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War Clouds Gather
Ch. 11 Lesson 1 WWII
The Rise of Dictators
WWII _________________________
Dictators Threaten Europe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Nazis
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Fascist/Totalitarian Regime
Japan
General Tojo
Militarist
Italy & Mussolini
He is the _____________to rise to power.
Rise to power:
1919, Italy in Chaos- _______
by Treaty of Versailles
Mussolini____________
Fascism stresses the ________of a Nation.
Mussolini built up Italy’s __________
Under Fascism there are no:
– Civil Liberties ex:
– No Freedom of Press
Italy & Mussolini
1922, ‘March to Rome”
Victor Emanuel gave Mussolini permission
to form new government
Motivations of Mussolini:
_______________________________
___________________________
Fascism
Rooted in _______nationalism
Glorifies action,__________, discipline
Blind _________to the state
_______or class interests above national
goals destroy feelings of community
Individual unimportant, you
______________________
Germany/ Adolf Hitler
Rise to power:
Austria- 1889
18- Vienna Art School- ____________
Moved to Germany, fights in WWI
1919, joins small group of right wing
extremists
1920, leader of__________________
Adolf Hitler continued…
Great Depression Hits Germany hard
Used people’s ______ to gain support in Germany
Many Germans were upset over the T of V
Why?? Remember Germany was:
_______ and ____________
Hitler was a dynamic speaker and told the
Germans he understood and agreed!
**Able to _____________of the German
People because of their______________
Germany’s Nazi Party
Nazi Party under Hitler
Set up a Totalitarian Rule:
No ___________________, no 2nd party
Totally ___________________________.
Blamed the ________ for all of Germany’s problems.
Anti-Semitism= hatred of the ______________.
Motives/Goals
1.________________________
2.____________________
3. Lebensraum (____________)
The Soviet Union
Late 1920’s Joseph Stalin rose to power
as the _____________Leader of the
Soviet Union.
Used ____________ to get obedience
Killed rivals and sent millions of people
to ________________________.
Japan/ Hideki Tojo & Hirohito
Rise to power:
There are ______________in Japan:
Emperor Hirohito
Military leader Hideki Tojo
Japan suffered from ____________and food
shortages during the Depression
Early 30’s, government forced to
accept_______________________domination
Japan
Industrial but small
Resented 2nd class status
The military under Tojo needs
_______________ for growing
industry and population
Japan in 1931 invaded
Manchuria in _________for their
Raw materials.
The League of Nations does
_______________________
The United States Neutral
Congress passed the Neutrality Acts:
This ___________________weapons
AND
__________________ to nations at
war.
Germany begins to push
In 1936, the _______________makes is into
the Rhineland.
The T of V did not allow Hitler to have troops
or military, but______________________.
Hitler’s 2nd move: Austria. He moved in there
to _____________________. No resistance
Hitler’s 3rd move: Sudetenland. He wanted to
______________________________.
Hitler Continues to Push
England and France wanted_________
Appeasement- ________if they give
into Germany’s demands.
It was at the Munich Conference that
___________________ the Sudetenland.
Hitler promised:
Did he keep his promise??
Map of Germany