1. WW2
WH Mr Pack

2. After WWI
Japan- seek to expand, new markets, need resources (Emperor Hirohito)
Germany (Hitler)- Nazi Dictator
Italy (Mussolini) – Fascism
both seek to restore pride, economy
These 3 countries are the Axis powers
Russia (Stalin)- Communism, rules by fear (executions, labor camps)

3. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin

4. Definitions
Totalitarianism- a form of government that controls all aspects of its citizens lives (no opposing political parties)
Fascism- political belief that places the importance of the nation over that of the individual (no opposition parties)
Blitzkrieg- lightning war (speed, efficiency)
Gestapo- German secret police loyal to Hitler

5. Germany Persecution of Jews
Nuremberg Laws- Jewish people (blame WWI loss) have no citizenship (voting rights), must wear yellow star of David Kristallnacht- vandalizing of Jewish businesses and places of worship Holocaust- genocide (systematic mass execution) Jews placed in Ghettos and concentration camps

6. Yellow star, camps

7. Prelude to War
Victims of Holocaust also include Jehovah’s Witnesses, Homosexuals, Gypsies, political dissidents, handicapped
Hitler violates Versailles Treaty by…
Building up troops (half a million)
Building fortifications, troop movement
Annexes Austria into Germany
Demands area of Czechoslovakia
Germany invades Poland

8. Responses to Germany
Appeasement- policy of giving into someone’s demands in order to preserve peace ( Britain, France allow Germany to have part of Czechoslovakia
Isolationism- avoiding involvement in foreign problems (America)
Great Britain and France declare War on German after Poland invasion. France signs Armistice with Germany after defeat

9. WWII Events Germany and Russia agree to non- aggression pact.
Tojo- Prime Minister (and General)
America cuts off trade to stop Japanese expansion into Asia
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor (Dec )
American President Roosevelt declares War on Japan, enters WWII

10. Tojo, Roosevelt, USS Arizona

11. Turning points of WWII (Europe)
Battle of Britain- British (under Prime Minister Winston Churchill) refuse to surrender despite constant bombing from Germany
Germany goes to War with Russia (two front war)- defeated at Stalingrad
Normandy invasion- Millions of Allied troops (America, Great Britain, etc.) land successfully off French coast and push inwards towards Germany

12. Britain, Normandy, Stalingrad

13. Turning points WWII Pacific
Battle of Midway- American Naval victory, 4 Japanese Aircraft Carriers sunk
Island Hopping- U.S. work way to Japanese mainland by conquering islands one at a time
Manhattan Project- develop nuclear weapons
2 Atomic bombs dropped on Japan (Hiroshima, Nagasaki) Japan surrender

14. Hiroshima, Nagasaki

15. Responder 1 Q1
A form of government that controls all aspects of its citizens lives
Nazism
Fascism
Communism
Totalitarianism

16. Responder 1 Q2 The Nuremberg Laws…
Established a trade alliance between Great Britain and Germany
Protected free speech
Took away citizenship rights for Jewish people
Made Austrians honorary German citizens

17. Responder 1 Q3 He was the Fascist Dictator of Italy Stalin Balboa
Mussolini
Churchill

18. Responder 1 Q4 What is Japan’s goal during WWII?
To eliminate the Gestapo
Forge strong alliance with Russia
Territorial expansion
To facilitate the Holocaust

19. Responder 1 Q5 Which word means “lightning war”? Nuremberg Blitzkrieg
Kristallnacht
Gestapo