COMPLETED NOTES WWII Introduction Part I: Long-Term Causes of WWII WHAT WAS IT? WHOSE IDEA WAS IT? GOAL? DID IT HAPPEN? DID IT

COMPLETED NOTES WWII Introduction Part I: Long-Term Causes of WWII WHAT WAS IT? WHOSE IDEA WAS IT? GOAL? DID IT HAPPEN? DID IT

COMPLETED NOTES WWII Introduction Part I: Long-Term Causes of WWII WHAT WAS WHOSE GOAL? DID IT DID IT IT? IDEA WAS HAPPEN? WORK? IT? LEAGUE OF Representatives President Prevent war Yes, Treaty No – US NATIONS from various Wilson – Fourteen of Versailles didn’t join countries met to Points discuss problems SELF- People in an area President Less conflict Yes, Map of It made some DETERMATION would get to Wilson – Fourteen because people will Europe people happy, decide on own Points be able to practice redrawn in but countries government their culture as Treaty of that lost land they want. Versailles unhappy. REPARATIONS Germany had to Allied Powers – Punish Germany, Yes, Treaty Put Germany pay $33 billion in Treaty of keep them from of Versailles in depression, damages for Versailles becoming a world low morale, WWI. power again looked for someone to help them. Based on our discussion so far, describe the long-term causes of WWII in 2-3 sentences. By punishing Germany with reparations, it left them in a situation in which they would look for a way to grow great again. They wanted to regain land and there was no real way to stop them since the League of Nations was so weak. Part II: Short-Term Cause of WWII Appeasement Giving in to some demands in order to avoid conflict. *Please Totalitarianism A system in which the government suppresses all opposition * Total Control and controls most aspects of peoples’ lives. Describe the situation in Germany after WWI. Why did Hitler come to power in Germany? - Depression, money worthless, low - Well spoken, promised Germans a great nation morale, thought Treaty of Versailles again. was unfair. What were Hitler’s beliefs? What would What did other countries do about Hitler happen to people who opposed him? (mention appeasement and the Munich Conference)? - Blamed Germany’s problems on foreigners, Jews. Thought “pure” - Used appeasement to avoid another war. Germans should be in charge. At the Munich Conference, let Hitler keep - Jail, Murder part of Czechoslovakia is he wouldn’t do it again. What other country joined Germany in an What did Hitler do to start WWII? alliance? Invaded Poland Italy Allied Powers Britain Axis Powers Germany Italy France USSR Japan US (eventually) Part III: New Technologies & Fighting Strategies What new war technologies were introduced during World War II? What war technologies were improved for WWII? - Airplanes and aircraft carriers - Tanks - Machine Guns - Early Missiles - Amphibious Landing Vehicles - Atomic Bomb (only at the end of the war) Blitzkrieg Strategy of attack used by Germany. They bombed and machine-gunned targets and blasted holes in Allied defenses. It was very successful for them. Blitzkrieg = lightening war. Kamikaze Strategy used by the Japanese to fly their planes directly into Allied targets. Blitzkrieg: .

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