Prelude to WarPrelude to War

1920s and 30s1920s and 30s

United StatesUnited States

Roaring 20s Roaring 20s No League of NationsNo League of NationsIsolationismIsolationism

The Great DepressionThe Great DepressionCausesCauses

1.1. Uneven Distribution of WealthUneven Distribution of Wealth

2.2. OverproductionOverproduction

3.3. CreditCredit

StocksStocks

Part of a companyPart of a companyBuying on the marginBuying on the marginBanksBanks

The CrashThe Crash

October 29, 1929 Black TuesdayOctober 29, 1929 Black TuesdayBanking Crisis/unemploymentBanking Crisis/unemploymentHoover and HoovervillesHoover and HoovervillesElection of 1932Election of 1932FDRFDR

The New DealThe New Deal

BanksBanksPut people to work CCC, WPA, Social Put people to work CCC, WPA, Social

SecuritySecurityOther programsOther programsHopeHope

ItalyItaly

Paris 1919Paris 1919Benito Mussolini-1922 Benito Mussolini-1922 Fascism Fascism BlackshirtsBlackshirtsInvades Ethiopia in 1936Invades Ethiopia in 1936

USSRUSSR

StalinStalin5-Year Plans5-Year PlansPurges Purges NKVDNKVD

Germany After WWIGermany After WWI

Weimar Republic: Little powerWeimar Republic: Little powerCommunists and RevolutionariesCommunists and Revolutionaries Inflation: 1. War Reparations Inflation: 1. War Reparations

2. Costs of War2. Costs of War

400,000,000,000,000,000 400,000,000,000,000,000 marks a day.marks a day.

NazisNazis

National Socialist German workers partyNational Socialist German workers partyAdolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAnti-Semitism propaganda Anti-Semitism propaganda ““The Great Lie”The Great Lie”1923 Beerhall Putsch: Munich 1923 Beerhall Putsch: Munich Mein Kampf Mein Kampf

HitlerHitler

Born in Austria in 1889Born in Austria in 1889Mother and FatherMother and FatherVienna 1905Vienna 1905WWI 1914-1918WWI 1914-1918Gassed and a spyGassed and a spyGeli Ruabal Geli Ruabal

Dawes Plan and More!!!Dawes Plan and More!!!

Charles Dawes: Dawes PlanCharles Dawes: Dawes PlanJoins the League of NationsJoins the League of NationsRecoversRecovers1929- Great Depression 1929- Great Depression 1932 Election Paul Von Hindenburg 1932 Election Paul Von Hindenburg Hitler becomes Chancellor Hitler becomes Chancellor

Der Fuehrer Der Fuehrer

The LeaderThe Leader1934 Leader of Germany1934 Leader of GermanyBurns the ReichstagBurns the ReichstagSA and SSSA and SSHimmler Himmler Nuremburg Laws: 1935Nuremburg Laws: 1935Kristallnacht Kristallnacht

Spain Spain

Neutral in WWINeutral in WWIFascists led by Franco Fascists led by Franco 1936-1939- 3 million killed 1936-1939- 3 million killed Fascist vs. Communists Fascist vs. Communists

Nazi GermanyNazi Germany

1933 Hitler Chancellor 1933 Hitler Chancellor The Third ReichThe Third Reich1935 End of the Treaty1935 End of the TreatyThe Saar The Saar March 1936 The RhinelandMarch 1936 The Rhineland1936 Rome/Berlin Axis1936 Rome/Berlin Axis

1938 Takes Austria1938 Takes AustriaThe Sudetenland in The Sudetenland in

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Munich ConferenceMunich Conference

1938 1938 Germany, Italy, France, BritainGermany, Italy, France, BritainHitler and Chamberlain: Appeasement Hitler and Chamberlain: Appeasement “ “ Peace in Our Time”Peace in Our Time”Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill

The Road to WarThe Road to War

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Danzig Danzig Poland Poland Nazi/Soviet Pact 1939Nazi/Soviet Pact 1939Sept 1, 1939 WWII BeginsSept 1, 1939 WWII BeginsSept 3, Britain and France declare warSept 3, Britain and France declare war

ChinaChina

Civil War between Nationalists under Civil War between Nationalists under Chiang Kia-shek and the Communists Chiang Kia-shek and the Communists under Mao Zedong. under Mao Zedong.

Japan attacks in 1925 Japan attacks in 1925 Japan attacks in 1931Japan attacks in 1931

JapanJapan

Attacked China in 1931 over Attacked China in 1931 over ManchuriaManchuria

Greater East Asian EmpireGreater East Asian EmpireThe Rape of Nanjing The Rape of Nanjing