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World War II

World War II

Treaty of Versailles ends World War I

Treaty of Versailles ends World War I

Terms of the Treaty • Germany loses European territories & overseas colonies • German

Terms of the Treaty • Germany loses European territories & overseas colonies • German army is reduced to 100, 000 men & limited amounts & types of armaments • War Guilt Clause • $32 Billion in Reparations

• Weimar Republic – Germany gov’t from 1919 – 1933 • Nazi Party

• Weimar Republic – Germany gov’t from 1919 – 1933 • Nazi Party – Political Party in Germany – Jan. 1933 Hitler named Chancellor – Feb. 27, 1933: Reichstag Fire: Hitler assumes full dictatorial powers • Third Reich – name for Germany between 1933 and 1945 – Hitler’s Nazi Government

"We are overpopulated and cannot feed ourselves from our own resources"

"We are overpopulated and cannot feed ourselves from our own resources"

Lebensraum • Means “living space” • Germany needed more space in order for their

Lebensraum • Means “living space” • Germany needed more space in order for their “Superior” Aryan population to have room to develop. – Look towards Eastern Europe • Anschluss – Germany annexes Austria in March 1938 • March 1939 – Germany invades and occupies Czechoslovakia

Japan Invades Manchuria 1931 Begins Creating a Japanese Empire in the Pacific

Japan Invades Manchuria 1931 Begins Creating a Japanese Empire in the Pacific

Reaction to Germany’s expansion • Allied Powers: – Appeasement: the making of concessions to

Reaction to Germany’s expansion • Allied Powers: – Appeasement: the making of concessions to an aggressor in order to avoid a war – Munich Conference • Let Germany keep Austria and Czechoslovakia, but nothing else… • Italy & Japan see Hitler’s growing strength and make an alliance known as the Axis Powers

September 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland

September 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland

World War II Map Allied Powers • Great Britain • France • USSR •

World War II Map Allied Powers • Great Britain • France • USSR • United States Axis Powers • Germany • Italy • Japan

Blitzkrieg: “lightening war” – Germany’s WWII Military Strategy – Used in Poland as well

Blitzkrieg: “lightening war” – Germany’s WWII Military Strategy – Used in Poland as well as Western Europe – Depended on surprise and overwhelming force

Fall of France • May 1940 – Hitler sweeps through the Netherlands, Belgium, and

Fall of France • May 1940 – Hitler sweeps through the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg • Begins to attack France • June 14, 1940: Germany occupies Paris • June 22, 1940: France surrenders to Germany

Battle of Britain “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the

Battle of Britain “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets…we shall never surrender” • Hitler wants to destroy the Royal Air Force and land ground soldiers on England’s shore • Summer 1940: Luftwaffe (Germany’s air force) begins bombing GB

• British are able to resist • May 10, 1941: Hitler calls off

• British are able to resist • May 10, 1941: Hitler calls off attacks & changes focus to Mediterranean and Eastern Europe – RADAR = extremely important – Shows that Hitler can be blocked

Operation Barbarossa • • Germany’s plan to invade Soviet Union June 22, 1941: begin

Operation Barbarossa • • Germany’s plan to invade Soviet Union June 22, 1941: begin invasion USSR is not prepared for attack Germans make in over 500 miles into USSR within one week

• September 8, 1941: Germanys begin siege of Leningrad • October 2, 1941:

• September 8, 1941: Germanys begin siege of Leningrad • October 2, 1941: begin advancement to Moscow • Scorched-Earth Policy – Germany gains nothing but over 500, 000 Germany lives lost

Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941: Japan attacks the US Navy base at Pearl

Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941: Japan attacks the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor – US declares War on Japan & joins the allies

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