Transcript From Appeasement to War-Failure of Diplomacy Wk9 st. ed.

History of the Modern World
Failure of Diplomacy: 1935-1939
From Appeasement to War
Mrs. McArthur
Walsingham Academy
Room 111
Mission to Moscow
American Propaganda
The OWI* report on Mission to Moscow concluded that it would
be a most convincing means of helping Americans to understand their Russian allies. Every
effort has been made to show that Russians and Americans are not so very different after all.
The Russians are shown to eat well and live comfortably, which will be a surprise to many
Americans.[6] The leaders of both countries desire peace and both possess a blunt honesty of
address and purpose ... One of the best services performed by this picture is the presentation
of Russian leaders, not as wild-eyed madmen, but as far-seeing, earnest, responsible
statesmen. They have proved very good neighbors, and this picture will help to explain why, as
well as to encourage faith in the feasibility of post-war cooperation.[7]
*Office of War Information
Meanwhile: The Abdication Crisis
1936
World War II and Its Aftermath
Section 1: From Appeasement to War, pp. 924-929
Witness History Audio: The Desperate Peace
1. What is the main idea of Chamberlain’s speech?
2. How long do you think such a peace will last?
Aggression Goes Unchecked
When the aggressive actions of dictators in Japan, Germany, and Italy went virtually
unchallenged, these regimes grew bolder. The Western policy of appeasement and widespread
pacifism fed the ambitions of the three countries, which formed a pact not to interfere in each
other’s expansion.
Note Taking Transparency 171A
1 of 7
Section 1: From Appeasement to War
Spain Collapses into Civil War
When conservatives led by Francisco Franco revolted against the new reformist government in
Spain, a civil war broke out that drew help from Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union. Franco’s
rebels won, and he set up a fascist dictatorship.
Guernica, Pablo Picasso
German Aggression Continues
Hitler annexed Austria and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland in his quest to bring all Germanspeaking people in to the Third Reich. Britain and France were not willing to go to war over
either move.
Note Taking Transparency 171B
Section 1: From Appeasement to War
Europe Plunges Toward War
When Germany seized the rest of Czechoslovakia, Britain and France decided they would move
to stop Hitler if he attacked Poland. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin made a pact with Hitler that they
would not interfere with each other in annexing parts of Eastern Europe. Two days after German
forces invaded Poland, on September 3, 1939, World War II began.
Color Transparency 174: Wonder How Long the Honeymoon Will Last?
Geography Interactive: Aggression in Europe and Africa to September, 1939
Progress Monitoring Transparency
Note Taking Transparency 171A
(Occupation of the Rhineland, 1936)
• Anschluss, 1938
•Sudetenland, 1938
4 of 7
Note Taking Transparency 171B
Austria becomes German state, “Ostmark.”
Over the protests of Czechs, Western democracies transfer
Sudetenland to Germany.
Western democracies realize what they are facing. France and
Britain begin emergency rearmament drives. Britain guarantees
Polish, Greek, Romanian security.
A week before Germany and USSR sign a nonaggression pact.
5 of 7
Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, 1937
Color Transparency 174: Wonder How Long the
Honeymoon Will Last?
World War II and Its Aftermath: Section 1
Progress Monitoring Transparency
7 of 7
Failure of Diplomacy
Plot the points
mentioned in your
lecture. Include:
Libya (1935)
Rhineland (1936)
Anschluss (1938)
Sudetenland (1938)
Spain (1936-39)
Shade and ID regions
affected by the policy
of appeasement.
World War II and Its Aftermath
Section 2: The Axis Advances, pp. 930-938
Witness History Audio: Janina’s War Story
1.
How does Janina describe the German attack on Poland?
2.
How do you predict airplanes might be used in WWII?
The Axis Advances
Nazi Germany invaded Poland from one side, while the Soviets came from the other. France and
Britain had no time to help. Then Germany attacked France from the north, and Italy invaded from
the south. When France fell, only Britain stood against the Axis powers. A Nazi bombing
campaign against London and other cities only strengthened British resolve. Meanwhile, Axis
armies also pushed into North Africa and the Balkans.
Witness History Audio: Winston Churchill
Witness History Audio: Surviving the Blitz
The Blitz in Color
Section 2: The Axis Advances
Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 in the hopes of gaining its natural resources and
putting down communism. Hitler’s advance was stalled by the brutal Russian winter, but Russians
in Leningrad suffered a two-and-a-half-year siege that caused mass starvation.
Life Under Japanese and Nazi Occupation
The people who lived in lands occupied by the Nazis and the Japanese were often offered brutal
treatment. Hitler’s forces sent Polish and Soviet Slavs to work as slave laborers and the Jewish
people got the same and worse in Nazi “death camps.” The Japanese killed and tortured Asians
whom they claimed to help free from Western colonial rule.
Note Taking Transparency 172B
The “Road of Life”: Siege of Leningrad
Check out Billy Joel’s Leningrad
Section 2: The Axis Advances
Japan Attacks the United States
When the U.S. banned the sale of war materials to Japan after its invasion of French Indochina,
Japan and the U.S. participated in fruitless talks. Japanese General Tojo ordered an attack on the
American fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This led to a declaration of war by the U.S.
Color Transparency 175:
Pearl Harbor
Progress Monitoring
Transparency
Note Taking Transparency 172A
Color Transparency 175: Pearl Harbor
Note Taking Transparency 172B
Progress Monitoring Transparency (1 of 2)
7 of 8
Progress Monitoring Transparency (2 of 2)
In-Class Activity
Summarize and Analyze Section 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The Axis Attacks
The Blitz
Germany Invades the Soviet Union
The Holocaust
Life Under Nazi/Japanese Occupation
Japan Attacks US
Role of US before and after joining Allies
Assignment 1
1. Read text, pp. 924-929, identifying 8
new terms and answering 4 Checkpoint
questions.
2. Take Section Auto-test
Last SCA:
The Appeal of June 18, due by email 3/28
Assignment 2
1. Answer captions on pp. 925 and 929
questions. Study PP slides.
2. Complete Map Skills Activity, pp.928
answering questions.
3. Complete Note Taking Activity:
Sequence of German Aggression, pp.
927
Assignment 3
1. Read text, pp. 930-935, identifying 5 new
terms and answering 2 Checkpoint questions.
2. 2 Infographics: Surviving the Blitz and The
Holocaust, answering Thinking Critically
questions.
Last SCA:
The Appeal of June 18, due by email 3/28
Assignment 4
1.Read text, pp. 935-938 identifying 3 key terms
and answering 2 Checkpoint questions.
2.Answer caption question, pp 938
3.Study section 2 PP slides and take Auto-
Test
Assignment 5
1. Read text, pp. 939-942, identifying 4
new terms and answering 2 Checkpoint
questions.
2. Complete Map Skills, pp. 943
Last SCA:
The Appeal of June 18, due by email 3/28