CHAPTER 16 WORLD WAR LOOMS

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CHAPTER 16WORLD WAR LOOMS

• MR. ALLEN

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SECTION 16.1DICTATORS THREATEN WORLD PEACE

• The rise of rulers with total power in Europe and
  Asia led to WW2
• Dictators of the 30s and 40s have made world
  leaders especially watchful for the actions of
  dictators today

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• Nationalism Loyalty to ones country above all
  else
• Fueled territorial expansion and dictators rise
  to power
• Totalitarianism A government that exerts
  complete control over its citizens. Individuals
  have no rights.

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Joseph Stalin Man of Steel

• After Lennon died, Stalin took over, attempting
  to create a modern communist state
• Transformed Soviet Union from a backward nation
  to an industrial power
• Nationalized industries-farms and factories
• Many estimated that Stalin was responsible for
  the deaths of 8 to 13 million people

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Benito Mussolini Italian Fascist

• Unemployment and inflation sowed chaos in
  Italy-Mussolini rose to power
• Fascism Stressed Nationalism and placed the
  interest of the state above others
• Made the trains run on time

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The Nazis take over Germany

• Adolf Hitler was a powerful public speaker that
  became the leader of the Nazi party
• Born in Austria, he believed in reuniting all
  German-speaking people of the world
• Purification- Germans formed a master race that
  was destined to rule the world.

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Hitler Takes Control

• In 1933 Hitler ws appointed chancellor and
  immediately dismantled Germanys government
• Great Depression had some 6 million Germans
  unemployed, Hitler rose to power vowing to combat
  this
• Fueled by militarism and expansionism, Hitler put
  people to work

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Militarists Gain Control

• Military leaders were taking over the imperial
  government of Japan
• More living space for a growing people
• Invades Manchuria

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CHAPTER 16.2WAR IN EUROPE

• Hitlers actions started WW2 and still serve as a
  warning to be vigilant about a totalitarian
  government
• Appeasement The giving up principles to pacify
  an aggressor.

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AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA FALL

• To prosper, Hitler told his generals, Germany
  needed the land of its neighbors
• Austria and Czechoslovakia were to be absorbed
  into the Third Reich
• Most Austrians were Germans. Hitler marched in
  unopposed

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Turn to a partner

• Bargaining for the Sudetenland-about 3 million
  German-Speaking people lived in the Western
  border of Czechoslovakia.
• Hitler charges the Czechs with abusing Germans

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WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

• Hitler invited the world leaders to discuss the
  Czech issue. He claimed that there was abuse of
  Germans, and that this would be his last
  territorial demand.
• You are Britain and you have to choose peace or
  war. However, you have just barely recovered
  from WW1. Do you choose to sign the treaty?

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Peace in our Time

• Neville Chamberlin and Daladier chose to believe
  Hitler and sign the Munich Agreement
• Czechoslovakia's vast armaments go to Germany
  without a fight
• German troops pour into CZ,

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• The Soviet union wants to expand as well
• Stalin and Hitler sign a non-aggression pact
• Germany declares war on Poland
• Blitzkrieg Made use of advances in military
  tech to take the enemy by surprise with quick
  advances.

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FRANCE AND BRITAIN DECLARE WAR

• FRANCE QUICKLY FALLS, THANKS TO NEW MEANS OF WAR
• BATTLE OF BRITAIN BEGINS
• CHURCHILL We shall defend our Island, whatever
  the cost may be

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Section 16.3 -The Holocaust

• During the Holocaust, the Nazis systematically
  executed 6 million Jews and 5 million other
  non-Aryans

Work Makes one Free Gates of Auschwitz
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How it Started

• 1933 Jews denied public jobs and Jewish
  businesses boycotted
• Nuremberg Laws defined Jews by thereligious
  affiliation of Grandparents
• The Kristallnacht Night of Broken Glass
  November 9, 1938
• Jewish Homes Businesses attacked and destroyed
  across Germany

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This sign says Germans! Defend Yourselves! Do
not buy from Jews!
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Refugees

• Hitler favored immigration out of GR
• France accepted 25,000
• British accepted 80,000
• Latin America 40,000
• U.S. 100,000 The St. Louis
• All refused Jews

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Hitlers Final Solution

• Genocide The deliberate and systematic killing
  of an entire population
• The Condemned-Gypsies, Freemasons, Jehovahs
  Witnesses, Homosexuals
• Forced relocation into Ghettos

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• Meeting in Berlin on January 20, 1942 to plan the
  execution of Hitlers Final Solution.
• Execution/ concentration camps locatedmainly in
  Germany Poland
• Camps located near railroad lines
• Used cyanide gas as primary murder weapon

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Auschwitz - Poland
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CONCENTRATION CAMPS

• GERMANS EFFICIENT
• LABOR CAMPS
• SYSTEMATIC EXTERMINATION
• GAS CHAMBERS-Bullets to expensive

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THE HOLOCAUST

• 6 MILLION JEWS MURDERED
• 12,000 killed a day in gas chambers
• 11 million lives lost

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LECTURE 16.4AMERICA MOVES TOWARD WAR