Chapter 26World War IISection 1-Paths to War Section 2-The Course of World War IISection 3-The New Order and the HolocaustSection 4-Home Front and Aftermath of War

Section 1-Paths to War

Do Now

1.Write down the learning goal.

How did the ambitions of Japan and Germany pave the way for the outbreak of World War II?

2.What event led to the United States entering into the war?

German Path to War

Adolf Hitler- Chancellor of Germany, he believed that Germans belonged to a so-called Aryan race that was superior to all other races and nationalities.

Rhineland- Western part of Germany

Demilitarized- No weapons or fortifications permitted

Appeasement- Policy of satisfying reasonable demands in exchange for peace.

German Path to War

Why was Hitler confident he could break the Treaty of Versailles?

What event distracted France, Great Britain, and Italy while Hitler was breaking the Treaty?

What demilitarized area did Hitler send troops?

German Path to War

Why was Hitler confident he could break the Treaty of Versailles? He knew that they would not use force to maintain it.

What event distracted France, Great Britain, and Italy while Hitler was breaking the Treaty?

What demilitarized area did Hitler send troops?

German Path to War

Why was Hitler confident he could break the Treaty of Versailles? He knew that they would not use force to maintain it.

What event distracted France, Great Britain, and Italy while Hitler was breaking the Treaty? The Great Depression

What demilitarized area did Hitler send troops?

German Path to War

Why was Hitler confident he could break the Treaty of Versailles? He knew that they would not use force to maintain it.

What event distracted France, Great Britain, and Italy while Hitler was breaking the Treaty? The Great Depression

What demilitarized area did Hitler send troops? The Rhineland

German Path to War

Benito Mussolini- the Italian Prime Minister had long dreamed of creating a new Roman Empire, he welcomed Hitler ’s support. Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism.

Sudetenland-

Joseph Stalin- The soviet dictator

German Path to War

What was the alliance between Mussolini and Hitler?

What was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and how did Hitler get it?

What was the result of Germany invading Poland?

German Path to War

What was the alliance between Mussolini and Hitler? The Rome-Berlin Axis

What was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and how did Hitler get it?

What was the result of Germany invading Poland?

German Path to War

What was the alliance between Mussolini and Hitler? The Rome-Berlin Axis

What was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and how did Hitler get it? Germany and the Soviet Union both promised not to attack each other. Hitler offered Stalin control of eastern Poland and the Baltic states.

What was the result of Germany invading Poland?

German Path to War

What was the alliance between Mussolini and Hitler? The Rome-Berlin Axis

What was the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and how did Hitler get it? Germany and the Soviet Union both promised not to attack each other. Hitler offered Stalin control of eastern Poland and the Baltic states.

What was the result of Germany invading Poland? Britain and France declared war on Germany.

The Japanese Path to War

Manchukuo- City formally known as Manchuria

Chiang Kai-shek-served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928-1975.

New Order- East Asia, comprising Japan, Manchuria, and China. Japan would attempt to establish a new system of control in Asia with Japan guiding its Asian neighbors to prosperity.

Sanctions- restrictions

The Japanese Path to War

Why did Japanese soldiers, disguised as Chinese, blow up a small section of the Manchurian Railway near the city of Mukden?

In December 1936, what did Chiang Kai-shek do in addition to ending his military efforts against the Communists?

What did Japan have to decide between in 1940?

The Japanese Path to War

Why did Japanese soldiers, disguised as Chinese, blow up a small section of the Manchurian Railway near the city of Mukden? Japan owned this area, and the Japanese soldiers wanted to blame the “Mukden incident” on the Chinese.

In December 1936, what did Chiang Kai-shek do in addition to ending his military efforts against the Communists?

What did Japan have to decide between in 1940?

The Japanese Path to War

Why did Japanese soldiers, disguised as Chinese, blow up a small section of the Manchurian Railway near the city of Mukden? Japan owned this area, and the Japanese soldiers wanted to blame the “Mukden incident” on the Chinese.

In December 1936, what did Chiang Kai-shek do in addition to ending his military efforts against the Communists? He formed a new united front against the Japanese.

What did Japan have to decide between in 1940?

