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The Road to World War II

The Road to World War II. United States Isolationism Johnson Act & Nye Commission England Deeply in Debt Difficulty in converting from a war time economy Blamed mainland Europe for their involvement in WWI France Deeply in Debt Isolated and Abandoned Russia Attempting Reform

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The Road to World War II

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  1. The Road to World War II

  2. United States Isolationism Johnson Act & Nye Commission England Deeply in Debt Difficulty in converting from a war time economy Blamed mainland Europe for their involvement in WWI France Deeply in Debt Isolated and Abandoned Russia Attempting Reform Needed time Germany Bankrupt Crippled, Humiliated, Frustrated and Extremely Nationalistic Blamed the Jews and the Communists Italy In Debt, Received little in Reparations Frustrated, Allies didn’t keep promises Japan On the World Scene Imperialistic World Attitudes

  3. Causes of World War II • Germany • Treaty of Versailles • Germans called it a “Diktat” (Dictated Peace) • Lost all colonies and territory • Wounded German Pride • Guilt Clause (Germany 100% to blame) • Lebensarum (Living Space for the Aryan Race) • Italy • Fascism leads to Imperialism • Allies went back on their promises of World War I • Japan • Imperialism (Dominate the Pacific) • US stops all trade with Japan

  4. Allies England France United States Russia (Eventually) Axis Germany Italy Japan Powers in Each Group

  5. - Road to War! - Germany • Hitler rearms in 1935 (He gambles successfully that England and France would not do anything) • Remilitarized the Rhineland in 1936 (England secretly approves, always questioned the Treaty of Versailles) • “Anschluss” of Austria • Anti-Comintern Pact - Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis • The Munich Pact • The German-Russian Non-Aggression Pact

  6. World War II • September 1, 1939 • Germany Invades Poland • September 3, 1939 • England and France Declare War on Germany • Blitzkrieg - Poland falls within 1 month • Eventually Germany succeeds in six weeks, what it failed to do in four years during WWI • Russia Joins Germany (Non-Aggression Treaty) • Sitzkrieg (England and France Unprepared) Germany turns on Russia!

  7. Europe Neutrality Act 1939 Cash and Carry Basis Selective Service Act “Destroyers for Bases” Lend Lease Act 1941 Isolationism Still Strong in September 1941 United States Reaction • Pacific • Japan violates Open Door, Kellogg-Briand Pact, and defies the League of Nations. • Denounces Japanese Aggression into China • Breaks the Commercial Treaty of 1911 • American Consumers Boycott Japanese Goods • Embargo on Steel, Aviation Fuel, and Oil • Freezes all Japanese Assets in the US

  8. “A Day that will Live in Infamy”

  9. The U.S. Navy did not allow much from the photographic records of the Pearl Harbor attack to be made public in 1941. Why do you think they made that decision? What do you think was the reaction of the American public when they saw this image published in their local newspapers?

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