1. How did WW-II Begin and Why did the U.S. Join the War?
Global History & Geography
10th Grade Boys/Girls
Friday, November 16, 2018

2. Beginning of War in Europe
March 12, 1938 German Anschluss with Austria to create the Third Reich
Hitler’s demand for Sudetenland was given into in Munich Peace Conference on September 30, [appeasement]
March 15, 1939 rest of Czechoslovakia was taken over.
Hitler’s peace treaty with Stalin (nonaggression pact) on August 23, 1939.

3. Hitler and Stalin also signed a secret treaty to divide Poland among them.
Germany Launched its Blitzkreig against Poland on September 1, 1939.
Britain and France declared war on Germany
France quickly fell to Germans
Charles de Gaulle set up a government in exile in Britain.

4. Persecution of German Jews
1933 – 3 months after taking office Hitler expelled non-Aryans from government Jobs.
Organized Persecution of Non-Aryans, Resulting in Holocaust
Anti-Semitism was deep rooted in Europe
Hitler blamed the Jews for German defeat in WW- I.

5. 1935 – New laws took away Jewish civil rights & their property
Nov 9, 1938 – Kristallnacht
Nazis destroyed Jewish property, many Jews were arrested.
Jews began to flee Germany
Other nations including U.S. refused to accept Jewish immigrants

6. Nazi Strategy for Final Solution
Most Jews Were sent to Concentration Camps
1941: 6 Death Camps were built in Poland
Used gas Chambers to kill the weak and Old
Crematoriums were used to burn the bodies
Six millions Jews died by Nazi Massacre.
One Famous Survivor is Elie Wiesel, winner of Nobel Peace prize in 1986.

7. America Joins the War
Japan Launched an attack on Chinese province of Manchuria in 1937.
1940: Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis was formed
In 1941 Japanese took over French Indochina.
Japan was also planning to take over Hawaii and the Philippines.
On December 7, 1941 Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, causing U.S. to join the War.

8. Homework
Questions 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 on page 813