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Hitler's Expansionist Policies, the Holocaust, and US Entry into WWII

This article explores how Hitler's expansionist policies led to the outbreak of WWII and discusses the Nazi solution for the Jewish problem, including the Holocaust. It also examines the United States' initial reaction to the war and the reasons behind its eventual entry into the conflict.

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Hitler's Expansionist Policies, the Holocaust, and US Entry into WWII

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  1. How did Hitler’s Expansionist Policies Cause WW-II & What was the Nazi Solution for Jewish Problem? U.S. History & Government 11th Grade Boys/Girls 3 January 2020

  2. Beginning of War in Europe • March 12, 1938 German Anschluss with Austria in Third Reich • Hitler’s demand for Sudetenland was given into in Munich peace conference on September 30, 1938. [Munich Pact – Appeasement] • March 15, 1939 rest of Czechoslovakia was taken over. • Hitler’s peace treaty with Stalin (nonaggression pact) on August 23, 1939.

  3. Hitler and Stalin also signed a secret treaty to divide Poland among them. • Germany Launched its Blitzkreig against Poland on September 1, 1939. • Britain and France declared war on Germany • France quickly fell to Germans • Charles de Gaulle set up a government in exile in Britain.

  4. Persecution of German Jews • 1933 – 3 months after taking office Hitler expelled non-Aryans from government Jobs. • Organized Persecution of Non-Aryans, Resulting in Holocaust • Anti-Semitism was deep rooted in Europe • Hitler blamed the Jews for German defeat in WW-I.

  5. 1935 – New laws took away Jewish civil rights & their property • Nov 9, 1938 – Kristallnacht • Nazis destroyed Jewish property, many Jews were arrested. • Jews began to flee Germany • Other nations including U.S. refused to accept Jewish immigrants

  6. How did the United States React to WW-II and Why did it Finally Join the War? USHG / Friday, January 3, 2020 Br. Siraj

  7. Final Solution • Final Solution – Hitler's plan to get rid of all Jews of Europe • A genocide in progress • The concept of Aryan super race in action • Nazis also rounded up their political enemies – Communists, socialists, liberals. • People considered unfit – Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehova’s Witnesses, Homosexuals, disabled and the terminally ill - were also to be eliminated • Jews Were forced into Ghettoes

  8. Nazi Strategy for Final Solution • Most Jews Were sent to Concentration Camps • 1941: 6 Death Camps were built in Poland • Used gas Chambers to kill the weak and Old • Crematoriums were used to burn the bodies • Six millions Jews died by Nazi Massacre. • One Famous Survivor is Elie Wiesel, winner of Nobel Peace prize in 1986.

  9. U.S. Policy of Neutrality • 1939: Congress passed the Neutrality Act • Allow Cash-and-carry provision • 1940: Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was formed • Roosevelt prepared for war • Congress increased defense spending • Peacetime draft was initiated in 1940 • FDR ran for 3rd term

  10. Great Arsenal of Democracy • 1941: Lend-Lease Act • Germans invaded Soviet Union • U.S. Gave Lend-Lease to Soviets as well • 1941 Roosevelt ordered U.S. Navy to protect Lend-Lease Ships

  11. America Joins the War • Japan Launched an attack on Chinese province of Manchuria in 1937. • In 1941 Japanese took over French Indochina. • Japan was also planning to take over Hawaii and the Philippines. • On December 7, 1941 Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, causing U.S. to join the War.

  12. Homework • Questions 1 on page 747, and 1 & 2 on page 755

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