WWII Factors to Outbreak

•Origins of World War II pg. 11

•Drifting toward conflict pg. 12

•FDR Quarantine Speech pg. 13

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Adolph Hitler ​

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Joseph Stalin ​

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Hideki Tojo ​

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Benito Mussolini ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Led Nazi Germany

Led Communist Soviet Union

Led Imperial Japan

Led Fascist Italy

​1919- Hitler joins Party

1921- Hitler becomes Chairman of Party

1923- Beer Hall Putsch (Attempted Coup d'etat)

1925- Hitler writes "Mein Kampf" in prison

1930- Nazi Party is 2nd largest in Germany

1933- Hitler becomes Chancellor and invokes emrgency powers

1934- Hitler becomes Führer

​Hitler's Rise to Power

League of Nations –

◦ Established at end of WWI (Wilson’s Fourteen Points)
◦ Where countries could come together to settle disputes

diplomatically

Collective security –

◦ Idea that peaceful nations would band together to stop

aggressors

How it failed:

◦ too weak to resist dictators – did nothing to stop bombings

or invasions

◦ countries like U.S. & Russia were not members of the

League

◦ Germany & Japan left the League in 1930’s

 FDR’s “Quarantine Speech” called for economic embargoes

against aggressors. The speech causes an uproar with
isolationists and FDR later backed down:

 “It is my hope to pursue to a policy of peace and avoid

involvement in war. There is an interdependence about the
modern world, which makes it impossible for any nation to
isolate itself from the upheavals in the rest of the world,
especially when such upheavals appear to be spreading. It
seems that the epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading.
When a epidemic of disease starts to spread, the
community joins in a quarantine of patients in order to
protect the health of the community against the spread of
the disease”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V61rc73NQs

Open Ended

Why was a "Quarantine" needed in Europe?

• 1935-37: Neutrality Acts- prohibited Americans from

traveling on ships of nations at war; couldn’t sell arms to
countries at war

• 1937: Quarantine Speech- FDR’s warning of unrest &

encouragement of peaceful solutions to quarantine
aggressive nations

• 1940- FDR begins to build up US forces, 1stpeacetime draft

• 1941: Lend-Lease-US able to sell, lease, or lend war material

to any nation whose defense is deemed vital to the US

​1939- Cash and Carry- US sells war materiel to Great Britain. They must pay cash and they must transport

Multiple Choice

Why did FDR approve a policy of "Cash and Carry"?

• The U.S. needed the money

• The U.S. wanted to economically cripple Great Britain

• The U.S. wanted to support Germany

• The U.S. wanted to support Great Britain, while not officially entering the war

Multiple Choice

Why did the U.S. moved into the "Lend-Lease" program?

• The U.S. wanted to get rid of old weapons

• Great Britain was running out of cash

• Great Britain intended to return all the bullets they used

• The U.S. wanted to build up its international credit rating

Munich Conference (1938)- British and French

leaders, without consulting the Czechs, agreed to
give Hitler part of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
to avoid war.

This policy of giving in to satisfy the demands of

a potential enemy is sometimes known as
Appeasement.

England and France hoped to achieve peace

through compromise, but failed. Hitler became
convinced that Britain and France were weak, and
decided to make more demands.

Poll

If you were at the Munich Conference, would you have given the Sudetenland to Hitler?

• Yes, for sure.

• No way!

Hitler demanded the
Sudetenland.

The Sudetenland was part
of
Czechoslovakia and many
German people lived there

Hitler demanded the
Sudetenland be returned
to German or he
threatened war.

Next, Hitler demanded the
rest of Czechoslovakia

Next Hitler demand the annexation of Poland.

◦ September 1, 1939

Britain and France refused to give in.

Hitler signed a non aggression pact with

Stalin, but secretly agreed to invade Poland
together.

When Germany invaded Poland in September

1939, Britain and France declared war of
Germany and World War II began.

Multiple Choice

When did WWII officially begin?

• November 11, 1918

• September 11, 2001

• December 7, 1941

• September 1, 1939

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Munich Conference

• Hitler takes the Sudetenland

• Hitler takes Czechoslovakia

• Hitler and the Soviet Union invades Poland

• WWII begins

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Dropdown

What agreement was made between the USSR and Nazi Germany?​

Select answer

In Poland, the German army unveiled a new

type of warfare called Blitzkreig

BLITZKRIEG: Lighting War, use Modern

Army, Tanks, Planes: Move FAST and work
together

The Germans quickly defeated the

Poles(Polish people) and before long they
had also defeated the French and taken
over much of Europe.