1. Causes of World War Two Treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s Imperialistic Ambitions and Violation of the Treaty of Versailles
The Great Depression
The Rise of Fascism
The Policy of Appeasement
Failure of the League of Nations

2. Treaty Of Versailles
Document that laid out the terms of peace between Germany and The Allies (winners)
This was a dictated peace treaty to Germany
they had no say!

3. Germany forced to Sign Treaty
Germany signed June
Allies Threatened to resume the fight!

4. Was the Treaty TOO Harsh?
Economy in ruins
Massive inflation
Could not make payments
Territory changes
Different ethnic groups combined
Many left without homeland
Feelings of nationalism unchecked

5. Treaty of Versailles created Hostility in Germany
Weimar Government blamed for treaty terms
Stab in the Back Myth
Loss of German territory, population, and pride
Rhineland
32 Billion $ Reparations devastates the economy
Created hostility towards Minorities = Jewish

6. The Devastation of the Great Depression
The Depression forced the Allied countries to focus on getting themselves out of economic trouble
Allied Nations
France, Great Britain, US
Germany able to defy treaty terms and focus on imperialistic ambitions because the Allied countries were distracted

7. The Rise of Fascism
The panic of the 1930s caused many people to look for new political parties
Several charismatic leaders promised solutions to the suffering and incompetent leaders
Rome Berlin Axis
Italy and Germany wanted to work together to expand empires

8. Lebensraum- Living Space
Hitler’s plan to gain living space for Germans
re incorporate ethnic German populations into Germany
Austria
Sudetenland
Poland

9. Germany Violates the Terms of The Treaty of Versailles
Between Hitler began re-armament
1935 Mandatory Conscription
1936 Germany occupied the Rhineland
1938 Germany joins with Austria
1938 Germany occupies Sudetenland
A territory populated by ethnic Germans given to Czechoslovakia at the Paris Peace Conference

10. Policy of Appeasement Appeasement is giving into demands to avoid war
France, Britain, and the US wanted to avoid any confrontation
Still weak from the Great Depression
Feel bad for the harsh treatment of Germany after WWI
Thought Hitler was a reasonable leader
Fear another war

11. Appeasement and the Munich Agreement 1938
Munich Conference France, Britain, US tried to negotiate with Hitler
After Hitler threatened to invade the Sudetenland
Hitler promised that he would only take the Sudetenland
Neville Chamberlain announced to the world that they have secured “peace for our time”

13. Nazi Soviet Aggression Pact
Germany wanted to invade Poland but this would be seen as an act of war towards the Soviet Union
Hitler and Joseph Stalin August 1939
Both countries signed a pact to not fight each other if one of them went to war
Agreed to divide Poland
Hitler free to invade Poland

14. Failures of the League of Nations
League of Nations was supposed to help maintain world peace but it was too weak
Major powers did not support the league
Could impose economic sanctions BUT the league had no military to oppose an aggressor
Nations refused to disrupt trade with economic sanctions
Many nations chose the policy of isolationism rather than intervention

15. Declaration Of War September 1st 1939 Germany invades Poland
Britain and France order Germany out by September 3rd
September 3rd France and Britain declare war