Journal 1/11
Imagine that you are the leader of an European country after WWI. You are in an economic depression; unemployment is high; people are calling for immediate change but they are losing faith in your gov’t faster than you can make those changes. You are an honorable, patriotic leader. What do you do to comfort your people?
World War II
The Stage is Set in Europe
What’s Wrong with Germany?• The Treaty of Versailles
punished _________ the most.– Humiliated:– Had to pay:– Gave up colonies rich:
• The last 2 created:• Political problems– Communists:– Wiemar Republic is
established:
Rise of Totalitarianism: • Adolf Hitler in _______– Despises the: and
angered over:– Hitler joins National
Socialists Party or:– Hitler gains _______in
1933. He insists that1) German ppl:2) Build up German _______3) Stressed nationalism and:4) Blamed Jews:
Fascism arises in Italy• T of Versailles outraged
Italians b/c– Italy was on the “________”
side:– Italy was:
• Benito Mussolini was an outraged Italian– Starts Nat’l Fascist Party– Fascism stressed the:– “everything ___the State,
nothing __________the State, nothing _________the State.”
Journal 1/13
Read 742-745; Japan, Italy and Germany expand their borders in the year before the war. What did Japan want with Manchuria; Italy with Ethiopia and Germany with the Rhineland and Sudetenland? What was the Anschluss?
Communism in Russia• Joseph Stalin takes over
after:• Similarities between
Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin– Stress the importance of:– Spoke of their own
________________– Eliminated political
______________– Economic and political
decisions:
Military leadership in Japan• Japanese gov’t is run:• Post WWI citizens lose
faith:– Demand more________for:– Nationalists take over the
__________and:• Japanese____________,
Hirohito, loses power to the _____________.
Journal 1/15
Read 750 Tensions in East Asia; what/who were the Axis powers? Who is Tojo and how does he come to power in Japan? Why is this section called Tensions in East Asia?
World War II
Hitler on the Move; The US enters the war.
Hitler’s Early Moves• Pact with Stalin says Soviets
would not stop ________; Hitler promises two things:
• Hitler invents a reason:– Blitzkrieg: – Poland is in German hands:– 2 days after Hitler attacks
Poland:• By June ______has:– Vichy France is an area France
where:
US Early Policy• Neutrality Act is passed– Prevent the US from being:– FDR uses NA to hurt:
• FDR’s Quarantine Speech given after the Japanese attack______. FDR asks:
• After Hitler attacks Poland:– Cash-and-Carry:– Lend-Lease Act:– (Secret) Atlantic Charter:
Attack on Pearl Harbor• By 1941 US officials were
attempting negotiations w/________ but also preparing for:
• 12/7/41; Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor– Lasted about:– Destroyed almost entire:– 2400 US sailors killed
• 12/8/41; US declares war on ______. 12/11/41:
