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Why did Italy invade Ethiopia?

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Ethiopia had defeated Italy in battle of Adowa in 1896
In an act of revenge, Italy invaded Ethiopia

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Haile Selassie

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Ethiopian king at time of invasion
appealed to League for help

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Ethiopia timeline

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Italy invaded Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
League voted sanctions against Italy, but they had no power to enforce the sanctions
Italy conquered Ethiopia

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Which of Hitler’s actions went against the Treaty of Versailles? How did the ppl of Germany + Western democracies react to this?

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Built up German military
Sent troops to Rhineland, bordering France, which had to be demilitarized according to the treaty

Germans hated the treaty, so these acts made Hitler more popular at home

policy of appeasement

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policy of appeasement + why?

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Western democracies denounced Hitler’s moves, but did nothing

  • France was too demoralized from political divisions at home to take on Hitler w/out British support
  • Britain didn’t want to confront Hitler bc some ppl believed Hitler was justified bc they felt the treaty was too harsh on them in the first place
  • Many ppl saw fascism as defense against communism (a greater evil)
  • Depression sapped energies of Western democracies
  • Widespread pacifism and disgust w war pushed govs to seek peace
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Neutrality Acts

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passed by US Congress

Forbade the sale of arms to any nation at war
Outlawed loans to warring nations
Prohibited Americans from traveling ships of warring nations

Fundamental goal was to avoid involvement in European war, not to prevent such conflict

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what did the axis powers agree to do?

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to fight communism
not interfere w one another’s plans for expansion

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WWII prologue timeline

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Japan took Manchuria + started 2nd Sino-Japanese War
Italy invaded Ethiopia
Hitler went against Treaty of Versailles
policy of appeasement + Neutrality Acts
Spain civil war
Annexation of Austria
Munich Pact
Nazi-Soviet Pact
invasion of Poland
WWII starts

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Spain civil war timeline

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old king –> new liberal gov
Leftists demanded more radical reforms
Conservatives, backed by military rejected these changes

Francisco Franco led a revolt –> civil war
- Right-wing Nationalists [fascists, conservatives]
Hitler and Mussolini supported them
- Republic supporting Loyalists [communists, socialists, democracy]
Soviet Union supported them
- Govs from Britain, France, and US didn’t join, but individuals did

Franco won and set up a dictatorship, like Hitler and Mussolini

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Austria Annexation

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He forced Austrian chancellor to appoint Nazis to key cabinet posts
Chancellor balked at his order, so Hitler sent in German army to “preserve order”
Hitler gave a speech from the Hofburg Palace, former home of Habsburg emperors, indicating his new role as leader of Austria
Anschluss violated Versailles treaty, causing a war scare
Western democracies took no action

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Anschluss?

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union of Austria and Germany

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Munich Pact timeline

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At first, Hitler insisted that the Germans in the Sudetenland [W. Czechoslovakia] be given autonomy
Britain and France didn’t want to go to war for it, so they caved in, and Hitler promised he had no further plans for expansion
Munich Pact was signed to give Sudetenland to Germany

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reactions to munich pact?

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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was happy bc of Munich Pact
French leader Edouard Daladier was skeptical
Winston Churchill knew Nazis would dishonor the pact

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Nazi-Soviet Pact + motives?

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publicly, a nonaggression pact
privately, they agreed not to fight if the other went to war and to divide up Poland and other parts of E. Europe between them

Hitler
- wanted a free hand in Poland
- didn’t want to fight Western democracies and Soviet Union at the same time

Stalin
- sought W.ern allies against Hitler, but mutual suspicions kept them apart
- tried to protect USSR from threat of war w Germany
- grabbed a chance to gain land in E. Europe

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Europe WWII timeline

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blitzkrieg
Invasion of France
Operation Sea Lion
Invasion of Egypt
Operation Barbarossa
Lend-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
US joins war
Allied Victory in N. Africa + advance thru Italy
Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day + French Freedom
Battle of Bulge
Yalta Conference
V-E Day

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blitzkrieg

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lightning war
Hitler invaded Poland + E. Europe while Britain and France couldn’t do anything due to location

