Transcript Introduction to World War II

World War II
“Never before have we had so little time to do so much.” –
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Introduction to World War II
Essential Questions
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How does total war impact and change society? In what ways does this
allow for positive and negative change?
To what extent could the United States have prevented World War II or
the atrocities of World War II from happening?
How did the role of the United States in international affairs change with
the end of World War II?
Should weapons of mass destruction be considered acceptable weapons
for waging war?
Did World War II make World War III impossible or inevitable?
Question.
What failed following World War I?
What nations were neglected at the Treaty of Versailles?
Question.
Who suffered during the Depression in the United States?
How would the Depression make you lose faith in your government?
Introduction to World War II
Governments and Leaders of the War
Totalitarianism?
Complete rule by a single party and its leader in which all aspects of people’s
lives are controlled without opposition.
Introduction to World War II
Governments and Leaders of the War
Fascism
Intense nationalism, private corporations with government controls.
Militarism
Government based on the idea of a strong military.
Socialism
Common ownership (by the government) of the means of production to
settle class disputes.
Fascism
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Fascism in Italy
“Il Duce”
Fascism in Italy
Mussolini would rise to power in 1922 with the “Black Shirts”.
“Il Duce”
Fascism in Italy
Mussolini desired an Italy that resembled the Empire of Rome (“Spazio vitale”).
In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia.
Fascism in Germany
“Das Führer”
Fascism in Germany
After WWI?
Germany owed thirty-three billion dollars in war reparations.
Yearly installments of five billion marks were to be paid.
“Das Führer”
"The mark, which had traded at about four to the dollar before the war, now shot up
to 600,000 to the dollar. By summer (of 1920), the exchange rate was 630 billion
marks to the dollar and inflation was so rampant that prices were doubling daily,
sometimes hourly.
People needed wheelbarrows or baby buggies to carry enough paper money to
conduct even the simplest transactions. Sending a letter cost ten billion marks. A
streetcar ride that had cost one mark in 1914 now cost fifteen billion. Pensions
became worthless.
People found that savings carefully built up over a lifetime wouldn't buy a cup of
coffee. Eventually, at the peak of the madness, prices rose to 1,422,900,000,000 times
their levels of ten years earlier.”
How did the economic conditions in Germany allow Adolf Hitler
to rise through the ranks?
Hitler Speech
“Das Führer”
Fascism in Germany
The National Socialist Party played off German betrayal following WWI.
Dismantled the Weimar Republic and seized power in 1933.
Retracted promises made in the Treaty of Versailles.
Mini Bio - Adolf Hitler
Militarism in the Empire of Japan
Emperor Showa Hirohito
Hirohito Bio
Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
Tojo Bio
Land of the Rising Sun
Socialism in the USSR
The Soviet Union
After the death of Lenin, Joseph Stalin would take control of the USSR.
Through his Five Year Plans and Purges, Stalin made the USSR the third most
industrious nation on earth.
Stalin Bio
Question.
What were the alliances during World War II?
Alliances During World War II
Consider the political ideologies of the time. Why do you believe
that the democratic west and the communist east decided to
become allies?
Democracy
Economics
Communism
Politics
Monarchy
Communism
Militaris
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Nazism
Fascism
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
1936
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
Step One: Re-take the land that was once yours!
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
1938
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
Step Two: Take land that isn’t yours (Anschluss)!
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
1938
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
Step Three: Take land that isn’t yours but kind of is!
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
WAIT!
Would Great Britain and France want to fight another war after their losses
in World War I?
No. Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany sign the Munich Pact.
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
PM Neville Chamberlain upon returning from the Munich Pact:
“My good friends, for the second
time in our history, a British Prime
Minister has returned from
Germany bringing peace with
honour. I believe it is peace for
our time. We thank you from the
bottom of our hearts. Go home
and get a nice quiet sleep”
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
1938
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
Step Four: Take land that isn’t yours but kind of is but take all of it!
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
1939
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
WAIT!
Form an alliance with the Soviet Union.
Germany signs the non-aggression pact with the USSR.
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
1939
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
Step Five: Start World War Two!
How does the war begin?
German Aggression
Six Step Guide to Invading Europe
Step Six: Invade the rest of Europe!
Looking Ahead?
American Involvement.