Transcript THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR II

THE ROAD TO WORLD WAR
II
Adolf Hitler
 His
main goal was to
unify the entire Germanspeaking world (Volk).
 His focus would include
Austria and regions
inhabited by the Slavs, a
lesser people.
Lebensraum
 Germans
needed more living space
 Included Poland and Ukraine which the
Germans would need for food purposes.
Hitler Re-arms
 Creates
a German Air Force
 Conscription of 500,000
Hitler Pact
 Hitler
agrees to a non-aggression pact
with Poland (which he breaks later)
League of Nations- a joke?
 Japan
conquers Manchuria.
 China appeals to the League for help.
 League does very little.
Italy invades Ethiopia
 League
denounces the move and
imposes sanctions against Italy,
ineffective.
Rome-Berlin Axis
 Alliance
between Hitler
and Mussolini.
Rhineland
 German
sends troops into the
Rhineland, a buffer between Germany
and France.
 France and Britain appease Hitler.
Maginot Line
 France
felt somewhat protected behind
this barrier.
Spanish Civil War
 Falangists,
fascists led by Francisco
Franco war with republic.
 Fascists succeed thanks to the support
of Hitler and Mussolini
Anti-Comintern Pact
 Japan
Italy.
allies itself with Germany and
Kurt Von Schuschnigg
 Leader
of Austria
 Called for a vote on whether to join
Germany or not.
Anschluss
 Germany
unites with Austria
Hitler focuses his attention of
the Czechs.
Sudetenland
 Region
of Czechoslovakia inhabited by
many German-speaking people.
Appeasement
 Chamberlain
“Peace with honour.
I believe it is peace
for our time.”
 March 1939: Hitler
invades and take
control of of
Czechoslovakia.
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression
Pact

Signed in
August of 1939.
 Soviets agreed
to not intercede
if Poland was
invaded.
 Soviets would in
turn take over
the Baltic States
and Romania.
September 1, 1939
 Poland
is invaded by Germany.
 Britain and France declare war of
Germany two days later.
Homework:
 Create
a detailed time-line highlighting
important events that occurred during
World War II.