World War II
The Treaty of Versailles Germans had to accept Blame for WWI had to pay $33 billion in Reparations were forced to reduce the Army to 100,000 men lost all overseas Territories as well as Alsace and Lorraine
Hitler as WWI Soldier
Hitler built up support in Germany and was arrested for treason
Jailed, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf
The World’s Great Depression
The World’s Great Depression 7
US Stock Market Crash, 1929
Hoovervilles in the USA 9
Hoovervilles in the USA
Franklin D. Roosevelt offers a A New Deal to Americans
FDR’s New Deal
Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany 1933
Hitler Youth
The Fuhrer
Against the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler built up the German military
Under Mussolini, Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935
Francisco Franco asked Hitler to help with the Spanish Civil War in 1936
Spanish Civil War served as a scrimmage for the German military
Japan invaded China in 1937
USA remained Pacifists– did not want involved in another European war
Hitler’s Goal: Third Reich would last 1,000 years
Europe after the Treaty of Versailles—notice the smaller countries south east of Germany
Hitler completed the Anschluss– (the union of Austria and Germany), by annexing Austria in 1938.
Hitler gobbled up Czechoslovakia in 1939
Munich Conference- European leaders met to stop Hitler– but chose to appease him instead
Appeasement– give in to avoid conflict
Kristallnacht- night of broken glass
Kristallnacht