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The Road to WWII

The Road to WWII. Links to WWI. The events that led up to WWII are nearly all directly linked to what happened in WWI, the Treaty of Versailles. Treaty of Versailles. Blame: War Guilt Clause Reparations $$$ Demilitarized Loss of territory and vital agricultural and mining areas Result?

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The Road to WWII

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  1. The Road to WWII

  2. Links to WWI • The events that led up to WWII are nearly all directly linked to what happened in WWI, the Treaty of Versailles.

  3. Treaty of Versailles • Blame: War Guilt Clause • Reparations $$$ • Demilitarized • Loss of territory and vital agricultural and mining areas • Result? • Opened the door to new leadership

  4. “These points have been burned into the brain and emotion of this people, until finally in sixty million heads, a common sense of shame and a common hatred would become a single fiery sea of flame, from whose heat a will as hard as steel would have risen and a cry burst forth: ‘Give us arms again’.” • From Mein Kampf (My Struggle) by Adolf Hitler

  5. Rise of Hitler • After WWI, Hitler had joined a German Working Man's party, his extremist views and enthusiasm quickly escalated him to leader of this party. • With the now breaking economy in 1930s Germany, Hitler took his chance and used his extremist views to eventually take control of the country.

  6. Hitler becomes Leader • Hitler succeeded Hindenburg as leader of Germany on August 19th, 1934. • He abolished democracy, replacing it with a radical, racially motivated revision of the world order. • Fascism: A radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology that puts the needs of the country before the needs of individuals.

  7. Hitler’s Ambition • European countries underestimated the extent of Hitler's ambitions. • He was well respected for single handedly recreating the German economy, and no one thought he would actually spark another World War.

  8. Re-Militarization • Hitler then began to re-militarize Germany, beginning with the rearmament of its citizens. • This went against the rulings outlined in the Treaty of Versailles. • He then re-militarized Rhineland which had been free of military presence since WWI. • He now had his military directly on the border of France

  9. Response to Re-Militarization • Britain and France wouldn't stand up to him without the support of the other, in truth they could easily have defeated the small army of 30,000 men.

  10. Appeasement • Britain and France both caved in to Hitler's demands at the Munich Conference. • They gave Germany back Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, that had large German populations.

  11. Why did they Give it Back? • Again, Britain and France wouldn't stand up to Germany without the support of the other. • Both Countries were fearful of another World War.

  12. Last Straw • Nazi Germany attacked neutral Poland which forced both France and Britain to come to Poland's aid.

  13. Two-Sides Axis Power Allied Powers V.S

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