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Mussolini

Mussolini. 1 st modern Fascist dictators Rebellious teenager Wounded in WWI Wrote against socialist government Played on Italians anger and fears Forced King out of power Conquered weak Ethiopia to show power. Hitler. Blamed failure on everyone else Fought in WWI

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Mussolini

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  1. Mussolini • 1st modern Fascist dictators • Rebellious teenager • Wounded in WWI • Wrote against socialist government • Played on Italians anger and fears • Forced King out of power • Conquered weak Ethiopia to show power

  2. Hitler • Blamed failure on everyone else • Fought in WWI • Very charismatic Leader • Told Germany they were master race and they should rule inferior people • Poor bc not large enough-had to win land back • Hatred of Jews-blamed • Rose to power by ruthless persecution of ALL who opposed him • Nazi Party-Chancellor

  3. Appeasement • Giving up principles to pacify an aggressor • Great Britain’s Chamberlain believed it would prevent war-so he signed Munich Pact • Turned over Sudetenland to Germany-last territorial demand • Churchill disagreed “Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war.

  4. German Offensive Begins • German troops poured into Czechoslovakia-Hitler gloated “Czech has ceased to exist” • Turned toward Poland • Stalin signed Non-aggression pact to avoid war • Aug 23, 1939 • Agreed not to fight each other

  5. Blitzkrieg in Poland • September 1, 1939-Germany roared over Poland • Invasion was the 1st test of Blitzkrieg • Lightning war • New tactics enabled the Germans to take the enemy by surprise then quickly crush all opposition with overwhelming force • Worked perfectly-fighting was over before Allies could respond

  6. Fall of France • Built fortifications on Maginot Line- on its border with Germany • Allied forces cut in half • Rescue at Dunkirk • Fleet of fishing boats, tug boats and barges ferried about 340,000 Allied troops to safety across channel • Took quick Control of France

  7. Battle of Britain • Germans began to assemble to invade • Can’t compete with Britain’s naval power • Germany began massive bombing raids-Luftwaffe-German Air force • Bombed every night for 2 months • Britain refused to give up • RAF fought back brilliantly-helped with radar • “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”

  8. A Search for Peace U.S. Foreign Policy After World War I Americans’ Concerns After World War I The United States follows a foreign policy of partial isolationism. The country declines membership in the League of Nations and the World Court. Many Americans worried about entering another foreign conflict. X

  9. Isolationism • A policy in which a nation avoids entanglements in foreign wars • Rather than addressing foreign concerns, President Roosevelt focused on domestic issues surrounding the Great Depression during the 1930s • Congress further prevented international involvement by passing a series of Neutrality Acts • The Neutrality Acts prevented the United States from selling arms even to those nations that were trying to defend themselves from aggression X

  10. World War II Begins • Neutrality Questioned • The military strength of France & Britain were crucial if Hitler was to be defeated – FDR asked Congress to remove the arms embargo of the Neutrality Acts • Cash & Carry • The law that changed the Neutrality Act to allow countries at War to purchase American goods as long as they paid cash and picked up their orders in American ports and carried them on their own ships • Too little, too late X

  11. Atlantic Charter • Atlantic Charter • August, 1941: Churchill & FDR meet off the coast of Newfoundland • Churchill asked for Americans destroyers to convoy supplies across the Atlantic • FDR agreed-gave 50 old ships in return for sites on which to build 8 naval and air bases on British territory in the Western Hemisphere • Spelled out the causes for WWII X

  12. Lend-Lease Act • FDR argues the U.S. must become an “great arsenal of democracy” • Program that gave the government power to make weapons available to Great Britain without regard for its ability to pay. • Would lend or lease arms to any country whose defense was vital to US • It is like lending a garden hose to a neighbor whose house is on fire. X

  13. Bombing of Pearl Harbor • Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941-A date which will live in infamy • Attack on US naval base, home to the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet • Complete Surprise • Destroyed 10 ships, 188 planes, and killed 2,300 Americans X

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