Path to WWII

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Path to WWII
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Hitlers Ambitions and Appeasement

• 1. Lebensraum Hitler believed his nation needed
  living space (expansion)
• Wanted land to the east (and lost territory from
  WWI), eventual war with USSR
• 2. Appeasement policy by GB France (saw Hitler
  prepare)
• GB Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
• It is peace for our time. Go home and get a nice
  quiet sleep.
• Did not want another war like WWI, so did nothing
  (prevent unnecessary war)
• Gave in to Hitlers demands to maintain
  stability/peace in Europe
• Future Prime Minister Winston Churchill disagrees
  with this policy
• 1935 Germany building submarines/warships
  (violation of T.of V.)
• Alliance 1936 Hitler signed pacts with Italy and
  Japan, created Rome-Berlin Axis
• 3. 1936 Rhineland- rearmed by Germany (violation
  of T. of V.)
• French/German border- Hitler claimed scared of
  French-Soviet military alliance
• 4. March 1938 Anschluss- Austria annexed by
  Germany (no violence)
• 5. Sept. 1938 Sudetenland- taken by Germany
  (Munich Conference- leaders meet)
• German speaking territory in Czechoslovakia
• Munich Conference- height of appeasement
  European leaders meet
• GB, France- told Czechoslovakia it would be
  fighting Germany alone IF they protested
• 6. Aug. 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• wont attack each other, will divide Poland

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Lebensraum
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Anschluss
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1939- Germany takes more of Czechoslovakia
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Munich Conference
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
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Sept. 1, 1939- WWII BEGINSHitler Invaded Poland
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• 1. Read London Blitz, p. 839, and give at least
  3 details about the Battle of Britain.
• 2. Read The Attack on Pearl Harbor primary
  source, p. 841, and answer the two questions.
• 3. Review How did
• Neville Chamberlains
• policy towards Hitler
• differ from that of
• Winston Churchill?

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Take 20 minutes

• Briefly create a flow chart on the events of WWII
  beginning with the start of WWII, p. 838-842

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Japan withdrew from League of Nations, renamed
Manchuria Manchukuo
JAPAN
December 1937 seized Chinese capital at Nanjing
rape of Nanjing
Clashes with Guomingdang, gained control of
northern China
1937 battles with united Communist and
Guomingdang forces
1931 seized Manchuria Mukden Incident
1940
1936 troops into the Rhineland
1930
1935
1935 created air force
1938 Anschluss (union) with Austria
1935 military draft, army up to 550,000
1935 Mussolini invaded Ethiopia, supported by
Germany
1936 sent troops to help Franco in Spanish Civil
War
1936 signed pacts with Italy and Japan, created
Rome-Berlin Axis
GERMANY
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Appeasement
September 1939 invaded Poland, WWII started
1938 Hitler demanded land in Sudetenland (part
of Czechoslovakia) GB and France send people to
Munich Conference (highpoint of appeasement)
1939 Germany took over more of Czechoslovakia
1940
1940 Japan demanded right to use SE Asian
resources, US said it would apply economic
sanctions restrictions to enforce
international law 1940/41 Japan decided to
attack US and European colonies in SE Asia
1938
1939
1939 Hitler demanded Polish port of Danzig
1939 signed Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact