START: Say it in ONE word

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START Say it in ONE word

• We have already talked about what it means to
  have a World War when we discussed World War I.
• Think of ONE word that sums up a WORLD WAR.
• Be prepared to explain why you chose that word.

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World War II

• Aggression, Appeasement, and War

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Dictators Challenge World Peace

• Japan on the Move
• Japan wanted an empire equal to western powers
• Seized Manchuria in 1931, League of Nations
  protested
• 1937 overran much of eastern China

Taken From http//users.ev1.net/gpmoran/JpnFrnP
olicy.htm This map shows Manchuria in White and
Japanese advance in Red
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• Italy Invades Ethiopia
• Mussolini has imperialist ambitions
• 1935 invaded Ethiopia, easily defeats them
• League of Nations imposed sanctions against Italy

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• Hitlers Challenge
• Hitler found western democracies weak
• sent troops into the Rhineland
• western democracies didnt like what Hitler was
  doing, but adopted a policy of appeasement

Taken From http//www.vantagetravel.com/Trip/Trip
s.aspx?TripID111 Here is the Rhine river that
Hitler crossed what was protecting France
south of the river?
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P2P

• Which powers were acting aggressively? How?

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Appeasement and Neutrality

• Countries were still disillusioned about WWI, led
  to pacifism
• Many saw Hitlers fascism a defense against
  Soviet Communism - NOTE - the Nazis and the
  Communists - DONT LIKE EACH OTHER!
• United States passed neutrality acts

Taken From http//www.materialreligion.org/journa
l/appelbaum/gum.jpg This is a wrapper from
Horrors of War gum. This gum was produced
after WWI. Why did the world want to avoid war
after WWI?
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• Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
• agreed to fight Soviet communism
• would not interfere in others expansion

Taken From http//images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmed
ia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t304/T304707A.jpg
Leaders of Rome, Germany, and Japan agree to
fight communism
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The Spanish Civil War

• From Monarchy to Republic
• 1931 King forced to leave country due to
  political and social unrest, a republic was
  formed
• controversial reforms were passed

Taken From http//www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/history/
gfx/ninos1936.jpg Kids during the Spanish
Civil War!
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• Spanish Nationalists Versus Spanish Loyalists
• civil war
• 1936 Francisco Franco Nationalists right-wing
• Loyalists supported the republic
• Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco
• A Dress Rehearsal- Germans used the conflict as a
  way to see what their planes/bombers could do

Taken From http//img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/a
rchive/covers/1939/1101390327_400.jpg Cover of
Time Magazine 1939
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• German Aggression Continues
• Austria Annexed
• 1938 Anschluss union of Germany and Austria
• violated Treaty of Versailles
• The Czech Crisis
• Sudetenland
• Munich Conference, 1938

http//www.wwiivets.com/Curriculum20Images/images
/German20Police20Occupation20of20Imst,20Austr
ia20(Anschluss)20Mar__A_jpg.jpg German police
occupation of Austria Anschuluss
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Chamberlains Appeasement

• Peace for Our Time
• PM Neville Chamberlain told people that the pact
  saved Czechoslovakia and Europe from destruction
• Edouard Daladier and Winston Churchill felt
  differently

Taken From http//home.sandiego.edu/jnoga/concl
usion.html The Peace for Our Time Speech
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Europe Plunges Toward War

• Nazi-Soviet Pact
• 1939 nonaggression treaty
• based on needs, not friendship
• Invasion of Poland
• September 1, 1939 Germany invades
• September 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war

Taken From http//www.johndclare.net/RoadtoWWII8
.htm What does this cartoon suggest about the
Nazi-Soviet Pact?
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P2P

• Why did WWII begin?

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Why War Came

• Effort to revise 1919 treaty
• Failure to respond to Nazi threat
• Countries distracted by own problems
• Desire to avoid war