Transcript The causes of WWⅡ

Some background information about World WarⅡ:
What Caused WWⅡ ?
A brief review of the
Second World War
What caused the
Second World War?
1.What chains of
events led to the
Second World War?
2.What could have
prevented the
Second World War?
the main structure
1939 to 1945:September 1, 1939
1930s and 1940s Asia & Europe
 Africa & Americas
naval battles
 the unconditional surrender
the Axis nations
May 8, 1945 September 2, 1945
Ⅰ Several failures :
 the Treaty of Versailles
 the League of Nations
Ⅱ A series of policies:
 Isolation
 Appeasement
Ⅲ Some “-isms”:
 Fascism, Nationalism, Totalitarianism
 Others:
 Collectivist Ideology
 Economic Depression
Failure of the Treaty of Versailles
SOME KEY WORDS:
 the Versailles(凡尔赛)-Washington
System
 Main items to Germany
1.military /ships
2.territories in Africa, Pacific, and
Europe
3.$33 billion
Continues:
The affections:
very harshly
 wasn't unfair
 a chain of events
 the Great World
Depression in 1929
About the League of Nations:
 to deal with international disputes
 to keep the post-war balance
 to mobilize its members for:
 A collective effort to keep the peace
 Aggression by any nation against another
 Breach of the peace treaties
continue
Continuous:
Japan
vs.
Bombing the South
Manchuria Railroad
(南满铁路) in 1931
conquer all of the
Northeast part of China
resigned from
the League
Manchuria （满洲）→
Manchukuo（满洲国）
The League
receiving the report
in 1933
adopted a
resolution
calling on Japan to
withdraw
no further action
Some background information
 the new rich
 Fourteen Points
 Isolationism
 outside of the border
Woodrow Wilson
About Appeasement Policy:
Neville Chamberlain's Conservative
government
Britain on 28th May, 1937.
Germany had been badly treated
 Adolph Hitler (Germany )Benito Mussolini
(Italy)
the foreign policy appeasement
granting concessions to potential enemies
to maintain peace
declare war on Germany after its invasion of
Poland in 1939
The Nobel Peace Price
Continuous:
Austria
(奥地利)
Czechoslovak
(捷克斯洛伐克)
Germany
Poland
？
Soviet Union
Continuous:
Fascists
(法西斯主义)：
 fully support the military
 war is acceptable in achieving
national goals
 expand and form empires of
their own
Continuous:
Nationalism
2.Bismarck
1.The emigrants
of Aryan race
the famous
“Iron Chancellor”
Continuous:
collectivist sentiments:
self-sacrifice
altruism (利他主义 )
similar blood
???
other
people
AND an
extreme fear
of Bolshevik
（布尔什维克）
Economic Depression and Instability
Continuous:
Adolph Hitler:
strong determined
 an efficient leader
 leading out of the
depression
 national esteem
By:
 defy all of the charges
 re-arm his nation
 re-occupy the Rhineland
(莱茵兰 )
 threaten neighboring states
 build up a massive army
But his real purpose:
 abolish the Treaty of Versailles
 expand German territory
dominate Europe and the whole
world
For Britain and France:
Continuous:
 natural resources to feed the
industry
 attacked the US to "clear the
way"
Continuous:
Germany:
escape the bonds of the World
War I Treaty of Versailles
keen to the wealth, power and
status lost before
Continuous:
Japan:
to become a world power
the rise of militarist leadership
secure additional natural resources
The Co-Prosperity Sphere (共荣圈)
decided to conquer other
nations and enslave or
exterminate the peoples
who lived in them
Continuous:
Fortunately, when they tried to
do this, other people fought back.
After bombing…
The Big Three:
The Allied Leaders
Prime Minster
Winston Churchill
(UK), President
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt (US), and
First Secretary Joseph
Stalin (USSR)
General Charles de Gaulle
Leader of the Free French
And so many people we don’t know:
One of the lessons that can be
learned from the Second World
War is the issues of race,
religion and economy must be
monitored and controlled.
However, to monitor and
control them, a strong and
effective system of international
coordination must be in place.
We should not curb violence
with violence.
No power-based general layout
 Respect of the diversity
No culture and ideology
discrimination
 Equal opportunities
More communications
 Globalization
International organizations
should be more active
Thank you for your attention!
Our team:
Cao Bin
Dong Jingjing
Meng Jiangli
Shen Ting
Gao Qiao
（曹 玢）
(董晶晶)
(孟姜丽)
(沈 婷)
（高 巧)