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Warm-Up QuestionWarm-Up Question
• In your notebooks write down this question:
Q: How did this happen?
Play Me: Let's take a look...
After we watch the video, write your answer in your notebook.
The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
No control of major conflicts. No progress in disarmament. No effective military force.
The Road to War
• 1936 – Hitler says “NO THANKS” to League of Nations/Treaty of V.
• Remobilizes the Rhineland
• France unwilling to go to war.
• Britain urges appeasement
Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936
1 month later Japan joins and the trio is now the “Axis Powers”
U. S. IsolationismU. S. Isolationism
• American’s support isolationism (?)– Belief that
political ties to other countries should be avoided
• U.S. Neutrality Acts: banning sale of arms to nations at war.
• American is staying away…for now….
Hitler Makes First MoveHitler Makes First Move
• Look at page 492
• March 1938 – Annex’s Austria
• Faces NO consequences
• Sets sites on Czechoslovakia Germans invade Austria
Evaluating Mrs. Long!1) On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the worst and 10
being the best, what score would you give me for my time in class so far and why?
2) Do you like the assignments you have been doing? Why
or why not? (ex: Lenin Project, Revolutionary Racket, Trench Letter)
3) Is there anything you want to do more off or less of?
Why?
4) Any other comments for Mrs. Long? Tell me!
(ex: I like….. Or I don’t like….)
The Munich Conference
– Sept. 29, 1938 – Musso. Proposes meeting w/ Italy, German, Britain & France re: Czech
– France & Britain give into Hitler’s demands to maintain peace & avoid war •Agree to give Sudetenland immediately to
Hitler (!)
– Hitler “agrees” to respect Czech. Borders
Appeasement strikes again!
Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938
Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938
Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do
business with.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939
Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939
Warm-up!
Welcome Back! Today YOU recap for me. In 5-7 sentences tell me where we left off “Last Time in World History!”
Warm-up!
– To refresh your memory, skim over Chapter 16, section 1 on page. 496. While you do, in your notebook write down the words or phrases in blue as well as their definitions.
The Atlantic CharterThe Atlantic Charter Roosevelt and
Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941.
Solidifies alliance.
Call for free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government
Battle in North Africa • *Mussolini tries to
gain control of Suez Canal.
• Successful at first, but Allies regroup and push back 500 miles by 1941
• Hitler steps into and appoints General Erwin Rommel “Desert Fox”
• Allies suffer defeat
Warm-up!
– On a piece of paper, tell me who you have chosen for your WWII Facebook project and why. I will be collecting this.
The Fight for Europe
• The “Big Three” decide to strike in N.F. first “Operation Torch”
• Led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Defeat Rommel! • Set eyes on Italy
next
Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943
• Hitler orders attack on Stalingrad (oil rich)
• Luftwaffe blitz city with bombs
• Nazi’s control 90% of city…then winter hits
• Soviets counterattack and frozen/starving Nazi’s surrender
• KEY TURNING POINT IN EAST
Invasion of Italy• July 10, 1943 – Allies attack Italy and take
Sicily • Musso. is toppled from power and
arrested, but escapes! Axis powers retreat North
• April 1945: Allies finally defeat Germans & Italians in Northern Italy
• Mussolini disguised as a soldier is spotted, is hanged in town square
D-Day: Invasion of Normandy• General Eisenhower is named Allied Supreme Commander in Europe
• June 6 1944: Allies launch an invasion of the beaches in N. France
Great Britain One month later, one million more Allied troops arrive – Allies
winning
1 50K allied troops land:27K killed on first day
Battle of the Bulge • Allies next turned their attention to invading
Germany. • Brits. and American troops pushed in from the west
and the Soviets advanced from the east (“bulge”)• Dec. 1944, the Germans launched a last-ditch
counterattack…they lose, Allies win!!
Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945
Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945
The Führer’s Bunker
Cyanide & Pistols
Mr. & Mrs. Hitler
Japan’s Pacific CampaignJapan’s Pacific Campaign
December 7th, 1941Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
“A Date Which Will Live In Infamy”
What causes the US to enter WWII?
The Pacific War
• FDR asks congress to declare war 1 day after attack
• Jan 1942: Japan attacks US in Guam, Wake Island, Philippines
• Feb 1942: Japan attacks British in Malaya, Hong Kong, Burma
Bataan Death March: April, 1942
Bataan Death March: April, 1942
76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans] Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to
POW camps in the Philippines.
Allied Counter-Offensive:“Island-Hopping” or “Leap-
Frogging”
Allied Counter-Offensive:“Island-Hopping” or “Leap-
Frogging”
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:First U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:
First U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942
• US Col. James Doolittle leads bombing attack of Tokyo
• Little damage is done, but shows Japan is vulnerable to air attacks
Key Battles Battle of the Coral Sea
• May 1942: Japan advancing south. Both sides use aircraft carriers. Allies able to stop Japan’s advances
Battle of Midway
• June 1942: Allied code breakers know Admiral Yamamoto is planning an attack on Midway
• Americans launch sneak attack on Japs and attack fleet
• Turning point in Pacific offensive
Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to the
Philippines! [1944]
Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to the
Philippines! [1944]
Japanese Kamikaze Planes:
Suicide Bombers
Japanese Kamikaze Planes:
Suicide Bombers
Kamikaze Pilots
Play Me
US Marines Island-hop closer to Japan
Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]
US Marines Island-hop closer to Japan
Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]
Okinawa (bloodiest battle in Pacific) 350 miles for Japan
Changing of the Guard • F.D.R. dies on 4/12/45 and Harry
Truman is sworn in• Truman has a big decision to make• Learns about the “Manhattan Project”
Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
© 70,000 killed immediately.
© 48,000 buildings.
destroyed.© 100,000s died of
radiation poisoning & cancer later.
Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
©40,000 killed immediately.
©60,000 injured.©100,000s died of
radiation poisoning& cancer later.
Hitler’s VisionHitler’s Vision• Hitler becomes
Chancellor of Germany in 1933
• Wants an Aryan Germany (“master race”)
• Nazi party claims all non-Aryan’s are inferior
• Blind, irrational hate for Jews
The First “Solution”: 1933-1939
The First “Solution”: 1933-1939• Goal: Force German Jews to emigrate
out of their country.• Laws strictly against Jews
– Banned Kosher butchers, limited number of Jewish students in public schools & universities, burned thousands of books by Jewish authors
• Nuremberg Laws: 1935, Hitler announces 2 basic laws to Jews:1.Reich citizenship: only those of
German/Aryan blood were citizens, all others "subjects"
2.No marriage between Jews + Aryans
The First “Solution”: 1933-1939
The First “Solution”: 1933-1939
• 1938, Jews forced to give away and sell their property. – Doctors & lawyers
can’t practice
• Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass" -- Nov.9-10, 1938 - Nazi's loot Jewish shops, businesses, burn synagogues, 1,000 Jews murdered
The Second “Solution”: 1939-1941
The Second “Solution”: 1939-1941• Expel Jews from Third Reich.
• War provides a smokescreen for genocide
• Nazi's start to gather Jews in controlled territories and send them to ghettos
• Concentration Camps (labor camps) established – slave labor conditions with little or no
food.
• By 1941, Jews couldn't escape or get help, Allies had no communication with people in Nazi territories
• German troops are followed by mobile killing units to eliminate Jews
• Jews forces to dig own graves and executed
• Establish 6 death camps (Auschwitz)
• Process: Gas chambers, bodies burned in crematoria, processions are stolen
The “Final Solution”: 1941-1945