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World War II

World War II. 1939-1945. Review. Who were the dictators? What factors helped them come to power? What did they do once in power?. Road to War: Aggression and Appeasement. Mizell, Year II, Humanities. EQ: How did Aggression and Appeasement help lead to WWII?. Background.

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World War II

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  1. World War II 1939-1945

  2. Review • Who were the dictators? • What factors helped them come to power? • What did they do once in power?

  3. Road to War: Aggression and Appeasement Mizell, Year II, Humanities

  4. EQ: How did Aggression and Appeasement help lead to WWII?

  5. Background • League of Nations was weak • U.S. did not join • Britain and France want to avoid war • Depression – people look for new leadership • Rise of fascism and communism • In Germany, Hitler and Nazis desire lebensraum (living space for the German people)

  6. Aggression of the 1930s by the dictators

  7. 1931 – Japan invades Manchuria

  8. 1935 – Mussolini takes over Ethiopia

  9. 1935 – Hitler ignores Treaty of Versailles and builds up German military

  10. 1936 – Hitler occupies the Rhineland (area between France and Germany)

  11. 1937 – Japan invades China

  12. 1938 – Hitler annexes Austria

  13. 1938 – Hitler wants the Sudetenland (area of Czechoslokvia)

  14. Munich Conference – meeting between great powers. Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain agrees to let Hitler have the Sudetenland to avoid war.Hitler agrees not to invade the rest of Czechoslakvia • This is an example of appeasement

  15. 1939 – Hitler seizes the rest of Czechoslovakia • 1939 – Mussolini conquers Albania

  16. What does Appeasement prove to the Dictators? • They can continue to be aggressive because the other countries want to avoid war • The countries of the U.S., France, and Great Britain must be weak • The League of Nations has no power

  17. Fill in first five vocab boxes • Totalitarianism – government control over every aspect of private and public life • Dictator – a leader with absolute power and no restrictions • Communism – economic system where everything is owned by the public; no private property • Fascism – belief that promotes extreme nationalism and militarism with a dictator • Command Economy – economy where the government makes all decisions

  18. EQ: What were the major events in the early years of the war and how did they impact the war?

  19. The Beginning of WWII: Invasion of Poland • Hitler unleashes the German Army on Poland [Sept 1, 1939] • Uses blitzkrieg (lightening war) • Use fast moving planes and tanks which were followed by mass infantry • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYpbiIZDGw • Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

  20. The Phony War • Britain and France mobilize their armies in France and wait for the Germans • While they wait, Hitler conquers Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and Holland in May 1940.

  21. Invasion of France • German Army cuts through heavy Ardennes Forest and surprises the French • France surrenders in one month to Germany • Lets Southern France (Vichy France) be an ally of Germany

  22. Battle of Britain • July – Oct 1940 • Britain stands alone to face Hitler • Benefit – Britain is an island nation • Hitler’s Plan is to destroy British air force so Germany can invade across the English Channel

  23. Hitler’s Mistake • Luftwaffe vs RAF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBO61qg-kc • Hitler makes 1st major mistake: In Sept, he orders the Luftwaffe to target British cities and not the airfields • Also, British had radar so they could spot German planes • 1st German defeat of the war

  24. Importance of the Battle of Britain • Proved that Hitler and Germany were not invincible • Hitler loses large number of pilots and planes • Hitler now looks to the east – the Soviet Union • Britain will serve as a base for Allied troops

  25. Work on Vocab sheet Depression Nazism Purge Scapegoat Inflation

  26. Essential Question • How and why did U.S. involvement in WWII change?

  27. America Remains Neutral at First • Why? • United States is still in the Depression • Saw WWI as a mistake so want to stay out of Europe • What does the U.S. do to stay out? • Pass the Neutrality Acts – banned U.S. loans and sale of weapons to countries at war

  28. America Moves Closer to War • 1.Places an embargo on Japan after they invade China (not sell them resources/oil) • 2. U.S. Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act where the Allies could buy arms from the U.S. but must use own ships • 3. U.S. Navy protects allied cargo ships against German U-boats • 4. Japanese Expansion • Expanding into the Pacific but the U.S. is there too • Plan: Need a knock-out blow to keep U.S. out of the war

  29. Surprise Attack at Pearl Harbor • Japanese attack U.S. naval base/fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941

  30. Dec 7, 1941

  31. Aftermath • 2,500 killed, several battleships sunk • U.S. declares war on Japan and enters WWII

  32. Doolittle Raid • U.S. launches bombers from carriers and bombs Tokyo • Shows Japan that the U.S. will not back down • Morale boost for Americans

  33. "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.“ ~Yamamoto

  34. U.S. Mobilizes • People are needed in the army and factories – ends Depression • FDR wants the U.S. to become an “Arsenal for Democracy” • By 1944, US production was double what all the Axis Powers produced combined

  35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy7ZWlMAhFQ Propaganda During WWII EQ: What is propaganda and how did countries use it to support the war?

  36. What is Propaganda? • Material spread to support a cause or damage an opponent’s cause

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