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Road To WWII Flashcards

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Major causes of WWII

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  1. Mistreatment of Germany under the Versailles treaty

2. The Great Depression leads to the rise of dictators in Europe!

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This brought a rise of four extreme forms of government: why?

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*people are desperate

  1. Communism: Russia/soviet union - 1917
  2. Fascism: Italy/Spain
  3. Nazism: Germany
  4. Militarism: japan
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Shared ideology/beliefs of these 4 forms of government

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  1. Demanded fanatic loyalty to leaders/country
  2. Totalitarian states where the police/gov. Control everything (people had no rights)
  3. Racism: superiority of their race
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How does Adolf Hitler come to power?

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  1. He promises to get the German people out of the depression (prosperity)
  2. He promises revenge for German mistreatment in the Versailles treaty
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Weimar Republic

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German • democratic government set up after WWI - collapses!

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undesirable groups

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• polish/Russian - Slavs 
• Roma (gypsies)
• Jehovah witness
• Gay boys
• Handicapped
• Blacks
• Jews - anti-semitism Jewish hatred
Hitler also considered americans to be “mongrels” - impure mixed breed!
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• Mein kampf - hitler book

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“MY struggle” = aryan people/pure Germans

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  • hitler wanted to cleanse the German people from the “undesirables” of the world (inferior people)
  • Hitler called them
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“untermensch” means sub human

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Set up a police state: 2 groups

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  1. Gestapo: German secret police

2. Black shirts (SS) - becomes hitlers personal army - EVIL!

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1933 - Nuremberg laws

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anti Jewish laws in Germany

• segregated and labeled with a Star of David

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Kristallnacht “night of broken glass”- 1938

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A pogrom (organized massacre) against the German Jewish community in Germany

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Many German Jews tried to immigrate to other countries but most were not let in!
WHY?

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the Great Depression!

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• the military government is headed by militarist named _______________ takes over

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hideki tojo

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• Thhe Japanese emperor __________ becomes a puppet

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Hirohito

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Pan-Asianism:

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unite Asia under japan and destroy Europe!

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• 1930s china in the middle of a civil war

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Nationalists vs communists

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1936 - Rhineland

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(occupies) demilitarized zone/buffer between France and Germany

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Italys goal is to

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restore the Roman Empire and create an African empire!

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Germanys goal is to

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create a European empire

20
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Anschluss

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unification of Germany

21
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Problem: the League of Nations (peace keeping organizations) does nothing to stop the aggression of japan, Italy and Germany! Why?

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FEAR OF WAR

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Munic pact: 1938

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Neville chamberlain - prime minister of Great Britain - Appeasement policy: gives in to hitlers demand to avoid war!

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Germans used a style of warfare known as blitzkrieg

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“lightning warfare” (fast and furious) to conquer France/Europe

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*WWII officially begins when

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Germany invades the country of Poland 1939

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Molotov Ribbentrop Pact

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German-soviet non-aggression pact - alliance between them!

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1939, hitler threatens to take Poland. The French and British think he’s bluffing! Why?

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Germany would have another 2 front war, France and the Soviet Union. Not make this mistake again!

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Miracle at Dunkirk

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  • amphibious operation that miraculously rescued the british and French armies!
  • French government in exile led by Charles de Gaulle
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Operation Sea Lion

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code name - 1940: Battle of Britain - august 1940

• hitlers plan to invade and conquer Britain!

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• Must control sky first! (German Airforce called

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luftwaffe) bombers to attack Britain day and night

30
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• Targets were communication centers and airfields to destroy the RAF

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BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE

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But the british refused to give in

• led by the new prime minister - Winston Churchill - gave his famous speech

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We shall never surrender

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Hitler changed his targets to attack civilian populations ((cities) - huge mistake! Why?

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• gave british RAF time to recover!

33
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The Blitz

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London attacked for 57 consecutive days/nights

Purpose was to destroy thhe peoples will to fight

34
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New british invention turns the tide of the battle

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Radar

35
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Results of the Battle of Britain

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early turning point in the war, Britain wins!
• first time hitler ever lost
• People of Europe realize that hitler is not unbeatable

36
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Battle of the Atlantic: “lifeline of Great Britain”

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between USA and Great Britain

• the Atlantic Ocean was vital for Great Britain survival (supplies and equipment)

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