Transcript Introduction of WWII

Introduction of WWII
1936-1945
Prelude to Global War
 Totalitarian – Gov. used terror to suppress
rights & silence opposition.
 Fascism – importance of nation over
people.
– Germany & Italy rebuild countries & economy
HITLER
MUSSOLINI
STALIN
Benito Mussolini – Il Duce
 Felt Italy lost in Peace
agreements – WWI
 Organized Fascists
– Blackshirts to terrorize
 Order & Efficiency restore
Italy to Greatness.
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Suspended elections
Outlaw political parties
Estab. Dictatorship
Conquered Ethiopia in East
Africa
 Believed he should be emperor
of the world
Adolf Hitler – Dur Furher
 National Socialist Worker’s
Party - NAZI
 Tried to overthrow gov.
 Mein Kampf –
– Blamed Jews
– Expand borders
– Aryan race
– Promise to rebuild
German Economy
 Reichstag – Suspend
civil liberties & declare
dictator
Joseph Stalin
 Dictator of Soviet
Union.
 Wanted to attain land
to add to Soviet
wealth.
 Joined forces with
Hitler.
FDR & Churchill
 FDR – U.S. President
during WWII.
 Churchill – British
Prime Minister.
 United in WWII.
Japanese Leaders
 Hirohito Emperor of
Japan
 Hideki Tojo – Prime
Minister had more
power
HIROHITO
TOJO
Europe goes to war
 1936 German troops move to
Rhineland
– Borders France & Belguim
 Hitler & Muss. Form AXIS
POWERS – Japan
 Conquered Austria,
Studenland, Czech.
 France & Britain pledged
support to Poland.
 2 months later Germany
invaded Poland. France &
Britain declare war on
Germany.
The Nazi Party
 1936-Nazi party official party of Germany.
 Established Gestapo & SS
– Above the law.
 Coordinated attacks on Jews
 Kristallnacht – Night of Broken Glass
– 7500 Businesses destroyed
– 267 Synagogues burned
– 91 Jews killed.
The War
 1938 – Germany unites with Austria
Together they invade Sudetenland
(Czechoslovakia)
1939 – Germany, Italy, & Soviets unite for
the common good of the Third Reicht.
Poland & Britain sign Mutual Assistance
Treaty.
1939 – Sept. Nazis invade Poland.
The War…1940
 Britain, France,
Australia, & New
Zealand declare war on
Nazis.
 U.S.A. remains neutral.
 Soviets attack Finland.
 Germany attacks Scotland
 Nazis invade Denmark,
Norway, France,
Belgium, Luxemburg,
Holland, &Netherlands.
1940 continued
 Soviets attack
Lithuania, Latvia,
&Estonia.
 Italians occupy
Somalia in North
Africa & invades
Egypt & Greece.
 German Blitz against
England.
1941
 Nazis order Jews to wear
Yellow Stars
 Germany turns on
Soviets.
 Lend-Lease Act –
authorized President to
aid any nation vital to US
 Dec. 7, 1941 - Japan
bombs Pearl Harbor.
 U.S.A. enters the war.
Deportation
 1942 – First of mass
murders at Auschwitz.
 100 camps.
 Men, Women, &
Children.
 Labor Camps
 All across Europe.
1943
 Soviets join Allied forces.
 Nazis surrender at Stalingrad.
 German and Italian troops surrender in
North Africa.
 Italian surrender is announced.
1944
 900 day siege on
Leningrad over.
 June 4 -D-Day
landings.
 August – Paris
Liberation.
 1st liberation of
Concentration Camps.
1945
 German troops retreat.
 Liberation of more
camps.
 Hitler commits
suicide.
 Mussolini hanged
 Nuremburg Trials
begin.