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Chapter 26

Chapter 26 . Section 1 - The Road to War. Dictators. They control by force and fear Not the U.S. Hitler and Mussolini. Adolf Hitler. Came to power in the 1920’s Fought in WWI Led Germany into WWII. Benito Mussolini. Italian Dictator Believed that Italy had been mistreated in the

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Chapter 26

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  1. Chapter 26 Section 1 - The Road to War

  2. Dictators • They control by force and fear • Not the U.S. • Hitler and Mussolini

  3. Adolf Hitler • Came to power in the 1920’s • Fought in WWI • Led Germany into WWII

  4. Benito Mussolini • Italian Dictator • Believed that Italy had been mistreated in the • Treaty of Versailles • El-Duce

  5. Fascism • Extreme nationalism and racism

  6. Fascist Party • Led by Mussolini in Italy • Forced the King to declare Mussolini the head of the new government

  7. Annexation • To take over a country by force

  8. Ethiopia • An African Nation that was taken over by Italy

  9. Albania • Annexed by Italy in 1939 • After Italy annexed Ethiopia it took Albania

  10. Germany • Suffered from the Great Depression • Was still mad about the Treaty of Versailles • Allied with Italy in 1936

  11. National Socialist German Workers Party • Led by Hitler • “The Nazi Party”

  12. Nazi Party • Openly racist • Believed that all Germans were superior to all other people

  13. Jews • In the Bible- the Jews were the descendants of Abraham • Moses led the Jews out of Egypt to escape Pharaoh

  14. Anti-Semitism • Hatred of all Jews • The idea that Jews are beneath all other races

  15. Totalitarian Rule • A ruler who controls everything • They do not have to answer to anyone

  16. Totalitarian State • Where a single party and its leader control everyone and everything

  17. Japan • Also suffered from the Great Depression • Dictators rose to power • They started flexing their muscles in Asia

  18. Manchuria • Was attacked by Japan in 1936

  19. Axis Powers • The Bad Guys • Germany • Italy • Japan

  20. Joseph Stalin • Ruled the Soviet Union • Ruled by force and fear

  21. American Neutrality • Stay out of the war • We were in bad enough shape already

  22. Why did we stay Neutral? • Most of Europe still owed us money from WWI • We were still suffering from the Depression also

  23. Germany Started “it” • Rhineland • Austria • Sudetenland

  24. The Rhineland • The land west of the Rhine River • Was established as a neutral zone

  25. Austria • Hitler insisted that Germany be unified with Austria • They speak German • It was annexed in 1938

  26. The Sudetenland • An area in Czechoslovakia where German speaking people lived

  27. Munich Conference • Britain and France give in • Hitler promised not to take annex any more land

  28. Appeasement • Giving in to demands

  29. Hitler Takes Over • He sends all non Germans into Captivity

  30. Weakness • Hitler took advantage of this appeasement and took over the rest of Czechoslovakia

  31. Poland • Hitler was worried about making Stalin mad because it was so close to Russia

  32. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact • Allowed Hitler to use Poland without fear of Soviet aggression • This shocked and scared the world

  33. Section 2

  34. Hitler enters Poland • Britain and The Soviet Union declares war on Germany

  35. German “Blitzkrieg” • Lightning War • Swift and fierce

  36. Poland does the Splits • Germany and The Soviet Union split Poland

  37. Baltic Republics • Territories along the Baltic Sea

  38. Finland • Taken over the Soviets in 1940

  39. Front • The front line in a war zone

  40. Maginot Line • A string of steel and concrete bunkers along the German border from Switzerland to Belgium

  41. Expansion • Hitler took • Denmark • Norway • The Netherlands and Belgium

  42. Allies • Great Britain and France • Soon, the U.S. and the Soviet Union

  43. Dunkirk • A port on the English Channel in Northern France

  44. The English Channel • Narrow strip of ocean between England and Europe

  45. The Somme River • Bordered France and the German front line

  46. Axis Powers • Germany • Italy • Japan

  47. The Battle of Britain • Britain was the only thing Hitler didn’t have yet

  48. London was destroyed • London is the capital of Great Britain

  49. Winston Churchill • The Prime Minister of Great Britain

  50. R.A.F. • British Royal Air Force • Stopped the German air attacks

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