1. WORLD WAR II
A WORLD IN FLAMES

2. MAP OF EUROPE
AXIS POWERS
ORANGE
ALLIED POWERS
GREEN

3. AMERICA AND THE WORLD ITALY Benito Mussolini -- dictator of Italy
Il Duce “The Leader”
Fascist Militia -- black shirts, loyal to Mussolini and carried out his orders
Believed that a nation must have a strong leader to maintain order (FACISM) -aggressive nationalism

4. RUSSIA
Vladimir Lenin -- leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia (1917)
1922 Russia was renamed the USSR -- when this happened they took over more land
Communist Rule -- one party controls the power
Lenin dies and a power struggle for control occurs
Joseph Stalin becomes the new leader

5. GERMANY Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party)
March on Munich, Germany
Hitler arrested
Reichstag -- lower house of the German parliament
NAZI’s were the largest group in the Reichstag
Hitler becomes the leader of Germany

6. JAPAN Japan felt destined to rule much of East Asia
Manchuria -- part of northern China and very rich in resources
Japan invaded Manchuria to seize resources

7. ISOLATIONISM ISOLATIONSIM REMAINING OUT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
WHY DID THE U.S. TRY TO PRACTICE THIS AFTER WWI?
1. COUNTRIES OWED THEM MONEY
2. FELT BETRAYED AFTER THE WAR BY COMPANIES THAT HAD PROFITED FROM THE WAR
(NYE COMMITTEE)

8. More Key Events From World War II
Neutrality Act of passed by Congress to make selling arms to warring countries illegal
Spanish Civil War -- rebellion in Spain in 1936 led by Francisco Franco
The rebellion led to an alliance between Hitler and Mussolini ( eventually the AXIS powers with Japan)
Internationalism -- started developing in the U.S. after FDR was elected President (1936)
he believed trade between countries could help with prosperity
1937 we send aid to help China

9. HITLER’S RISE TO POWER
Hitler rose very quickly to become one of the most ruthless leaders the world has ever seen.

10. HITLER TIME LINE WWI -- ROSE TO RANK OF CORPORAL
INJURED
ATTENDED 1ST NAZI MEETING
ORGANIZED PRIVATE
ARMY OF STORM TROOPERS
BEER HALL PUTSCH, NAZIS TRIED TO OVERTROW THE GERMAN GOV.
HITLER IS ARRESTED AND WRITES A BOOK IN PRISON “MEIN KAMPF
MY STRUGGLE”
NAZI PARTY OUTLAWED (HITLER REBUILDS)
NAZIS GET 38% OF THE REICHSTAG (GERMAN PARLIAMENT)
HITLER GAINS A LOT OF POWER
JAN GERMAN PRES. VON HINDENBURG NAMES HITLER CHANCELLOR

11. HITLER IS “DE FUHRER” AUG. 1934 -- VON HINDENBURG DIES
FEB. 4, HITLER CONTROLS THE POLICE
FEB. 27, FIRE DESTROYS THE REICHSTAG (HITLER BLAMES THE COMMUNISTS AND BEGINS TO JAIL AND KILL OPPONENTS)
AUG VON HINDENBURG DIES
HITLER APPOINTS HIMSELF “DE FUHRER” THE LEADER
BEGINS TO RID THE GOVERNMENT OF ANYONE WHO STANDS IN HIS WAY

12. WHO HELPED HITLER? Herman Goering - 2nd in command
head of the luftwaffe-- German Air Force
Rudolf Hess - Hitler’s private secretary
Heinrich Himmler - Leader of the SS
Joseph Goebbles - Propaganda

13. WORLD WAR II BEGINS
To avoid war, the allies agreed to give Hitler what he wanted.(APPEASEMENT)
Other reasons for doing this:
1. Reunite German speaking people
2. Believed the NAZIS would stop
3. Avoid WORLD WAR II
Land Hitler Invaded before WAR :
AUSTRIA - March 1939
created ANSCHLUSS - unification of Germany and Austria
Sudetenland (part of Czechoslovakia)
last democratic Gov. in Europe
Czech. Was allied with France and USSR

14. MUNICH CONFERENCE
Representatives from Britain, France, Italy and Germany met in Munich Germany to decide Czech fate.
Neville Chamberlain - Prime Minister of Britain
Agreed to Hitler’s demands (appeasement)
Hitler was not satisfied, he wants
Danzig -- port city in Poland
French and British say We Will Fight
Nazis and USSR sign the NON-AGGRESSION PACT -- agree to split Poland

15. BLITZKRIEG September 1, 1939 --Germany invades Poland
Blitzkrieg -- lightning warfare (strike fast)
September 3, WWII begins with France and Britain declaring war on Germany
Poland fell to the Germans in 3 weeks

16. The Fall of France
Hitler took Norway and Denmark before setting his sights on France
France waited for German attack at the Maginot Line -- Line of concrete bunkers built after WWI
** the line runs along the border of France and Germany

17. Miracle at Dunkirk Germans were pushing the allies to the Sea
Dunkirk was the only surviving port in France
Hitler orders his troops to stop advancing for 3 days. This gave the British and French time to evacuate.
Saved 338,000 men
Lost 90,000 rifles, 7,000 tons of ammo &
120,000 vehicles

18. BRITAIN HOLDS ON Air battle in the fall of 1940
WINSTON CHURCHILL --Prime minister of Britain
Battle of Britain
Air battle in the fall of 1940
London was accidentally bombed so Churchill bombed Berlin, in response Hitler pounded London
The British Royal Air Force vs. Luftwaffe
RAF had the advantage of radar
Hitler gave up in Oct., 1940

19. AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR
U.S. MOVES AWAY FROM ISOLATIONISM
NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1939
--warring nations could buy weapons on a cash and carry basis
DESTROYERS FOR BASES
--U.S. sold old destroyers to Britain in exchange for building bases in UK territory
AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE
-- wanted the U.S. to remain isolated
-- Charles Lindbergh and Hoover
WENDELL WILKIE Vs. FDR (1940)

20. CLOSER TO WAR LEND-LEASE ACT -- U.S. would lend money to Britain
HEMISPHERIC DEFENSE ZONE -- states the west part of Atlantic was neutral
AUG Churchill and FDR meet
What do they decide:
1. Committed to democracy
2. Nonaggression and free trade

21. PROBLEMS IN THE PACIFIC
Japanese Aggression
-- attacking Britain in the Pacific
HOW DOES THE U.S. RESPOND
1. Used economic pressure
2. Limited shipments of iron and oil to Japan
3. Sent Douglas MacArthur to the Pacific

22. PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941 -- “A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY”
JAPAN ATTACKS A U.S. NAVAL BASE IN HAWAII
DECEMBER 10, 1941 U.S. DECLARES WAR

23. PEARL HARBOR
JAPAN SANK 21 SHIPS, DESTROYED 188 AIRPLANES, INJURED 1,178 AND KILLED 2403 AMERICANS