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Invasion of France timeline

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phony war
attack thru the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, which was thought to be invasion proof
Dunkirk
Hitler forced French to sign a treaty in the same place where Germany signed the armistice
Germany occupied N. France and set up a puppet state in S. France w capital at Vichy

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Operation Sea Lion

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Germany invaded Britain
started the blitz [bombed London and other British cities]
British king and queen supported Londoners by going to bomb shelters w them instead of fleeing
The bombing made the British more determined to fight the Germans

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Invasion of Egypt

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Italy invaded
British came to help Egyptians
Hitler sent General Erwin Rommel [aka Desert Fox], who pushed British back

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Operation Barbarossa

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Germany invaded USSR, nullifying Nazi-Soviet Pact

Hitler was winning, but stalled before they could take Moscow and Leningrad bc:
- Stalin was caught unprepared and his army lost its top officers in his purges
- Soviets destroyed factories and burned crops as they retreated
- German advance stalled bc they weren’t prepared for the brutal winter and thousands of Germans died

Britain and USSR became allies

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Lend-Lease Act

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[allowed US to sell or lend war materials to “any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the US”
FDR said US wouldn’t join war, but would become “arsenal of democracy” by supplying arms to ppl fighting for freedom

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Atlantic Charter

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FDR secretly met Churchill and they issued Atlantic Charter, which set goals for the war and postwar world

To destroy Nazi tyranny
Pledged to support the right of the ppl to choose their form of gov
Called for a “permanent system of general security”, would be UN
Based off of Wilson’s 14 points

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Allied Victory in N. Africa + advance thru Italy

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  • British Gen. Montgomery vs. German Gen. Rommel
  • El Alamein
  • Eisenhower
  • Rommel surrender
  • Allies cross to Italy
  • S. Italy fell + armistice
  • Hitler sent troops to N. Italy
  • forced Hitler to fight on another front

Battle of El Alamein, Allies stopped Rommel’s advance and drove them back

US Gen, Dwight Eisenhower commanded joint British and US force. He trapped Rommel’s army and Rommel surrendered

After winning N. Africa, Allies could cross Mediterranean Sea to Italy

Defeated Italian forces in Sicily and S. Italy. Italians overthrew Mussolini and signed armistice, but Hitler sent troops to rescue Mussolini and aid Italians fighting in N.

Decisive for the Allies bc it forced Hitler to fight on another front

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Battle of Stalingrad

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Germans surrounded the city and bitter struggles raged as winter closed in
Soviets surrounded the attackers and the Germans surrendered a few months later bc they were trapped w/out food, ammo, hope of rescue

German defeat
After the Battle of Stalingrad, the Red Army drove the invaders out of the USSR and Soviet troops began advancing into E. Europe

