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WWII: Causes and Conflict

WWII: Causes and Conflict. Journal #13. What are the traits of a bully? In other words, how do bullies act, view the world, etc ? Describe how you effectively deal with a bully. What should you do? What shouldn’t you do?

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WWII: Causes and Conflict

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  1. WWII: Causes and Conflict

  2. Journal #13 • What are the traits of a bully? In other words, how do bullies act, view the world, etc? • Describe how you effectively deal with a bully. • What should you do? • What shouldn’t you do? • What other things should you keep in mind when dealing with these types of people?

  3. German Aggression • Germany annexes the Rhineland • Failure of the League of Nations • Neville Chamberlain and the Munich Pact • Germany moves into Sudetenland

  4. Appeasement or Peace With Honor? • But was appeasement a bad strategy?

  5. Journal 13 Part 2 Four Options For Dealing With Hitler Appeasementor acquiesce (give in to demands) Retaliation- react to each of Hitler’s actions as they come up Deterrence- try to get Hitler to back down, threaten or scare into not taking action Preemption - attack before Hitler can 1) What option would you choose? 2) Explain what the risks of choosing this option are • Why did you choose this option? Explain. • Use the tables on the next slide to answer #4

  6. 4) According to the tables which countries seemed most prepared. Why? In Billions

  7. 1. Don’t put up with aggression2. Don’t wait until it’s too late3. It’s challenging negotiating with bad people Lessons learned from appeasement

  8. The Axis Alliance • Germany, Italy under Mussolini, and Japan join forces. • Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact • Agree to invade and divide up Poland • Germany sets sight on Soviet Union • WWII Begins with the invasion of Poland (September 1, 1939)

  9. Today’s Plan • Check off homework – Identifications of main events of WW2 • Journal Warm up • Discussion of Opening Stages of WW2 • Work Time for Timeline

  10. Journal #14 Please write down 4 events that you personally found to be the most important part of WW2 and explain your reasoning for this (3-4 sentences each) Example) The Signing of the Lend Lease Act – “I think this event was particularly important to world war two because it marked the true beginning of US involvement in the war. While the US was technically neutral at this point, by actively arming the allied powers (i.e. France and England) the US signaled its true allegiance. After this action, it was only a matter of time until the US got involved. Furthermore, the shipment of weapons and materials from the US gave the much beleaguered allied nations a fighting chance at a crucial point of the war (without this help it is not entirely clear if the allies could have held off the advance of the seemingly unstoppable German war machine).”

  11. Germany Launches the Blitzkrieg • Blitzkrieg – “Lightening War,” A fast paced war tactic employed by the German military. • April 1940 – Germans take Luxembourg, Belgium and move into France.

  12. German Control Expands • France is overtaken in just 35 days • Miracle of Dunkirk - 338,000 British and French stuck in France. • Britain left to fight alone. • The Battle of Britain Begins July 1940

  13. But, what about the US? • Neutrality Acts Prevent US involvement • Indirect Involvement –Lend-Lease Act. • US starts training troops.

  14. Challenges to US Involvement • Strong Isolationist Feelings in US • Danger in shipments across Atlantic • The US unprepared for war German U-Boat Patrols Army Uniform circa 1939

  15. Goals For the Day • To Understand Why the United States and Japan ended up fighting each other. • To Understand Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor • To Investigate Whether Pearl Harbor Could Have Been Prevented • Finish Timelines

  16. Quotes of the day • Nothing would please me better than if they would give me three months and then attack here. General Douglas Macarthur (December 5, 1940) • All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us... they can't get away this time. Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller (surrounded by 8 enemy divisions)

  17. Growing Conflict With the US • Japan’s need for more resources. • Competing Spheres (areas) of Influence • US and Britain attempt to protect supplies • US presence viewed as a threat • US cuts off trade and freezes Japanese Assets • Japanese oil supply cut off. • US sides with China

  18. Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941 Japanese Attack • 2,500 Americans Dead, 8 battleships destroyed, fleet crippled • Fear, rumors, and temporary chaos on west coast • A little luck…

  19. Could Pearl Harbor have been prevented? Maybe YES

  20. Journal #15 Based on what you have learnedfrom the sources that we read yesterday, please write a 1-2 page response arguing whether you think the military commanders and leaders in the US could have prevented the attack on Pearl Harbor (or at least the devastating effects). Please use evidence to explain to argue who is to blame for the attack being such a disaster.

  21. Effects of Pearl Harbor • Brings the US into the war. FDR Speech • Gains support of Congress and the American People • Makes US the victims, Japan the Aggressor • European First Strategy

  22. It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them. ~Alfred Adler • “Ends do not justify means because we can never know the ends. The means, our actions, must be held up to careful scrutiny no matter what our anticipated goals” -Albert Camus

  23. US Gets Start in Africa • Intended to relieve pressure on Britain and the Soviet Union • Provide a second front. Alternative to invading France. • Allies Capture Germans in Tunisia Rommel (German) Patton (US) Eisenhower (US)

  24. Invasion of Italy • Fierce fighting and slow progress • German troops replace Italians.

  25. Normandy and D-Day(June 6,1944) • Massive Allied Attack to retake Europe (France) • High Casualties • Important Victory

  26. Stalingrad (present day Volgograd) • Battle for city in Soviet Union • Germans vs. Soviet troops • Turning Point in the war • 91,000 Germans surrender (January 1943)

  27. Germany’s Last Stand • Battle of the Bulge – Fierce German Offensive • US and Soviet Troops rush to Berlin • Hitler commits suicide on April 30th, 1945 • VE-Day (victory Europe) May 7, 1945

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