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Unit 7 Chapter 37: New Conflagrations World War II

Unit 7 Chapter 37: New Conflagrations World War II. AP World History - Zerbst. What are we learning?. Road to war New technology & tactics European theater of war Pacific theater of war 1942 War crimes The Holocaust Atomic bomb – Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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Unit 7 Chapter 37: New Conflagrations World War II

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  1. Unit 7 Chapter 37: New Conflagrations World War II AP World History - Zerbst

  2. What are we learning? • Road to war • New technology & tactics • European theater of war • Pacific theater of war • 1942 • War crimes • The Holocaust • Atomic bomb – Hiroshima & Nagasaki • Global economic & political shift – age of the superpowers

  3. WWII Just the facts • Cost $1.6 trillion (4-5 trillion today) • 55 to 60 million killed • 6 million in genocide • Changed the balance of power • 1939-1945 • 61 nations involved • Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan • Allies (GB, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USSR, USA) • Waged over 2/3 of earth

  4. Road to World War 2: Stage 1 – aggression and appeasement 1933 • Hitler withdrew from League of Nations 1935 • Rearmament • Italy invaded Ethiopia • France begins collective security agreements

  5. Aggression & appeasement: Continued 1936 • Troops into the Rhineland • Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) • Franco – fascist • Spanish Govt. – Soviet assistance

  6. Aggression & Appeasement Cont. 1937 • Tojo takeover • Axis alliance formalized • Rape of Nanjing

  7. Aggression & Appeasement cont. 1938 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO725Hbzfls • Anschluss (union) • Sudetenland announcement • Munich agreement • Peace in our time

  8. Anschluss: Point of view

  9. Czechoslovakian grab

  10. cFU – on whiteboards • Name of the policy that allowed Hitler to make land grabs • What was the conceptual ideology behind Hitler’s acquisition of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and later Poland? • Name the British politician that signed the Munich Pact? • Why did most Germans love Hitler in the 1930’s? • What was the attitude of Great Britain, France, and Russia toward Hitler in the 1930’s?

  11. Proper war 1939 • Czechoslovakia • Lithuania • Italy invaded Albania • Sept. 1, Poland • Nazi-Soviet pact

  12. Blitzkrieg timeline • Sept. 1, 1939 Poland • 36 days • Denmark (April 1940) • 6 hours • Norway (April 1940) • 62 days • Belgium (May 1940) • 3 days • The Netherlands (May 1940) • 4 days • Luxembourg (May 1940) • 1 day • France (May 1940) • 17 days • Yugoslavia (April 1941) • 11 days • Greece (April 1941) • 14 days

  13. Proper war 1942

  14. New technology • Radar • Sonar • Jets • Synthetic materials • Rockets • Atomic energy • Computer science

  15. Stuff you should know… • Maginot Line • Vichy France • Battle of Britain (1940-1941) • Lend-Lease program • Operation Barbarossa (June 22, 1941)

  16. More stuff you should know… • D-Day June 1944 • Strategic bombing • Hiroshima • Pearl Harbor(1941) • Turning points 1942 • Midway – June • El Alamein – July-November • Stalingrad – August-February 1943

  17. Cfu - whiteboards • What year was the turning point for WWII? • Was blitzkrieg successful? Why? • How did new technology make total war more destructive than in WWI? • What new group of people were actively targeted in WWII? • Where did WWII begin? • What was the US’s role in WWII prior to Pearl Harbor? • What KIND of battle was the Battle of Britain? • List all the causes of WWII.

  18. Stalingrad: Searching the sources • Examine the documents that follow and analyze the impacts of World War Two on world societies. What political, cultural, and economic conditions contributed to this situation? Was the Cold War inevitable? What additional documents could you use to assist you in answering this question? • Who wrote it? • How could the date it was written change the meaning or value of the document? • What is the point of view of the author? • What does your document say? • Why is your document an important source of information? • How would you use your document to prove the following?

  19. War crimes • Japanese • Civilians • Comfort women • POW’s • Bataan Death March • Germans • Gestapo • Nuremberg Laws • POW’s

  20. Holocaust • 6,000,000 dead • Ghettos • Lebensraum • Death/labor camps “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.” Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)

  21. Strategic bombing

  22. Hiroshima/Nagasaki

  23. Bataan death march-applying primary source material • Describe the political, moral, and military rationale used by the United States to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. • Who wrote this? • Is this a reliable source? • What bias does this source contain? • What does this source tell us about war crimes? • How would you use this document to answer the following prompt?

  24. Economic & Political shift • Super powers • End of British empire • Nuclear power • Industrial capacity • Pent-up demand

  25. Did you get it? • Road to war • New technology & tactics • European theater of war • Pacific theater of war • 1942 • War crimes • The Holocaust • Atomic bomb – Hiroshima & Nagasaki • Global economic & political shift – age of the superpowers

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