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D-Day + French Freedom
Allies finally decided to open a second front at Normandy To prepare, Allied bombers bombed German factories and aircrafts + French railroads and bridges Allies dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines just before midnight At dawn, 1000s of ships carried Allied troops across the English Channel
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Battle of the Bulge
Allied forces battled to Germany after freeing France Germany launched a massive counterattack Germans were unable to break thru Allied advance stalled for 6 wks
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Yalta Conference
Stalin insisted that the Soviet Union needed to maintain control of E. Europe to protect itself Churchill and Roosevelt favored self-determination, but they needed Stalin - USSR would declare war on Japan after Germany’s surrender - Stalin was promised possession of S. Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands, and an occupation zone in Korea - Germany would be temporarily divided in four zones to be governed by US, France, Britain, USSR - Stalin agreed to hold free elections in E. Europe
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V-E Day
Victory in Europe day after Germans surrendered US (from W.) and USSR (from E.) soldiers met at the Elbe River in Germany Hitler suicided when USSR soldiers advanced into Berlin Guerillas in Italy executed Mussolini
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Reasons why Allies won?
Germany’s location + location of their allies forced them on many fronts Hitler took almost complete control over military and made bad choices Hitler underestimated USSR military abilities Germany’s production capacity did not compare - US had twice as much production capacity as all Axis Powers combined - Allied bombing hindered German production Hitler didn’t prepare for the brutal winters of the USSR
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Japan WWII timeline
Japan invaded Manchuria and started 2nd Sino-Japanese War Tensions between US and Japan Pearl Harbor Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway Bataan Death March island-hopping campaigns blockade of Japan kamikaze pilots Manhattan Project Hiroshima USSR declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria Nagasaki Hirohito forced the gov to surrender
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What happened at the Tehran conference?
Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to let the borders of the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand, despite Poland’s wishes Stalin asked to open a second front in Europe to relieve pressure on Soviet Union, but Roosevelt and Churchill said they didn’t have the resources - Stalin saw this as a ploy to weaken Soviet Union
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Women's role in the war?
In Britain and US, women held auxiliary roles in the armed forces In occupied Europe, women fought in the resistance Soviet women served in combat roles
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Rosie the Riveter
represented the women who replaced the men in essential war industry jobs
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Marie Fourcade
French woman who helped downed Allied pilots escape
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Lily Litvak
Soviet pilot who shot down 12 German planes before she was killed
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How did tensions between Japan and US begin?
To stop Japanese aggression, US banned the sale of war materials (iron, steel, oil, etc.) to Japan Japanese saw this as an attempt to interfere in Japan’s sphere of influence Talks were held, but militarists, like Gen. Tojo Hideki, wanted to expand and US was in the way
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war bond
citizens lent gov money that would be returned w interest
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Battle of Coral Sea
For first time in naval history, enemy ships never saw each other Attacks were carried out by planes launched from aircraft carriers Japanese were prevented from taking several imp islands and many of their seacrafts were destroyed
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Battle of Midway
Also fought entirely in air US destroyed essential navy stuff Japan couldn’t launch any more offensive operations after this
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Bataan Death March
Japanese gained control of the Philippines and killed many US and Filipino soldiers
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island-hopping campaigns
US forces led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur Goal: recapture more Japanese-held islands - Used captured islands as stepping stones - Gradually moved towards Japan First island: Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
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Blockade of Japan
US Navy led by Admiral Nimitz US bombers pounded Japanese cities and industries Gen. MacArthur began fight to retake Philippines British pushed Japanese forces back into Burma and Malaya
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Kamikaze pilots
young pilots who crashed their explosive-laden planes into US warships
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Which president ordered atomic bomb?
Truman [president after FDR died]
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UN Charter rules
Each member nation has one vote in the General Assembly Smaller Security Council has greater power UN deals with other world issues besides peacekeeping
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Security Council?
Goal: give these great powers authority to ensure peace US, USSR (Russia), Britain, France, China Each permanent member can veto any council decision Each has the power to apply economic sanctions or send a peace-keeping military force to try to resolve disputes Differences among nations of Security Council (USSR and US) have kept UN from taking action
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Stalin's two goals in E. Europe after WWII
Spread communism Create a buffer zone of friendly govs against Germany
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How did pro-Soviet communism spread thru E. Europe
Red Army left behind occupying forces in E. Europe as they pushed Germans out Most E. European countries had Communist parties, many of which fought against Nazis Red Army + these local Communists destroyed rivals and even assassinated democratic leaders
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The Truman Doctrine
Main idea was limiting communism to areas alr under Soviet control Soon after, Truman sent military + economic aid to Greece and Turkey, where Stalin was trying to make them communist
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The Marshall Plan
massive aid package where US sent food + economic aid to W. Europe to help countries rebuild Did this bc postwar hunger + poverty = fertile ground for communist ideas Truman offered aid to USSR and E. Europe, but Stalin made them refuse and said USSR would aid E. Europ
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Why did W. Allies extend the Marshall Plan to W. Germany?
Did this bc they wanted German economy to recover, so they could restore political stability to the region
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Berlin Airlift
Berlin was occupied by all four victorious Allies Stalin tried to force the W. Allies out by sealing off transportation into the Western sectors W. Allies started Berlin Airlift, where cargo planes supplied Berliners w food + fuel After a yr, Soviets ended the blockade
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Warsaw Pact
USSR + 7 satellites in E. Europe Often invoked by Soviets to keep its satellites in order
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What happened at Dunkirk?
- invasion of France - Retreating British forces were caught between German forces and English Channel - British sent ALL naval carriers (fishing boats, naval vessels, merchant ships, etc) across the channel to pick up the stranded forces at Dunkirk

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