Joseph Stalin Stalin search Totalitarianism Government control over

Joseph Stalin – Stalin search • Totalitarianism Government control over every aspect of public and private life – “TOTAL” control • “Stalin – Man of Steel”

Stalin Vocab Quiz – Explain what each word/phrase means in relation to Joseph Stalin 2 pts each 1. “Stalin” 2. Totalitarian 3. Great Purge 4. Collectivization 5. NKVD 6. Gulag 7. Five-Year Plan 8. Ukraine EXTRA +1 9. Cult of Personality Where was 10. De-Stalinization Stalin born?

Humanising Stalin • What does it mean to be “Human”? • How should a “Human” act towards other humans? • Why do some “Humans” NOT act this way? Milgram Experiment

Qo. D How evil are you? The Milgram Experiment • DEFINITION of EVIL? • At what point would your morality stop you from committing an act that you know is wrong? – Are you sure?

Unit 5 World War II Ch. 15 and 16 SIX years BTWN 50 -80 million people die The war claims an average of • • 27, 600 lives/day 1150 lives/hour 19 lives/minute 1 life every 3 seconds

The World Prior to WW 2 • • • Italy – Mussolini/Fascism Germany – Hitler/Fascism USSR – Stalin/Totalitarian/Communism Japan – Hirohito/Empire/Militarism England – Chamberlain/Empire/Appeasement USA – FDR/Great Depression/Isolationism

FASCISM A totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life • An EXTREME form of Nationalism

Appeasement Nazi occupation flag • European leaders give in to Hitler’s demands in order to avoid war, neglecting the To. V… • September 1938 – Munich Conference • Lebensraum 1936 -1938 – Czechoslovakia, Rhineland, Sudetenland – Austria - “Anschluss” • Aug. 1939 - Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact – 10 yr. Peace btwn Germany and USSR

The Start of War • Lebensraum • Appeasement • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact • Sept. 1 1939 • Germany invades Poland – Blitzkrieg – England France declare war • USSR moves from the East

Early German Offensives France Surrenders Battle of Britain • German Army sweeps thru France in six weeks • • • France Surrenders – June 22 1940 Operation Sea Lion October 1940 -May 1941 Air warfare German Luftwaffe vs British RAF • Hitler wants to soften up Britain so he can invade

MORE German Offensives • Operation Barbarossa • June 22, 1941 • Hitler invades USSR, breaks Pact • Battle of Stalingrad (turning point of WW 2) – Soviet victory

U. S enters the War – Pacific Theater • PEARL HARBOR • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=k 9 RSzc. Kp 6 Ww • Dec. 7 1941 – “A date which will live in infamy” - FDR • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=9 u. CGxk-v-Mc • U. S. declares war on ALL of the Axis Powers • Describe your feelings while listening to FDR’s speech. What emotions did he address?

Qo. D • How do you deal with a bully? – Ignore? – Negotiate? – Cooperate? – Appease? – Fight? • What were the results?

European Theater • 1942 -1943 Axis Powers gaining and winning!! • El Alamein turning point in North Africa – Tank warfare – Desert Fox – Erwin Rommel, Germany – Patton- US • Allies advance into Italy

European Theatre • Combined Allied attack in Normandy • Established a beachhead in Europe • Advancing towards Berlin – Battle of the Bulge June 6, 1944 D-Day

World War II Quiz 1 pt each Define FULLY!!! 1. Fascism 10. Final Solution 2. Beer Hall Putsch 11. General Eisenhower 3. Appeasement 4. Lebensraum 5. Molotov/Ribbentrop Pact 6. Genocide 7. Blitzkrieg 8. Stalingrad 9. El Alamein Dates/What Happened? 12. Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany 13. September 1, 1939 14. December 7, 1941 15. D-Day

Race to Berlin • Allies coming from West, South and North • Soviets coming from the East (win the race!) Berlin ruins TODAY • Hitler commits suicide April 30, 1945 • Germany surrenders May 7, 1945

Europe After the War • Economies ruined • Gov’t changes • Increased U. S. influence • Communism spreads • • http: //warchronicle. com/numbers/ WWII/deaths. htm An “Iron Curtain” has descended across Europe - Churchill • COLD WAR begins

War in the Pacific • Japanese militarism and Imperialism – China? • Spreading Empire - – SE Asia, China, Korea and towards the U. S. • (even Alaska!) • Powerful Japanese Navy

War in the Pacific • Japanese and U. S. Navies – Battle of Midway • turning point • Leads to Island Hopping • Mostly between U. S. Marines and Japanese soldiers ` Battle of Okinawa

Japanese Refuse to Surrender • Invading Japan would cost 500, 000 -1, 000 US lives • Harry Truman decides to drop Atomic bombs August 6, 1945 – Hiroshima August 9, 1945 – Nagasaki • September 2, 1945 Mac Arthur accepts Japanese surrender • De-militarization and US aid – Emperor NOT a God – Japanese Modernization

The BIG Questions • Was Truman right in his decision to drop the bomb? • What other choices did he have? • What consequences did this decision have for the war and beyond?

WW 2 Summary So Far • January 30, 1933 Hitler • Allied Turning Points – 1942 -1943 named Chancellor – Stalingrad • Sept. 1, 1939 – Blitzkrieg (WW 2 – El Alamein begins) • June 6, 1944 D-Day • Dec. 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor April 30, 1945 • 42 -43 Axis control and success May 7, 1945

The Holocaust • K–W-L • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=za. Cd. Kw. Fc. Hnw

Genocide • “The deliberate and systematic destruction of an entire people who belong to one racial, political, cultural or religious group. ” • Genocide is Hitler’s “Final Solution”

Genocide Group Qo. D’s • What factors may allow for genocide to occur? • What would allow one person to commit this act against another person? • How could future genocides be prevented?

Nazi Holocaust Timeline • 1933 book burnings begin • March 1933 Dachau opens as a “Work Camp” • 1935 Nuremberg Laws – Jobs, citizenship, property – Yellow stars of David • 1937 Mass exodus of Jews from Germany • 1938 Polish ghettos • November 9, 1938 “Kristallnacht” • 1941 First “Death Camps” • 1942 Hitler’s “Final Solution” begins – use of Zyklon B • 1945 Allied liberation

Oscar Schindler

Hitler Writing Prompt • Explain how Adolf Hitler used German Nationalism, Propaganda, and the Treaty of Versailles to gain, and then KEEP power in Germany during the 1920’s and 1930’s.

Hitler and Stalin 5 -paragraph Essay • Similar to Mao/Gandhi, just in writing! • “Compare and contrast the lives of Germans under Hitler’s rule to those of Russians under Stalin’s rule. What did each ruler do to gain and keep his power, and how were the lives of the people changed in each country? ”