1. World War II

2. Causes for World War Two EconomicPoliticalSocial

3. Germany After World War I Following the First World War, Germany was heavily burdened by war debt. It had been forced to borrow in order to pay back the victorious European nations. When the American economy fell into depression, US banks recalled their loans, causing the German banking system to collapse. Germany Pays War Debts to Allies Allies Pay America Loans United States Loans Germany Funds Loan Cycle

4. Unemployment jumped from 1.3 million to 5 million and industrial production fell by one-half Unemployment jumped from 1.3 million to 5 million and industrial production fell by one-half Depression in Germany

5. Depression in Europe Germany’s Unemployment in thousands— 1928—2,265,000 1932—5,392,000 1934—2,462,000 September 1928 650,000 unemployed September 1929 1,320,000 unemployed September 1930 3,000,000 unemployed September 1931 4,350,000 unemployed September 1932 5,102,000 unemployed January 1933 6,100,000 unemployed

6. Causes of World War Two EconomicPoliticalSocial Loan Debt Great Depression Unemployment

7. Nationalism on the Rise "Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State" Renewed German & Italian Pride 2 Great Examples of Nationalism: Nazism (Germany) & Fascism (Italy)

8. Fascism In Italy Defined as corporatism, totalitarianism, nationalism, militarism, and Anti-Communism Italy had also been torn apart by the Allies in WWI Rise of Benito Mussolini –Powerful Speaker –Supporter of a Stronger State –Prime Minister in 1922 –Non-hostile take-over of Gov.

9. Rise of Hitler Adolph Hitler (in color)

10. Adolph Hitler Born in Austria Joined the Nazis after WWI Modeled his ideas /charisma after Mussolini Protested the Government Arrested & wrote “Mein Kampf” in prison Depression hit Germany in 1930 Became Chancellor in Germany in 1933

11. Can you See the Attraction to the Nazi Party?

12. Germany 1923-1933

13. Hitler’s Demands Hitler begins to rebuild the Military 1935 Rhineland Remilitarized 1936 Unification with Austria (March 1938) Sudetenland, German speaking Czechoslovakia, (Sept. 1938) Appeasement –Neville Chamberlain British P.M. –“We have Peace in our time”

14. Germany 1938

15. Hitler’s Broken Promise Hitler promises Chamberlain –If he received the Sudetenland he would stop –September 1938 Hitler invades Poland (March 1939) Lightening fast Blitzkrieg Britain & France declare war on Germany

16. Causes of World War Two EconomicPoliticalSocial Loan Debt Great Depression Unemployment Nationalism (Fascism & Nazism) Germany’s Rebuilt Military Appeasement Blitzkrieg of Poland

17. Nationalism!!! Unification– people had restored pride in their country, in their people, and in their leaders Lead to Ideas of Ethnically Superior –You are better than other people groups

18. One Big Social Cause German in the Early 1930’s –Turmoil, unemployment, inflation… Someone has to take the blame… Hitler blamed the Jews AND… Along with Jews, non-Jewish Poles (over 3 million of whom died), alleged communists, the physically handicapped and mentally retarded, Soviet POWs, anti-Nazi clergy, trade unionists, and psychiatric patients were killed.

19. Causes of World War Two EconomicPoliticalSocial Loan Debt Great Depression Unemployment Nationalism (Fascism & Nazism) Germany’s Rebuilt Military Appeasement Blitzkrieg of Poland Holocaust Nationalism (unification)