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Introduction to WWII

Introduction to WWII. 2 When? 1939 Sept.1 - Germany invades Poland (official start to the war ) Sept. 3 - Britain & France declare war on Germany Dec

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Introduction to WWII

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When?

1939

Sept.1 - Germany invades Poland (official start to the war)

Sept. 3 -Britain &

France declare war on

Germany

Dec. 7 – Japan

bombs Pearl Harbor; US enters the

War

1941

May - Germans Surrende

r

Sept. - Atomic

Bombing of

Hiroshima &

Nagasaki,

Japanese Surrende

r

1945

•1939-1945

•US involvement 1941-1945

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Who?

Allies Axis

Great Britain

France(note: France surrendered to

Germany in 1940 (after 6 weeks of

fighting)

United States

Soviet Union

German

yItaly

Japan

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Major Leaders

Adolf HitlerNazi Germany

Benito MussoliniItaly

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Major Leaders

Hideki TojoJapanese Prime Minister

Winston ChurchillBritish Prime Minister

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Major Leaders

Franklin Delano RooseveltUS President

Joseph StalinRussian Leader

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Why? 1. Treaty of Versailles

A. Germany lost land to surrounding nationsB. War Reparations-Allies collect $ to pay back war debts to U.S.-Germany must pay $57 trillion (modern equivalent)-Bankrupted the German economy & embarrassed Germans

Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson

during negotiations for the Treaty

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Why? 2. World-wide Depression

A. The Depression made Germany’s debt even worseB. Desperate people turn to desperate leaders-Hitler

seemed to provide solutions to Germany’s problems

1923 - Wallpapering with German Deutchmarks

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Why? 2. World-wide Depression

C. Hitler provided scapegoats for Germany’s problems (foreigners, Jews, communists, Roma (Gypsies), mentally ill, homosexuals)

-Kristallnacht - vandalism & destruction of Jewish property & synagogues

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Why?3. Rise of Totalitarian Regimes

A. In a Totalitarian country, individual rights are not viewed as important as the needs of the

nation

Totalitarianism

Communist Dictatorship

(USSR)

Fascist Dictatorship

(Germany, Italy)

Military Dictatorship

(Japan)

Fascism: military government with based on racism & nationalism with strong

support from the business communi

ty

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Why?4. Isolationism of Major Powers

A. Why was the U.S. Isolationist?

i. Great Depression (problems at home)

ii. Perceptions of WWI

-did not seem to solve much

-people began to think that we’d got into WWI for the wrong reasons

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Why?4. Isolationism of Major Powers

iii. Opposition to war (Pacifism)

Kellogg-Briand pact - condemned war as a way to solving conflicts

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Why?4. Isolationism of Major Powers

B. This led to policies of “Appeasement”

i. Appeasement: give dictators what they want and hope that they won’t want anything elseii. Begins with Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Italian invasion of Ethiopia, and continues with Hitler . . .

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The Rise - Third Reich The Rise & Fall

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