European nonviolence

1. World War II
There are three parts to this unit.
1.European nonviolence
2.European violence
3.The Pacific
Chapter 15, Section 2 through 4
Chapter 16, Section 1 through 4

2. Part 1:European Nonviolence
• Your goal:
Understand what led up to the battles of
World War II.

3. Nonviolence, 1919–1939
Time Line
1919
Weimar 1933 Hitler 1936 1938 1938 Munich
Republic named German Rome-Berlin Sudetenland Conference
established. chancellor. axis
1919 1939
1929 Great 1936 Rhineland 1938 Anschluss 1939 Germany and
Depression Soviet Union sign
begins. nonaggression pact.

4. What’s wrong with the
Treaty of Versailles?
1. Impossible interest
2. Great Depression
3. All war guilt on Germany
4. Germany did not agree to it.
5. Not everyone gets paid.

5. Adolf Hitler

6. Der Fuhrer

7. Nazi Party
•National Socialist German Workers Party
•Anti-Communism
•Anti-Versailles Treaty
•Became the largest German political party
in 1932

8. Mein Kampf
• Book written by Adolf Hitler when
he was in prison
•Described what he wanted to do
for Germany

9. Hitler’s simple list of goals.
1. Set aside the treaty. (Ignore it.)
2. Unify all the Germans.
3. Get more land and soil for
Germany.

10. lebensraum

11. Nazi
Olympics
1936 Berlin
How
Embarrassing!

12. Hitler Youth
Indoctrinating the
children into Nazism

13. Anti-Semitism
racism directed at Jews

14. Anti-Semitism
Beginning 1933, the Nazis passed
laws restricting the rights of Jews.

15. Kristallnacht
Night of the
broken glass
November 1938

16. Rhineland
Valley along the Rhine River
between France and Germany

17. Rhineland map
Rhineland

18. Hitler took a chance.
He guessed that the
League of Nations
wouldn’t try to stop him.
1936: Hitler sent
troops to the Rhineland.
He was right.
Nobody
stopped him.

19. Rhineland definition
What is it?
River valley between Germany and France
How does it relate to World War II?
Hitler sent troops there in 1936 before the
war began.
Why is it important?
The Treaty of Versailles prohibited troops in
the Rhineland, but when Hitler invaded, the
League of Nations did nothing to stop him.

20. Rome-Berlin Axis
What is it?
An alliance between Italy and Germany.
How does it relate to World War II?
It began in 1936 after Hitler occupied the
Rhineland. It joined Hitler and Mussolini as
allies during World War II.
Why is it important?
Mussolini saw Hitler’s growing strength and
thought it best to join forces. This is where
the potential for world war increased
dramatically.

21. Where is
Rome?
Where is
Berlin?

22. Anschluss
This word means the
unification of
Austria and Germany.
1938: Hitler takes over Austria
This was prohibited in the treaty, but …
League of Nations does nothing.

23. Sudetenland
Sudetenland

24. Sudetenland
Remember Hitler’s
plan to unify
all Germans?
There were lots
of Germans in Hitler demanded
the Sudetenland. that Czechoslovakia
give him the Sudetenland.

25. Munich Conference
France and Britain
prepared for war to
defend
Czechoslovakia.
Mussolini suggested
they talk it out.
In
1938, Britain, France, Germany
and Italy met

26. Munich Conference
Hitler convinced
France and Britain
that he would be
satisfied with the
Sudetenland, and
would not push for
more.
France and Britain thought that
they had avoided war by giving
Hitler what he wanted.

27. Trying to resolve
a conflict by
giving someone
what they want
is called
appeasement
British Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain

28. Many people
in the US
believed we
shouldn’t get
involved.
isolationism
Didn’t we
learn from
World War I?

29. Nonaggression
Pact -- 1939
Hitler and Stalin
agreed to be
friends for 10 years.
They did NOT like
each other.
Hitler got part of
Poland, and one
less enemy.
Stalin got part of
Poland.
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