Who’s Who of WWII???

September 8, 2014

• WWI: “War to End All Wars”– Left bitterness, anger, & revenge

• WWI + Great Depression =– Totalitarian Dictatorships in Germany, Italy, Japan, & USSR

Totalitarian State• Gov’t in which one party/ leader holds TOTAL control• Strong, charismatic leader head of gov’t• Police, spies, & terror to enforce• Gov’t controls media/ propaganda• Use schools to spread ideology to children• Censor intellectuals/ rivalsTypes of Totalitarian Governments***• Communist – Gov’t control everything (no private property)

– Classless society (no rich/ no poor) – SOCIALISM• Fascist – Glorify country (private property allowed)• Nazi – Just like Fascism (but RACE issue)• Military Dictatorships – GROUP of military leaders make decisions

Germany Following the Great War/ Rise of Hitler

September 10, 2015

Adolf Hitler Bio• Born in Austria• Dropped out of high school at age 16• Rejected TWICE from Academy of Art

school/ Lived on streets• Painted post cards• GREAT speaker– Speeches against Jews in male homeless

shelters• Moved to Munich right before WWI– Joined German Army– Won Iron Cross

After WWI…Germany a democracy, BUT…• Economic troubles• HIGH inflation ($$$)• Then…Great DepressionAnti-Democratic Parties• National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI)

– Not socialist (socialism: no private property)1. All about promoting GERMANY

• Nothing more important than the country2. Supreme Race - Aryan

• Leader of the NAZI Party - Adolf Hitler (1921)

• 1918: WWI ends– Hitler bitter/ angry

• 1919: German Worker’s Party formed• 1920: Renamed NAZI party• 1921: Head of NAZI Party• 1923: Rebellion to overthrow gov’t– Arrested

• Writes Mein Kampf (My Struggle)– Blueprint of his hatreds & plans for

world domination/ ANTI-SEMITIC• How does Hitler increase Nazi membership?

– Offer free meals to hear speak

1. Unemployment2. Homelessness3. Hunger

RISE IN NAZI PARTY/ GIVE GERMANS HOPE

• 1927: Hitler released from prison/ Nazi membership down• Hitler realizes – NO REVOLUTION (need to work way up)German Gov’t1. Reichstag (elected officials – like our CONGRESS)2. President (elected by the PEOPLE)3. Chancellor (elected by the REICHSTAG)Hitler’s GOAL: Get Nazi majority in Reichstag, so ____________.• 1929: U.S. Depression GOES GLOBAL• Germany slow on war payments

– France takes RHINELAND (industrial sector in Western Germany)• Hitler doing NUMEROUS Nazi meetings (6 per night)

– Depression HELPS gain members• SA (Storm Troopers) – Hitler’s private military

– Protect Hitler at rallies• SS (Hitler’s Elite guards)

– At least 5’10”– Series of tests to prove Aryanism (family tree to 1726)– Agree to obey Hitler blindly (no remorse/ sympathy)

• 1932: Hitler gains German citizenship• January 30, 1933: NAZI Party VERY powerful

– President makes Hitler Chancellor of Germany• February 27, 1933: German Reichstag building burns to ground

– President declares STATE of EMERGENCY– Article 48: Reichstag gives Hitler FULL legislative power– Hitler can introduce ANY law (without Reichstag)

• August 1934: German President dies• 1935: Hitler makes self Chancellor & President of Germany

– Combines office and calls self “Fuhrer” (leader)– Rules WITHOUT Reichstag

• Hitler promises Germans that Germany will be GREAT AGAIN• Hitler IMMEDIATELY:

– Rearms & expands Germany• Against League of Nations

– Rebuilds Infrastructure (Roads/ Highways/ etc.)– ENDS DEPRESSION

• Germans LOVE Hitler– Jobs, $$$, cars

• Brainwashed/ propaganda• Control press/ Hitler Youth

• Terrify into Silence/ Secret PoliceRussia v. USSR• Russia: largest country in world• 1917: Russia exits WWI early/ Revolution

– Turns communist• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – U.S.S.R. (1919 – 1989)

• Vladimir Lenin (leader)– Civil Wars– Starvation/ Famine (millions die)

• 1924: Lenin dies– Joseph Stalin takes over

• Gov’t controlled ECONOMY1. Redistribute land (Equal share for EVERYONE/ Gov’t control)

2. High production goals for farms AND factories•Resistance = labor camps•Great Terror: Millions of Soviets died by resisting or not producing enough•BAD…but Economy fixed•TIME “Man of the Year” TWICE