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Long Term Causes of WWII. Treaty of Versailles Economic Problems Nazi Party Hitler Violations of Versailles. Nazi Party. National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Bavaria) Hitler controlled 25 points Citizenship determined by race. Nazi Party & Swastika. Religious symbol What is it…
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Long Term Causes of WWII • Treaty of Versailles • Economic Problems • Nazi Party • Hitler • Violations of Versailles
Nazi Party • National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Bavaria) • Hitler controlled • 25 points • Citizenship determined by race
Nazi Party & Swastika • Religious symbol • What is it… • Teutonic spirit • Black & White Magic
Nazi Party • Nazi party banned for trying to take over the Bavarian Government • Hitler imprisoned • Unemployment
Nazi Party • 1928 Elections • Paul von Hindenburg names Hitler Chancellor in 1933 • Hitler names himself Fuhrer • A “New Order”
Long Term Causes of WWII 4. Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler Early Life • 4-20-1889 Alois Schickelgruber • Benedictine Monastery • Poor Student • Dr. Edward Block
Hitler’s WW I Service • Bavarian army • Iron Crosses • Four years in the trenches • Hatred for Communism
Mein Kampf • 1923 Beer Hall Speech • Revolution put down, Imprisoned/9mo. 5yrs • Autobiography • Lebensraum (living space) Land
Hitler’s Rise to Power Leader of the Nazi Party Appointed Chancellor Makes himself dictator Third Reich
5. Violations of Versailles • Germany pulls out of L of N • Military buildup • Troops take the Rhineland & Belgium • Berlin Axis Pact
II. Immediate Causes ofWW II 1. Union With Austria 2. Bargaining for Sudetenland 3.Appeasement 4. Invasion of Poland
1. Union with Austria • Austrian chancellor invited to Bavarian Alps • Signed an agreement appointing Nazis • German troops marched into Austria • The world did nothing
2. Sudtenland • 3 million German speaking • Joined to Czechoslovakia • France & U.K. promised to protect Czec. • Munich Pact • 3. (appeasement)
4. Invasion of Poland • Sept. 1, 1939 • Blitzkrieg (3 wks.) • Britain & France Declare war • Soviet Union attacked Poland • Poland ceased to exist