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Bell Ringer – March 9 & 12

Bell Ringer – March 9 & 12. What is inflation? Name one CAUSE of the worldwide depression. Name one EFFECT of the worldwide depression. World War II. Today’s Objectives. Explain the impact of the worldwide depression on Japan, Italy, and Germany.

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Bell Ringer – March 9 & 12

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  1. Bell Ringer – March 9 & 12 • What is inflation? • Name one CAUSE of the worldwide depression. • Name one EFFECT of the worldwide depression.

  2. World War II

  3. Today’s Objectives • Explain the impact of the worldwide depression on Japan, Italy, and Germany. • Describe the events leading up to the start of WWII. • Describe the actions taken by Germany from September 1939 until June 1940. • Identify the key battles and events of WWII. • Identify key people of WWII. • Identify the countries involved and their alliances.

  4. What If …

  5. Effect of the Worldwide Depression on Japan, Italy, & Germany

  6. Japan • Government was blamed when the Great Depression hit. • Military then took over the country • Extreme nationalists • Believed they could solve economic problems through expansion • Decided to create a Pacific Empire

  7. Japan Expands • Manchuria: Seized by Japan in 1931 • China: Attacked by Japan in 1937

  8. Italy Mussolini sees Japan’s success and seizes Ethiopia in order to expand.

  9. Goes against the Treaty of Versailles March 1935 Rebuilds armed forces Starts in 1934! Germany moves troops into the Rhineland Germany

  10. Tripartite Pact • Alliance between Germany, Italy, & Japan • Became known as the Axis Powers October 1936: Germany & Italy form an alliance November 1936: Japan joins

  11. Appeasement Britain and France practiced appeasement prior to the start of World War II. Britain & France allowed Germany to do what it wanted (appeasement). Appeasement = the policy of giving Hitler what he demanded to stop him from going to war To appease is to please.

  12. Appeasement 1936: Germany reoccupies the Rhineland > Britain condemns Germany. 1938: Germany takes over Austria > Britain allows it, but makes Germany promise not to take over anymore territory. 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia > Britain & France condemn Germany’s actions.

  13. Munich Conference September 29, 1938: Meeting between France, Britain, Germany, & Italy Germany was given land&Germany promised not to take anymore land Hitler is given the Sudetenland 6 months later Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia

  14. Non-Aggression Pact • Agreement between Hitler & Stalin • Germany & USSR become allies • Agreed that they would split Poland

  15. September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland

  16. The invasion of Poland caused Britain and France to declare war.World War II officially starts. YouTube - Germany Invades Poland-France and Britain Declares War

  17. New military strategy used by Germany. It involved strategic bombing, followed by a huge waves of tanks and infantry. Blitzkrieg "Lightning War"

  18. Invasion of France on June 3, 1940

  19. Atonement - Elegy For Dunkirk - YouTube

  20. June 10: Italy joins Germany &attacks France from the south • June 14: Paris falls • June 22: France surrenders

  21. On June 16, 1940, the French cabinet voted to ask Germany for armistice terms. In order to completely humiliate the French, Hitler insisted on receiving their surrender inside the same railroad car in which the Germans had surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War I.

  22. Economic & Political Causes of WWII • Aggression by totalitarian powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) • Nationalism • Failures of the Treaty of Versailles • Weakness of the League of Nations • Appeasement • Tendencies towards isolationism and pacifism (peace loving) in Europe and the U.S.

  23. Things to Do! • Battles and Events chart - Use your notes and book to fill in 1 and 2 • Complete People of WWII chart using pictures around the room • Label the map and add color code for Axis powers, Axis control, Allied nations, Neutral nations – pg. 438 • Complete the Exit Ticket (political cartoons) and turn in before you leave

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