2. Which Allied nation could the Central Powers not invade by
land?
3. Why might Russia have struggled to obtain resources from its
allies?
4. Which alliance may have had the worse position
geographically in the war?
5. nationalism imperialism militarism alliance system
6. 1914: Shot Rings Throughout Europe
7. Russian troops to borders with Austria/Germany Germany
declares war on Russia, attacks France Great Britain declares war
on Germany
8. Central Powers: Germany & Austria-Hungary Allied Powers:
Britain, France & Russia
9. Russias war effort suffering by 1916 many casualties, few
supplies Huge size of Russian army keeps it formidable
10. Germany seeks to control Atlantic to stop supplies to
Britain unrestricted submarine warfare Sinking of Lusitania angers
United States
11. 1. What did Germany want Mexico to do? a) Begin
unrestricted submarine warfare? b) Distract the United States with
a border War c) Convince Japan to attack Russia d) All of the above
2. Why would governments send messages in code? a) To increase
close cooperation among the staff b) To prevent unauthorized people
from knowing what they say c) To ensure greater attention to detail
by the senior staff d) All of the above 3. Why did Germany send a
telegram rather than a letter or courier? a) Telegrams are faster.
b) Letters can be intercepted. c) Couriers could be spies. d) All
of the above. 4. Why is body of the message is the only part
written in code? a) Western Union needs to know the identify of the
customer. b) The destination cannot be secret since the telegram
company has to deliver the message. c) Only the message contains
secret information. d) All of the above.
12. U.S. declares war against Germany in April 1917
13. Total war devote all resources to war Governments take
control of economy Nations turn to rationing limiting purchases of
war-related goods
14. At home, thousands of women fill jobs previously held by
men Many women also war nurses
15. Russia Withdraws Civil unrest forces czar to step down in
1917 Communists take control Russia treaty with Germany, March 1918
Central Powers Collapse Allies win war; armistice in November
1918
16. Treaty of Versailles creates feelings of bitterness on both
sides German people feel bitter and betrayed after taking blame for
war America never signs Treaty of Versailles Some colonies express
anger over not winning independence Japan, Italy criticize
agreement; gain less land than they want
17. militarism (a) the battlefields of northern France in World
War I Western Front (b) system in which a government limits the
amount of items people can buy Eastern Front (c) Wilsons plan for
achieving a just and lasting peace after World War I trench warfare
(d) type of warfare in which opposing armies fight from parallel
trenches propaganda (e) a stretch of battlefield among the German
and Russian border in WWI total war (f) war in which countries
devote all their resources to the war effort rationing (g) policy
of glorifying war and keeping an army prepared for war Fourteen
Points (h) One-sided information designed to persuade
18. Lenin WWI shows Russias weakness, Czar steps down
Bolsheviks in power, sign treaty with Germany; Russia out of World
War I
19. Lenin: land to peasants, workers control 3-year civil war
leaves 14 million dead Russian, Fren ch Revolutions both attempt to
remake society Lenins economic, peace policies restore order
20. Police Terror Indoctrination Propaganda and Censorship
Religious or Ethnic Persecution
22. Emperor Nationalists Communists Peasants not impressed
23. Reading: Mao Zedong
24. British promise steps to self-government in return for WWI
service. After war, no changes; resentment
25. 1935: England gives India self-rule Does nothing to calm
rising tension between Muslims and Hindus
26. Mr. Taylor World History Between Wars
27. Russia Stalin Purge Five-year plans Germany War debts
(reparation) UnitedStates Isolationism
28. Secret Agreement Non- aggression pact: Germans, Soviets
agree not to fight each other, to split Poland Blitzkrieg
29. Communism sort of Five year plan The Great Purge: under
Joseph Stalin, tens of millions of ordinary individuals were
executed or imprisoned in labor camps that were little more than
death camps.
30. German forces trap British, French on coast at Dunkirk
Winston Churchill: Becomes British prime minister, vows no
surrender Battle of Britain: British use air force, radar, code
-breaking to resist Germany
31. Hitler Invades Soviet Union After taking Yugoslavia, Greece
, Hitler betrays Stalin Germany invades an unprepared Soviet Union
Soviet troops burn land as they retreat Germans almost capture
Moscow
32. Roosevelt fears that if allies fall, U.S. would have to
fight Lend-Lease Act U.S. loans weapons to countries fighting
Germany
33. Infamy Japan attacks Pearl Harbor , U.S. naval base in
Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941
34. In 1941 Roosevelt cuts off oil shipments to Japan Japan
captures American Philippines, British holdings, including Hong
Kong, Singapore, Dutch East Indies, Burma, threatens India,
Britains main possession in Asia Japanese forces treat conquered
peoples, prisoners of war brutally
35. New kind of naval warfare ships launch planes to fight each
other Douglas MacArthur American army commander in Pacific Plans to
island-hop past strongholds, attack weaker Japanese bases
36. Axis Italy Japan Germany Allies Britain Soviet Union United
States
37. Nazis kill 6 million Jews and 5 million other
non-Arayans
38. Our strength consists in our speed and in our brutality.
Genghis Khan led millions of women and children to slaughter - with
premeditation and a happy heart. History sees in him solely the
founder of a state. Its a matter of indifference to me what a weak
western European civilization will say about me.
