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The beginning of World war ii. Key events . The German people felt they were being targeted by the Treaty of Versailles . Economic collapse from World War I creates fear and despair among individuals afflicted with the aftermath of war.
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Key events • The German people felt they were being targeted by the Treaty of Versailles. • Economic collapse from World War I creates fear and despair among individuals afflicted with the aftermath of war. • New wave of patriotism and zealous notion of pride lead to new leaderships.
Treaty of Versailles Main Terms • War Guilt Clause • Reparations • Disarmament • Territorial Clauses
Leading up to war • Hitler becomes Chancellor of the Third Reich. (1933) • Nazi Germany and Japan sign a Anti-Comintern Pact. (1936) • Hitler annexes Austria into Germany. (1938)
Hitler’s view on expansion • Hitler conscripts and rearms even thought it breaks agreements with Treaty of Versailles. • Invasion of the Rhineland. (1936) • Hitler believed in order for the Aryan race to survive, expansion was necessary. • Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy form an Axis Treaty. (1936)
Hitler’s view on expansion continued • Hitler tries to take over the Sudetenland. (1938) • Hitler moves into Czechoslovakia. (1939) • Hitler begins to make a secret treaty with the USSR. • Why would Hitler want to gain as much land as he did? • What were all the treaties and agreements for in Hitler’s endgame?
War begins • Hitler invades Poland under guise of being attacked first. (1939) • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. (1939) • Germany invades European nation states such as Denmark and Norway. (1940) • Germans use Blitzkrieg, to fight their wars. • Notable individuals at the time, Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, Stalin, Tojo, and Roosevelt.
War continued • Italy enters war as a member of the Axis powers. • Germany launches air attacks on Great Britain. • Japan is island jumping, taking over resources.
War continued • Japan attacks the United States, Pearl Harbor. (1941) • Hitler declares war on the United States shortly after. • Why did Hitler declare war on the United States when he had no reason too? • Why did the United States focus more on the European theatre of war first more so than the Pacific theatre?
Advantages of allies Vs. Axis • Nazi Germany depended on materials from initial victories. • U.S. was well supplied. • GDP of both nations: • U.S. (800-1.5 Trillion) • Germany. (350-437 Billion)
Conclusion • Germany felt it was neglected during the Treaty of Versailles. • Patriotic movements helped bolter the Nazi party. • Expansion for resources, land, and connecting ethnic people leads to war. • Hitler does not have the means to fight against the United States when they enter on the side of the Allies.