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Whiteboard Moment!

Whiteboard Moment!. Review the main causes of WWII . Answer: Which cause was the most important into leading the world into WWII ? Explain. Learning Targets. Students will be able to: Compare and contrast the Allied and Axis Powers.

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Whiteboard Moment!

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  1. Whiteboard Moment! • Review the main causes of WWII. • Answer: Which cause was the most important into leading the world into WWII? Explain.

  2. Learning Targets Students will be able to: • Compare and contrast the Allied and Axis Powers. • Describe how and why WWII began throughout the world.

  3. WORLD WAR II: THE BASICS

  4. THE AXIS POWERS

  5. Important Definitions • Dictator: a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force • Fascism: type of gov’t where a dictator has complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism (one party with NO opposition and secret police often used to maintain power)

  6. 1. Italy • leader: Benito Mussolini (dictator, fascist gov’t) • goal: dominate Mediterranean

  7. 2. Germany • Leader: Adolf Hitler (fascist Nazi party) • Goals: establish “master race” & control Europe

  8. 3. Japan • leader: Emperor Hirohito (militaristic gov’t) • goal: expand empire to gain resources

  9. THE ALLIED POWERS

  10. 1. Soviet Union • leader: Joseph Stalin (communist) • goals: stop Hitler & spread communism “Uncle Joe”

  11. 2. Great Britain • leader: Winston Churchill (democracy) • goal: preserve democracy & freedom

  12. 3. United States • leader: Franklin D. Roosevelt (democracy) • goals: neutral, then stop Japan & preserve democracy

  13. White Board Moment!!!!!!! • Close your noteook. • On your whiteboard, write down the names of the countries and leaders of both the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers.

  14. How did you do? Axis Powers Allied Powers Soviet Union—Stalin Great Britain—Churchill United States--Roosevelt • Italy—Mussolini • Germany—Hitler • Japan--Hirohito

  15. Timeline Early WWII

  16. 1935: Italy invades Ethiopia

  17. 1935: U.S. passes Neutrality Acts Isolationism vs. Interventionist

  18. 1936: FDR’s “Cash and Carry” Plan • U.S. sells war goods but does not ship them

  19. July 1937: Japan declares war on China Japanese Soldiers in Nanking where 300,000 civilians were massacred

  20. 1938: Germany annexes Austria & takes over part of Czechoslovakia Hitler announces joining with Austria Postcard from Austrian Supporters

  21. Sept. 1938: Munich Pact • Appeasement policy: give G. what it wants for peace

  22. Aug. 1939: Nazi-Soviet Pact • Secret agreement to divide up Poland German and Soviet Union delegates sign the agreement

  23. Why might this be good for Germany?

  24. Sept. 1, 1939: Germany attacks Poland • Begins Blitzkrieg (“lightning” warfare with air cover, paratroopers, tanks &ground forces )

  25. Sept. 3, 1939: WWII STARTS! • Britain and France declare war on Germany

  26. Fall1939 –Winter ’40: “Sitzkrieg” • Phony War w/ France & Britain

  27. June 1940: Fall of France Dunkirk Evacuation “Miracle”

  28.        "We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!"       —Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940, following the evacuation of British and French armies from Dunkirk

  29. Summer-Fall 1940: Battle of Britain • Germany does not invade; instead bombing (The Blitz)

  30. St. Paul’s Cathedral Still Standing

  31. RAF Spitfires that out-fought and out-flew the German Luftwaffe

  32. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” --Winston Churchill 1940 on the pilots of the RAF during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz

  33. White Board Time. • Write down the name of the country/countries that you believe were the most to blame for WWII starting.

  34. December 7th, 1941: Pearl Harbor bombed by Japanese; U.S. enters war!

  35. December 11th, 1941: Germany declares war on U.S.! • Response to Lend-Lease and U.S. attacks on U-boats

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