39. I have issued the command - and Ill have anybody who utters
but one word of criticism executed by a firing squad - that our war
aim does not consist in reaching certain lines, but in the physical
destruction of the enemy. Accordingly I have placed my death-head
formations in readiness - for the present only in the East - with
orders to them to send to death mercilessly and without compassion,
men, women, and children of Polish derivation and language. Only
thus shall we gain the living space (Lebensraum) which we
need.
40. Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the
Armenians? Adolf Hitler August 22, 1939 Quoted from a speech
delivered by Hitler to the Supreme Commanders and Commanding
Generals, as the Nazis marched into Poland in 1939.
41. Hitler and Nazis say Aryans Germanic peoples are master
race Kristallnacht night of broken glass, Nov. 9, 1938 Jewish
homes, businesses, synagogues attacked; 100 Jews killed
42. Fearing violence, many German Jews flee, but other
countries limit Jewish refugees Isolation Hitler has all Jews moved
to designated cities, forced to live in ghettos
43. Hitlers final plan for treatment of Jews Chooses genocide
systematic killing of an entire people Russia joins effort
44. Death camps not in Germany, kept secret from German
citizens
45. Reading: Night
46. Use your notes to write a paragraph describing Nazi
Germanys policy towards Jewish people. Include the following terms:
Aryan Holocaust ghetto Final Solution genocide
47. World War II European Theater Prelude & November
1942-May 1945
48. Africa: Allied resistance starts in Africa, British against
Germany & Italy The Battle for Stalingrad: Germany moves to
capture Soviet oil fields Italy: United States and Brittan use
Africa to launch invasion of Italy
49. Fighting the war requires complete use of all national
resources 18 million U.S. workers many of them women make weapons
People at home face shortages of consumer goods Propaganda aims to
inspire civilians to aid effort
50. The D-Day Invasion D-Day June 6, 1944; day of Operation
Overlord allied invasion of France
51. Special Invasion (1944) In 1943 the tide of the war had
turned against Germany. The Germans were losing ground against the
Soviets in the East. British Empire and US forces invaded Italy,
Germanys ally. By June 1944 the Allies had gathered enough troops
and equipment to invade France and try and drive the Germans out.
Although they were successful, losses were heavy and bitter
fighting would continue until Germany surrendered in May 1945.
52. By 1945, Allied armies approach Germany from two sides
Soviets surround Berlin in April 1945 Hitler commits suicide On May
9, 1945, Germany officially surrenders, marking V-E Day President
Roosevelt dies in April (stroke); Truman becomes president
53. U.S. takes Philippines in late 1944 Kamikazes: Japanese
pilots who fly suicide missions In March 1945, American forces
capture Iwo Jima U.S. takes Okinawa in June 1945; Japan suffers
huge casualties
54. Advisors warn Truman that invasion of Japan will cost many
lives He has alternative; powerful new weapon called atomic bomb
Manhattan Project secret program Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima,
Aug. 6, 1945; 75,000 die Nagasaki bombed on Aug. 9; 70,000 die
Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945
55. Persecution of Jewish scientists, sought asylum Einstein,
abandoning his belief in pacifism, urged then president Franklin
Roosevelt to develop an atomic bomb before Hitler did. He later
regretted his support of the A-Bomb.
56. The Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn't
necessary to hit them with that awful thing. General Eisenhower
Advisors warn Truman that invasion of Japan will cost many
lives
57. I made one great mistake in my life ... when I signed the
letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made;
but there was some justification - the danger that the Germans
would make them.
58. Nuremberg Trials: trials of 22 Nazi leaders for war crimes
Some Nazi leaders executed for their actions
59. Germany Page 942: Circle extent of Axis-controlled area
Page 953: Where were most Holocaust death camps Japan Page 933:
Mark extent of Japanese expansion Midway, 1942 Hiroshima, 1945
Nagasaki, 1945 Italy France Normandy (D-Day), 1944 England Russia
Japan Pearl Harbor Korea, 1950-53 Vietnam, 1957-73 Cuba, 1962
India, 1947 Israel, 1947