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Vocabulary
Aggression
2. Allied Powers
3. Anschluss
4. Appeasement
5. Axis Powers
6. Blitzkrieg
7. Conscription
8. Munich Pact
9. Neutrality Acts
10. Sudetenland
1.
Standards
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7-4.5 Summarize the causes and course of
World War II, including drives for empire,
appeasement and isolationism, the invasion
of Poland, the Battle of Britain, the invasion
of the Soviet Union, the “Final Solution,” the
Lend-Lease program, Pearl Harbor,
Stalingrad, the campaigns in North Africa and
the Mediterranean, the D-Day invasion, the
island-hopping campaigns, and the bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
World War II
Standard 7-4.5
1. The Cause of the War

A. World War II was caused by German,
Italian, and Japanese aggression AND
discontent from the Treaty of Versailles.
– All 3 countries wanted to establish empires.
2. German Aggression
A.
B.
C.
Germany began the 1930’s with
aggressive war-like acts.
The League of Nations was unable to
stop them.
These actions openly violated the Treaty
of Versailles.
A. In 1935 Hitler created an Air Force.
B. In 1936 Hitler ordered troops into the
Rhineland or demilitarized zone between
Germany and France.
"Into Dust with All
Enemies of Greater
Germany!"
"The Jew:
The inciter of
war, the
prolonger of
war."
“Join the Nazi
war cause
3. Italian Aggression
A.
B.
C.
Italy was angry about the Treaty of
Versailles; they did not awarded any
extra land.
In 1935 Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in
North Africa.
Because The League of Nations was
unable to stop the Italians, they
conquered more land in North Africa.
Italy finally
has its
Empire
The end
sabotage
4. Japanese Aggression
A. The Japanese also blamed the U.S. and
Europe for their problems.
B. In 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria.
C. In 1937 Japan invaded China; the
Chinese worked together to fight Japan.
D. When The League of Nations condemned
these actions, Japan left the League.
5. The Axis Powers of World War II
A. Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis Powers in 1936.
B. The Axis assisted Generalissimo Franco of Spain in the Spanish
Civil War.
6. Neutrality and Appeasement
The United States passed the Neutrality
Acts which prohibited the country from
loaning money or selling weapons to
either side.
 France and Great Britain followed a policy
of appeasement, believing that Hitler
would stop if they allowed him to take
what he wanted.
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7. Appeasement…
A.
B.
Strike 1: Hitler declared the Anschluss,
German Unification with Austria.
Strike 2: Hitler demanded the Sudetenland.
A. European leaders met at the Munich Conference
to solve the problem.
B. Hitler was given the Sudetenland, but had to
promise not to invade further nations = Munich
Pact
C.
Strike 3: Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and
Italy invaded Albania.
Source A
 The Versailles Treaty is
worthless. 60 million
German hearts and
minds are on fire with
anger and shame. They
will cry out ‘We want
war!’
Mein Kampf (a book written by
Hitler, 1924).
Source B
 It will be the duty of German
foreign policy to get large
spaces to feed and house the
growing population of
Germany. Destiny points us
towards Russia.
Hitler, Mein Kampf (1924).
Source C
 The menace of Russia hangs
over Germany. All our
strength is needed to rescue
our nation from this
international snake.
Hitler, Mein Kampf (1924)
8. The War Begins
A.
B.
C.
In September 1939, Hitler launched a
Blitzkrieg against Poland.
Britain and France responded with a
declaration of War.
World War II had begun.