Transcript Dictators_PartII

Warm Up
To the left is a political
propaganda poster that
Hitler used.
Take out a sheet of paper
and write why this might
appeal to the German
people during the
German depression.
You will need your notes
and your text book.
The above poster reads:
“Work and Food”
Review
Review
• Fascism, Italy and
Mussolini
• Germany, Nazis,
and Hitler as
dictator
• Totalitarian states
• Build up of
armies
Hitler and Stalin
• Stalin – Dictator of Communist
Russia
• Turned Russia into a
totalitarian state.
• Conducted purges of his
enemies.
• Entered into a nonaggression
pact with Hitler in August of
1939 to invade and partition
(divide in half) Poland.
• The honeymoon was over in
September of 1939 when Hitler
overran ALL of Poland.
• Stalin and Russia joined the
Allies.
Hitler’s Aggression to 1939
Hirohito and Tojo in Japan
Emperor Hirohito
• Hirohito – Supreme
Emperor and God of
Japan.
• Hirohito little more
than a figurehead
• Tojo – Military
dictator
• Tojo controlled
military operations
and Japanese
imperialism
Hirohito and Tojo in Japan
Tojo
• Hirohito – Supreme
Emperor and God of
Japan.
• Hirohito little more
than a figurehead
• Tojo – Military
dictator
• Tojo controlled
military operations
and Japanese
imperialism
SECTION 1
Early Difficulties
THE ALLIED AND AXIS POWERS–STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
SECTION 3
Victory in Europe
THE WAR IN EUROPE
Fighting
in the
Atlantic
• Axis attacks took a huge Allied toll
• with sonar, Allies turned the tide in 1943
• sea dominance allowed the Allied to protect cargo
ships and bomb Axis vessels
Fighting
in the Air
• as with the Battle of the Atlantic, 1943 was an
important year
• Allies conducted strategic bombing to destroy
important German cities
The
Normandy
Invasion
• took place on June 6, 1944
• Allies needed to invade German-occupied France
• created a dummy invasion as a decoy
• stormed the beach with high casualties but ultimate
success
The War in the Pacific
• Late 1930s – Japan
attacks China for oil
resources and territory
• 1940 – Japan conquers
French Indochina and
continues takeover of
Pacific Islands.
• December 7, 1941 –
Japan attacks Pearl
Harbor.
• US enters the war.
WWII Begins
World War II began in Europe with the German blitzkrieg,
or lightning war, against Poland in September of 1939.
By June of 1940, Germany had conquered most of
western Europe. In June of 1941, Germany invaded the
Soviet Union. On December 7, 1941, Germany’s ally,
Japan, launched a surprise attack on the United
States—an act that drew America into the war.
Eventually, the Allies turned the tide of the conflict
against Germany and Japan.
In the Pacific, Allied forces won a major victory in the
Battle of Midway and began to recapture territory from
the Japanese. In Europe, the Soviet Union captured the
German army that besieged Stalingrad in February of
1943. The Allies opened a western front in Europe by
landing in Normandy in June of 1944 (D-Day), and the
combined pressure on two fronts drove Germany to
surrender in May of 1945. Two atomic bombs dropped
on Japan in August forced the Japanese to surrender in
September of 1945.
SECTION 4
War Breaks Out
U.S. Congress passes
neutrality laws.
European nations speed
up rearmament.
The Response to
Fascism
European leader adopt a
policy of appeasement.
Soviets and the United
States mend fences.