1 Who is this artist of this cartoon

1. Who is this artist of this cartoon? 2. The leaders of what 2 countries are depicted in the drawing? 3. What is the cartoon attempting to get people to do? Warm Up

• Germany had to accept blame for WWI • Forced to pay over $30 billion in reparations • Germany lost territory (Alsace-Lorraine, the “Polish Corridor”, the Saar coalfields, etc. ) • Rhineland was demilitarized • Germany’s armed forces was limited to 100, 000 men

Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany and wants “lebensraum” or “living space” around his country.

1935 Hitler announces the expansion of the Wehrmacht to 600, 000 members - 6 times the number permitted by the Treaty of Versailles

Hitler claims Germany feels threatened and sends forces in to occupy the Rhineland.

Hitler next wants an Anschluss or union with Austria. This was also forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles

Hitler next claims that his last territorial demand is the Sudetenland - a part of Czechoslovakia where 3 million ethnic Germans lived. However, it was also home to 66% of Czechoslovakia’s coal, 70% of its iron and steel, and 70% of its electrical power. Without those resources, the Czech nation would be vulnerable to complete German domination.

What will these world leaders choose to do about Adolf Hitler’s actions? ?

• Sept. 1938 meeting with the leaders of France, England, & Italy • Czechoslovakia’s leaders not permitted to attend • Germany was allowed to annex portions of Czechoslovakia including the

I have met with Hitler and he agrees to peace in our time if we give him the Sudetenland. Now we have peace. --Neville Chamberlain

Appeasement is like feeding a dragon hoping he will eat you last. --Winston Churchill

Chamberlain resigns and Churchill becomes the new British Prime Minister and England Germany are at war.

America is isolationist and wants to avoid another deadly war. However, we must help our allies! Franklin Roosevelt