The Rise of Hitler and Lead-up to WW2

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The Rise of Hitler and Lead-up to WW2
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• In 1914-would have been worth approximately 12
  Million US 9 years later when printed was
  approximately equal to 1US, and entirely
  worthless a few weeks later.

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Germany during the interwar

• Was weak (economy and military and government)
• The government called the Weimer Republic had
  internal flaws
• People within this government were anti-Semitic
  and nationalistic
• Germans were frustrated and resentful
• They were desperate for strong leadership and a
  change in their current situation

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EnterAdolf Hitler

• In the 1920s, Hitler published Mein Kampf
  (meaning my struggle)
• It introduced Hitler to a wider audience
• It introduced his political platform, in a way
• By the early 1930s, Hitler played a key role in
  the government
• In 1933, he was appointed Chancellor
• At first he lead a bi-partisan govt but then he
  began to change things

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Germany 1933-1939

• During the 1930s, Hitler and his Nazi Party
  started to transform Germany
• Disobeyed Treaty of Versailles
• He began building-up a strong military
  (militarism)
• Pulled out of League of Nations!!
• League of Nations ultimately fails (with no power
  to enforce its policies/peace-keeping)
• Recruited people into his army
• Hitler Youth, for example
• In 1938, Hitler annexed (peacefully) Austria.
• What did this foreshadow?

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Appeasement

• Meanwhile
• Great Britain is trying to appease (calm down
  and even IGNORE) Germany
• British P.M. Neville Chamberlin, at first, made
  appeasement his official foreign policy
• Appeasement is a diplomatic policy aimed at
  avoiding war by making concessions to an
  aggressor

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• The Century clip on rise of Hitler

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Meanwhile In Japan

• Japan had been building up its military
  throughout the interwar period. In 1933, they
  withdrew from of the League of Nations.
• Late 1930s-1941 Japan began to attack European
  colonies in Asia
• French Indochina
• Dutch East Indies
• British Singapore
• In response Europe/US stopped selling iron ore,
  steel and oil to Japan
• Japan viewed embargo as act of aggression

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Back in EuropeThe Start of the War!

• WWII officially began when Hitler (Germany)
  invaded Poland in 1939

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Allied Powers
Soviet Union
Great Britain
France
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Axis Powers
Japan
Nazi Germany
Italy