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CAUSES OF WORLD
WAR II
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HOW HITLER COMES TO
POWER:
“FIRST GERMANY, THEN THE
WORLD”
MEIN KAMPF:
MY STRUGGLE
• In prison Hitler writes his autobiography
Mein Kampf in 1924
• In this book Hitler spells out his plan for
rearming Germany, world conquest and his
plans for Germany’s Jewish population
• By 1933 it is Germany’s top selling book- it
becomes Hitler’s means of financial support
ARYANISM
• Hitler divides the human race into 2 groupsAryans and Non-Aryans
• Aryans were the “pure bloods” of the great
ancient societies of Rome, Egypt, and Greece
• He claimed those not of Aryan blood were
destroying Germany’s destiny and must be
eliminated at all costs
HITLER BECOMES THE
FUHRER OF GERMANY
• Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by
President Hindenburg on January 30, 1933
• President Hindenburg dies in 1934- Hitler
quickly combines Chancellor and President into
the Fuhrer
• Fuhrer translates to “LEADER”
“What good fortune for governments that the
people do not think.”- Hitler
"Where one burns books, one will soon burn
people.”- Heinrich Heine
The History Place - Hitler Youth: Chapter Index
Causes of World War II:
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• Aggression
• Appeasement
• Alliances
• What does appeasement mean?
AGGRESSION:
JAPAN
• In 1931 Japan seizes
Manchuria
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• In 1937 Japan overran
eastern China
• 1937-38: Rape of
Nanking
AGGRESSION:
ITALY
ETHIOPIA
• Wants to show off new Italian military
• 1935-36: Italy invades Ethiopia
• League votes for sanctions against Italy
which are never enforced
AGGRESSION:
GERMANY SEEKS Lebensraum
• March 1936 - Rhineland: Hitler
occupies a demilitarized zone in
Germany - challenge to
Versailles
• March 1938: Austria: Hitler
orchestrates the Anschluss Union of Germany and Austria
• September 1938:Czechoslovakia:
Hitler sought to annex the
Sudetenland
ROME – BERLIN – TOKYO
AXIS
APPEASEMENT:
Britain and France
• Why did powerful nations appease Hitler?
• France was demoralized from WWI and
politically divided
• Britain thought the Treaty of Versailles was
unfair - Hitler’s actions are justified
• Both saw Hitler as a defense to
Communism
• All governments driven by PACIFISM
Question:
Why did two sworn enemies, Hitler
and Stalin, join together in August,
1939?
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• Why??
• Hitler:
– Did NOT want a two-front
war (remember WWI?)
– Wanted a free hand in
Poland
• Stalin:
– Could buy time to build up
defenses
– Chance to increase his own
territory (at the expense of
Poland)
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Invasion of Poland:
World War II Begins
• German Luftwaffe attacks
Poland and destroys the
Polish air force in 3 days
• Blitzkrieg: “Lightning War”
• September 3, 1939: Britain
announces it is at war w/
Germany
• Stalin’s troops invade from
East on Sept. 17
• Sept. 27 - Poland surrenders
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The Fall of France
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French wait for attack behind the Maginot Line
Allowed Germans to fully concentrate on Poland
Hitler went through Belgium instead of France
British and French sent troops to Belgium
through countryside
• Hitler entered France through the Adrennes Mts.
• British and French troops trapped in Belgium
Miracle at Dunkirk
• Rescue army of 850
ships (civilian boats,
yachts, fishing boats,
etc)
• Carried 338,000
soldiers to safety
• June 14, 1950 Paris fell
to German troops
• Charles De Gaul:
Heads the French Gov’t
in Exile from London
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Nazi Occupied Paris
The Battle of Britain
• Great Britain stands
alone
• “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 never
surrender.” – Winston
Churchill
• German Luftwaffe Vs.
British RAF
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The Battle of Britain
• Continuous bombing of
airfields, factories,
cities (London).
• Although RAF were out
numbered…
• RADAR: location,
direction, speed of
airplanes
• ENIGMA: German
code breaker
• END: Hitler’s advances
can be blocked.
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