The Origins Of WW II Slideshare
- 1. The Origins of WORLD WAR II
- 2. We want to explain … How and why dictators rose in Europe and the Pacific in the 1920s and 1930s. Why the United States remained isolated for most of the decade of the 1930s, and how they responded to the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan. the steps leading to war in Europe in 1939, and the extent of Axis control of the continent by 1940. The reasons for growing tension between the US and Japan, leading up to a day of “infamy”.
- 4. In Europe in the 1930s, the stage was set for the rise of dictators who would rule in a TOTALITARIAN system TOTALITARIAN complete rule by a single party and its leader, in which all aspects of people’s lives are controlled without opposition
- 5. The Treaty of Versailles Harsh punishment to Germany – BRAT – led to resentment Soviet Union lost a great deal of land , including ports Italy felt that they didn’t get enough New democracies were set up, but had no tradition of rule, no help rebuilding
- 6. The League of Nations Without the membership of the U.S., the League was a failure Peace was not kept in the world No way to enforce disarmament Germany and Italy drop out
- 7. The Global Depression Large numbers of unemployed people brought about discontentment Dictators could rise to power easily
- 8. The Rise of Dictators
- 9. GERMANY
- 10. Adolf Hitler Der Fuhrer
- 11. Hitler rises to power in Germany National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi) Nationalism, racism, expansion Lebrensbraun The Third Reich Anti-Communist
- 12. ITALY
- 13. Benito Mussolini Il Duce
- 14. Mussolini rises to power in Italy Fascism – strong central government headed by a powerful dictator Military expansion and extreme nationalism
- 15. SOVIET UNION
- 16. Joseph Stalin Man of Steel
- 17. Stalin’s rise to power in the USSR Communist Collective farms, state run industry Paranoid- destroy all opposition
- 18. JAPAN
- 19. Military Leaders such as Hideki Tojo
- 20. Military Leaders rise to power in Japan Looked to expand Japan’s power in the Pacific Wanted more land and resources
- 22. The Road to War in Europe
- 23. Germany begins mobilization in 1935
- 24. Germany takes the Rhineland in 1936
- 26. Germany and Italy support Fascist revolution in Spain
- 27. Italy invades Ethiopia , later takes Albania
- 28. Germany annexes Austria ( the Anschluss )
- 30. Germany occupies the Sudetenland
- 32. The Munich Pact is signed France and Britain were hesitant to enter another war, due to problems with WWI and war debt met with Hitler in 1938, allowed Germany to take Sudetenland if no other land was taken Churchill called this Appeasement
- 33. Germany occupies the rest of Czechoslovakia
- 34. Germany and Italy form the Axis The Pact of Steel
- 36. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact of 1939 is signed
- 37. Germany invades Poland Using BLITZKRIEG – lightning war
- 38. Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
- 39. The Soviet Union acquires part of Poland and ports in the Baltic states
- 40. Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
- 41. Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania join the Axis
- 42. Denmark Norway
- 43. The Netherlands Belgium Luxemborg
- 44. Germany takes Western Europe
- 45. Germany marches on France , takes over Paris
- 47. Germany attacks Great Britain
- 48. The Battle of Britain
- 49. Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece
- 51. Germany invades the Soviet Union
- 52. Germany invades the Soviet Union
- 56. The Soviet Union allies with Britain and France