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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Warm-up
• What was the
immediate
cause of WWI?
What was the immediate causes of WWI?
• The Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie of
Austria-Hungary were assassinated in Serbia while
making a political visit to the territory.
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to the AustriaHungarian throne and made the trip to reassure the
people of Serbia that he planned to help them once he
became king.
• As a result to this terrorist act. Austria-Hungary declared
war on Serbia.
Taking Notes
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Organizer the underlined information for your notes.
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Germany - Germany had the largest army and was the primary leader of the
central powers . Germany's military strategy at the start of the war was called the
Schlieffen Plan. This plan called for the quick takeover of France and Western
Europe. Then Germany could concentrate its efforts on Eastern Europe and
Russia.
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Austria-Hungary - World War I essentially began when Archduke Ferdinand was
assassinated. Austria-Hungary blamed the assassination on Serbia and
subsequently invaded Serbia setting off a chain of events that resulted in the
war.
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Ottoman Empire - The Ottoman Empire had strong economic ties to Germany
and signed a military alliance with Germany in 1914. The entrance into the war
led to the eventual downfall of the Ottoman Empire and the formation of the
country of Turkey in 1923.
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Bulgaria - Bulgaria was the last major country to join the war on the side of the
Central Powers in 1915. Bulgaria claimed land held by Serbia and was eager to
invade Serbia as part of the war.
The Russian Revolution 1917
• The Russian Revolution took place in 1917
when the peasants (poor people) and working
class people of Russia revolted against the
government of Tsar Nicholas II.
• The people of Russia were starving and the
government of Tsar Nicholas would not help them.
Nicholas II “The Last Emperor of Russia”
Communism in Russia
The revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin and a
group of revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks.
The new communist government created the
country of the Soviet Union.
Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family were
executed by the Bolsheviks.
Russia becomes the Soviet Union!!
Russia as the Soviet Union
Communism
• After the revolution, Russia exited World War I
by signing a peace treaty with Germany.
• The new government took control of all industry
and moved the Russian economy from a rural
one to an industrial one.
• It also seized farmland from landholders and
distributed it among the peasants. Women were
given equal rights to those of men and religion
was banned from many aspects of society.
Nazism Begins
• The Nazi Party was a political group that ruled Germany between
1933 and 1945.
• “Nazi” is a short form of the official name. In English the official
name is the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
• Under Adolf Hitler's leadership, the Nazis started World War II.
• They also carried out the Holocaust—the murder of about 6
million Jewish people.
• Nazism and Communism emerged as two serious contenders for
power in Germany after the First World War,
Anti Semitism and Nazism
Causes of WWII
• Germany
• The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I
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Germany had lost the war, the treaty was very harsh
against Germany. Germany was forced to "accept the
responsibility" of the war damages suffered by the Allies.
• The treaty required that Germany pay a huge sum of
money called reparations.
• The problem with the treaty is that it left the German
economy in ruins. People were starving and the
government was in chaos.
Japan and WWII
• In the period before World War II, Japan was
growing rapidly. However, as an island nation
they did not have the land or the natural
resources to sustain their growth. Japan began
to look to grow their empire in order to gain new
resources. They invaded Manchuria in 1931 and
China in 1937.
Fascism
• With the economic turmoil left behind by World War 1,
some countries were taken over by dictators who formed
powerful fascist governments.
• The first fascist government was Spain which was ruled by
the dictator Franco.
• Then Mussolini took control of Italy.
• These dictators wanted to expand their empires and began
to look for new lands to conquer.
• Italy invaded and took over Ethiopia in 1935. Adolf Hitler
would emulate or copy Mussolini in his takeover of
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party
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Germany, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power.
The Germans were desperate for someone to turn around their economy
and restore their national pride.
Hitler offered them hope. In 1934, Hitler was proclaimed the leader and
became dictator of Germany.
Hitler resented the restrictions put on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.
Hitler began to rearm Germany.
He allied Germany with Mussolini and Italy.
Then Hitler looked to restore Germany to power by expanding his empire.
He first took over Austria in 1938. When the League of Nations did nothing
to stop him, Hitler became bolder and took over Czechoslovakia in 1939.
Appeasement
• Countries such as Britain and France hoped to keep peace through
"appeasement." This meant that they tried to make Germany and
Hitler happy rather than try to stop him.
• They hoped that by meeting his demands he would be satisfied and
there wouldn't be any war.
• Unfortunately, the policy of appeasement backfired. It only made
Hitler bolder. It also gave him time to build up his army.
The Great Depression
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he period before World War II was a time of great
economic suffering throughout the world called
the Great Depression.
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• Many people were out of work and struggling to
survive.
• This created unstable governments and worldwide
turmoil that helped lead to World War II.
Read: Interesting Facts
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Because of the Great Depression, many countries were experiencing strong fascist and
communist movements including France and Great Britain prior to the war.
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Prior to World War 2, the United States attempted to stay out of world issues with a policy of
isolationism.
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They were not members of the League of Nations.
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As part of their appeasement policy, Britain and France agreed to let Hitler have part of
Czechoslovakia in the Munich Agreement.
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Czechoslovakia had no say in the deal.
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The Czechoslovakians called the agreement the "Munich Betrayal.“
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Japan had taken over Korea, Manchuria, and a significant part of China before World War
2 began.
WWII: The War Begins
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Germany invades Poland.
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This was the war Adolf Hitler had hoped for in 1939.
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The German invasion of Poland provoked a global conflict.
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Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on September 3 when it became clear that
negotiating a German withdrawal was hopeless.
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In Britain and France, the populations had braced themselves for war in the closing weeks of the
summer.
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There was little popular enthusiasm for war, but a strong wave of anti-German and anti-Fascist
sentiment produced a resigned recognition that Adolf Hitler would only stop if he was faced by force.
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http://history.howstuffworks.com/world-war-ii/start-world-war-2.htm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1n3wSutQNY&list=PLEt4ZhZQpzXF3w9YYEf1K9USHTrQBRX0o
• Top Documentary Films:
• Solving the Mystery of the Romanov Family
Hitler and the Jews
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re3kZcrKPmM