Who Axis Germany Italy Japan Vs Allies Germany

Who? • Axis –Germany –Italy –Japan Vs. • Allies –Germany –France –USSR –USA –China

Where? When? • Two main fronts: – Western Front in Europe (France, Britain, Russia) – Pacific Front • 1939 -1945

Why? • • • Treaty of Versailles Totalitarianism in Germany, Italy, Japan Appeasement Competition for territories/resources Depression

Appeasement • What does it mean to appease. • Examples – A teacher cancels a test to appease her students. – A mother appeasing a crying toddler. • Write your own example.

Vocabulary • Appeasement: policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace. • Sanctions: a penalty. Often a ban on trade or armaments. • Pacifism: opposition to war or violence.

Review Question • How did WWI lead to WWII? • Name two other causes of WWII?

German, Italian, and Japanese Aggression • • Read pg. 770 -771 Group 1: Japan Group 2: Italy Group 3: Germany • Write down examples of aggression by the country you were assigned to.

Have you Heard or Seen These Words? Haile Selassie I Rastafari Jah Babylon Zion

Reggae is Rooted in HISTORY! • Tafari Makonnen became emperor of Ehtiopia in 1930. • Ras: prince, duke or chief • Then he took the name Haile Selassie I. • The only African monarch of a fully independent state.

Haile Selassie and Appeasement • 1935 Mussolini invaded Ethiopia…Selassie was exiled. • Haile Selassie made a powerful speech before the League of Nations in Geneva. • Britain and France appeased Italy and allowed them to stay in Ethiopia.

• After the war Selassie was returned to power. • He is believed to be the living incarnate of JAH (God). • Calling yourself Rastafari expresses the personal relationship each Rasta has with Selassie.

Silent Reading • Read pg. 772 -774 starting at “German Aggression Continues. ” • Answer the questions on your worksheet. • You will them in at the end of class.

Closure • Do you think the European powers could have prevented the war? Why or why not?