World War Two

World War Two

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What were the failures of the treaty of Versailles?
1. The great depression. 2. Weimar republic: No democratic tradition, 100's of small parties. 3. Caused anger, resentment.
Who were the Nazis? Who led them?
They were the National Socialist German Workers Party. They were desparate for leadership after WWI, and chose Adolf Hitler to lead them.
What was Mein Kampf/ what did it include?
(My Struggle) 1. Lebenstraum -- living space, expansion and extermination of unprivleged. 2. Aryan race. 3. Unfair Treaty of Versailles.
Nazism is...
German facism.
Fascism is...
Favors dictatorial government, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, and extreme nationalism.
Nazis become the strongest party in...
1932
Adolf Hitler - 1933
Was elected Chancellor/ Prime Minister.
Hitler
Der Fuhrer
Benito Mussolini
Il Dulce. Facsism in Italy 1922.
Soviet Union transformation
Joeseph Stalin takes control and enforces totalitarian government after Lenin dies in 1924.
Bushido
Samurai Code: country over one's self. All males were drafted. They must warn before an attack. (14 Part Note-- >Pearl Harbor)
Japan invades China...
1937: They are liberating China from imperialism and need their natural resources.
Civil War in Spain
1936: Fransisco Franco, wins the battle but only because Hitler and Mussolini send in troops, tanks, and other help.
Pablo Picasso
Guernica 1937
Neutrality Acts / US Entrance into the war
1. Outlawed sales of arms or loans to nations at war. 2.Outlawed sales of arms or loans to nations at war. 3.Outlawed sales of arms or loans to nations at war with exceptions to countries with civil war or who have not actually declared war. 4. Cash and Carry - Pay in cash and pick up arms with your own ships. (1939)