrees with decision made by Chamberlain

22. Invasion!
Nazi Soviet Pact: Germany promises not to invade Soviet Union if they do not oppose Germany when she tries to take Poland
Hitler and Nazis invade Poland

23. WWII begins! Hitler invades Poland on Sept. 1, 1939
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany Sept 3, 1939
War continues with Submarine warfare, air raids, navy battles

24. US response
Cash and Carry policy to prevent war from spreading to US. Allies could come and pay for supplies and take them home

25. US is Pro British
Britain isolated and Germany controls Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, France, and Eastern Europe
Britain and US sign Atlantic Charter outlining war aims: defeat Germany first, and go after Japan full force
Lend Lease Act: US to lend or lease supplies to allies
Germans begin attacking US ships

26. Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japan and US attempting Peace Negotiations
Japan secretly planned to attack US and Japanese leader General Tojo ended Peace talks
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
FDR asks Congress to Declare war on Japan on Dec. 8, 1941…they do
US enters war