The Japanese Path to War

Why did Japanese soldiers, disguised as Chinese, blow up a small section of the Manchurian Railway near the city of Mukden? Japan owned this area, and the Japanese soldiers wanted to blame the “Mukden incident” on the Chinese.

In December 1936, what did Chiang Kai-shek do in addition to ending his military efforts against the Communists? He formed a new united front against the Japanese.

What did Japan have to decide between in 1940? Indochina’s raw materials or U.S. oil and scrap iron

Section 2-The Course of World

War IIDo-Now

Devastation of War Allied perseverance, effective military operations, and Axis miscalculations brought the devastation of World War II toan end.

Have you ever known two people who were fighting, but you refused to take sides?

Read how the United States remained neutral even though the British asked for help.

Europe at War

Blitzkrieg-lightning war

Franklin D. Roosevelt-was President of the United States during World War II

Isolationism-a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Neutrality acts-A series of acts, passed in the 1930s, prevented the United States from taking sides or becoming involved in any European wars.

The Allies Advance

Stalingrad-a major industrial center on the Volga River.

Battle of Midway-The turning point of the war in Asia came on June 4, U.S. planes destroyed four attacking Japanese aircraft carriers. The United States defeated the Japanese navy and established naval superiority in the Pacific.

Douglas MacArthur-A U.S. general commanded an operation that would move into the Philippines through New Guinea and the South Pacific Islands.

Last Years of the War

Winston Churchill-An officer in then British Army. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century,

Normandy-history’s greatest naval invasion, it was an invasion of France from Great Britain, across the English Channel. On June 6, 1944 (D-Day), Allied forces under U.S. general Dwight D. Eisenhower landed in Normandy.

Partisans-resistance fighters

Harry S. Truman-had become president after Roosevelt died in April

Hiroshima-Japanese city where the first atomic bomb was used on August 6.

Section 3-The New Order and the

Holocaust Millions of people were forced to labor for the

German and Japanese war machines. The Holocaust claimed the lives of six million Jews.

The New Order in Europe

Poland

Heinrich Himmler-the leader of the SS, was in charge of Ger- man resettlement plans in the east. Himmler’s task was to move the Slavic peoples out and replace them with Germans.

The Holocaust

Genocide-The Final Solution, physical extermination of the Jewish people.

Reinhard Heydrich-head of the SS’s Secu- rity Service, had the task of administering the Final Solution.

Auschwitz- The largest of six extermination centers where Jews from countries occupied by Germany (or sympathetic to Germany) were rounded up, packed like cattle into freight trains, and shipped to Poland.

Holocaust-The mass slaughter of European Jews.

Collaborators-people who assisted the enemy helped the Nazis hunt down Jews.

Section 4- Home Front and

Aftermath of War Do-Now

After World War II, a new set of Cold War problems faced the international community.

Do you believe that all citizens should cooperate during a national crisis?

Read on to understand the feelings of sacrifice during the crisis of World War II.

The Mobilization of Four Nations

Mobilization-the act of assembling and preparing for war

Albert Speer-was made minister for armaments and munitions in 1942

Kamikaze-(divine wind) The young Japanese pilots who were encouraged to volunteer to serve as pilots in suicide missions against U.S. fighting ships at sea

General Hideki Toˉ joˉ -prime minister from 1941 to 1944, opposed female employment. He argued that “the weakening of the family system would be the weakening of the nation

The Mobilization of Four Nations

How did World War II contribute to racial tensions in the United States?

The Mobilization of Four Nations

How did World War II contribute to racial tensions in the United States?

Many African Americans moved from the South to the North for jobs; troops were segregated in the military; Japanese Americans were interned.

The Bombing of Cities

London

Blitz-what the British called the German air raids

Dresden

The Bombing of Cities

Why were civilian populations bombed?

The Bombing of Cities

Why were civilian populations bombed?

To try to force governments to make peace.

Peace and a New War

Cold War-An ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Cold War dominated world affairs until the end of the 1980s

What caused the major split between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II?

Peace and a New War

Cold War-An ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Cold War dominated world affairs until the end of the 1980s

What caused the major split between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II?

The United States supported free elections in Eastern Europe; the Soviets did not.