1. World War II CHAPTER 30 Section 1: Threats to World Peace
4/6/2017
CHAPTER 30
World War II
Section 1: Threats to World Peace
Section 2: Hitler’s Aggressions
Section 3: Axis Gains
Section 4: The Soviet Union and the United States
Section 5: The Holocaust
Section 6: The End of the War

2. Threats to World Peace Objectives: Section 1:
Analyze why Japan and Italy were able to carry out aggressive territorial policies in the 1930s.
Explain why the League of Nations was unable to stop international aggression.
Describe how Spain’s civil war led to a fascist dictatorship there.

3. Japanese Aggression in Asia
Section 1:
Threats to World Peace
Japanese Aggression in Asia
League of Nations didn’t protect China

4. Italy’s Conquest of Ethiopia
Section 1:
Threats to World Peace
Italy’s Conquest of Ethiopia
League of Nations couldn’t protect Ethiopia since it had no armed forces
No major powers were willing to enforce League’s sanctions

5. Threats to World Peace Civil War in Spain Section 1:
Nationalists versus Loyalists – Nationalists were led by Franco; Republicans were Loyalists
Foreign assistance to Spain – antifascist countries supported Nationalists and defeated Loyalists; Franco created dictatorship

6. Hitler’s Aggressions Objectives: Section 2:
Explain how Hitler took over Austria and Czechoslovakia.
Discuss how and why Great Britain and France attempted to avoid another war.
Describe how Great Britain and France prepared for war.
Discuss why Hitler and Stalin created the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and how Western nations responded to Hitler’s invasion of Poland.

7. Austria and Czechoslovakia
Section 2:
Hitler’s Aggressions
Austria and Czechoslovakia
Annexing Austria – Hitler invaded and declared Austria part of Third Reich
Crisis in the Sudetenland – Czechoslovakia declared martial law in response to riots
Appeasement – British and French leaders accepted Hitler’s demands to avoid conflict

8. Hitler’s Aggressions Preparations for War Section 2:
Negotiating with Stalin – Great Britain and France tried to make alliance with Soviets
The Nazi-Soviet Pact – stated that Germany and Soviet Union would never attack each other; secretly agreed to divide eastern Europe
Danzig and the Polish Corridor – Hitler invaded Poland to gain control of Danzig and Polish Corridor, in response Great Britain and France declared war on Germany

9. Axis Gains Objectives: Section 3:
Explain how German control of Norway, Denmark, and the Low Countries benefited Hitler.
Describe the success of German forces in France.
Identify the Battle of Britain and the reasons the Germans could not win it.
Describe the role of the United States at the beginning of the war and how that role changed.

10. Axis Gains The “Phony War” Section 3:
Scandinavia and the Low Countries – Germany could outflank France’s Maginot Line
Evacuation of Dunkerque – Allied troops escaped with help from British air force

11. Axis Gains The Fall of France Section 3:
The French Resistance – German forces occupied France, collaborated with Vichy government

12. Axis Gains The Battle of Britain Section 3:
Air attacks on military sites, railroads, civilian and industrial targets
Royal Air Force flew night and day, used radar to identify enemy aircraft and ships

13. United States Involvement
Section 3:
Axis Gains
United States Involvement
Neutrality Acts – United States wished to stay neutral
Lend-Lease Act – allowed United States to supply war materials to Great Britain on credit

14. Axis Gains The Atlantic Charter Section 3:
United States fought against German submarines
United States protected ships in western Atlantic

15. The Soviet Union and the United States
Section 4:
The Soviet Union and the United States
Objectives:
Identify the steps the Axis Powers took to gain control of eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Describe how Germany planned to gain control of the Soviet Union and evaluate the Soviets’ defense.
Explain how Japan’s goals in the Pacific led to war with Britain and the United States.

16. Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean
Section 4:
The Soviet Union and the United States
Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean
Mussolini invaded Egypt and Greece, but was driven out by British
Germany took Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete
Rommel controlled Libya

17. Germany’s Attack on the Soviet Union
Section 4:
The Soviet Union and the United States
Germany’s Attack on the Soviet Union
Germany invaded Soviet Union, marched into Stalingrad
The Soviet defense – scorched-earth methods and guerrilla attacks

18. Japanese Aggressions in the Pacific
Section 4:
The Soviet Union and the United States
Japanese Aggressions in the Pacific
Japan pushed farther into China, cut off British sea route
Japan formed alliance with Germany and Italy
United States placed embargo on oil and scrap iron

19. American Entry into the War
Section 4:
The Soviet Union and the United States
American Entry into the War
Japan’s expansion in Southeast Asia and the Pacific threatened United States and British interests

20. The Holocaust Objectives: Section 5:
Explain how the Final Solution was developed.
Describe conditions in the concentration camps.
Identify ways different people resisted the Holocaust.

21. The Holocaust Hitler’s “New Order” Section 5:
New Order – pure “Aryan Race”
Final Solution – destruction of Jewish population

22. The Holocaust Concentration Camps Section 5:
Unspeakable conditions: forced labor, brutality, starvation, filth, disease

23. Resisting the Holocaust
Section 5:
The Holocaust
Resisting the Holocaust
Jews went into hiding, fought back
Some escaped with help of non-Jews

24. The End of the War Objectives: Section 6:
Identify the outcomes of Allied military actions in the Soviet Union, North Africa, Italy, and the Atlantic.
Describe how the Allies were able to achieve victory in Europe.
List the steps the Allies took to end the war with Japan.

25. The End of the War Important Offensives Section 6:
Battle of Stalingrad – Soviet Union saved Stalingrad
Mediterranean safer for Allies
United States and British took Sicily

26. The War at Sea and in the Air
Section 6:
The End of the War
The War at Sea and in the Air
Battle of Midway – turning point
Victories at Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, New Guinea, Marianas

27. The End of the War Victory in Europe Section 6:
D-Day – invasion of Allied troops into France
Battle of the Bulge – Allies turned back German drive
V-E Day – Victory in Europe

28. The End of the War Victory Over Japan Section 6:
Yalta and Potsdam – Allied leaders agreed to divide Germany
Japanese surrender – atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; V-J Day
Costs of the war – millions killed or wounded, human rights violations, use of nuclear weapons