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WWII: Setting the stage

WWII: Setting the stage. Where are we going: Lesson Overview. Game debrief The Basics Causes of War Essential Question for our Unit: Why did WWII happen? Where should we start? Three Lenses. Why do wars happen?.

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WWII: Setting the stage

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  1. WWII: Setting the stage

  2. Where are we going: Lesson Overview • Game debrief • The Basics • Causes of War • Essential Question for our Unit: Why did WWII happen? • Where should we start? • Three Lenses.

  3. Why do wars happen? • War defined: Armed conflict between two or more states consisting of over 1000 battlefield deaths. • In the 20th century alone war has resulted in over 230 million casualties • Infinite number of theories (for example): • Economic systems • Political systems • High unemployment • Military spending • Ethnic divisions • Environmental catastrophe

  4. Three Levels: • Bad Individuals Cause War • Bad States Cause War • Bad Systems Cause War

  5. The Basics • When: September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945. • Began with the invasion of Poland and ended with the surrender of Japan.

  6. Who • Allies: Canada, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, United States, China, France, Poland, Australia, India, Yugoslavia, Greece, Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, New Zealand, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Brazil, Denmark, Luxembourg, Cuba, Mexico, Philippines, Mongolia, Iran. • Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria

  7. What • The most destructive war in human history. Lasting six years and claiming over 63 million lives. • 600,000 killed in air raids alone (most of them civilians) • 3.4 Million tons of bombs dropped • Life expectancy of bomber RAF bomber pilot – 6 weeks. • Canada suffered 907 casualties in one day at Dieppe. • In 12 years of fighting in Afghanistan Canada suffered 158 casualties. • Over 1.1 million Canadian served in WWII (40% of the adult male population) • Canada spent over $33B in direct costs during the war ($421B in today’s dollars)

  8. Where Dark Green Allies pre1941 Light Green Allies post 1941 Orange Axis

  9. How • WWII revolutionized modern warfare and drove technological innovation. New inventions include: • V2 Rocket • Penicillin • Nuclear Power • Radar • Synthetic Rubber • Jerrycans • Hobart’s Funnies

  10. The Big Question: Why did WWII Happen???? • If we were looking for causes..... • Where would we look? • What time period should we look at? • What kinds of things might be important to know? • What do YOU think???

  11. Lens # 1: Economics • The Great Depression • GBR/FRA: Suffering through a period of economic transition. • GER: Carrying massive debt and facing hyperinflation. • CAN/US: Hit hard by the depression. Unemployment reaches 27% in Canada.

  12. Lens # 2: Ideological (the “isms”) • Pacifism • Capitalism • Isolationism • Socialism • Fascism • Militarism • Totalitarianism

  13. Lens # 3: Political • Redistribution of military power • Redrawn borders and new states. • Weak International Institutions • Pacifism and non intervention • 10 Year rule • Statute of Westminster • Anti-Semitism

  14. Exit Cards What part of WWII are you most interested in learning more about?

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