the rise of totalitarianism and the causes of ww2
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The Rise of Totalitarianism and the Causes of WW2Ms. CampbellSocials 11
The Rise of Totalitarianism
A dictator is a ruler with unrestricted power who has no democratic restrictions. A totalitarian philosophy is one that puts the state above all else
Thus a Totalitarian State is a dictatorship where the government uses violence, intimidation, and a police force to control all aspects of life
The USSR
In 1924 Joseph Stalin was leader of the Communist Party in the USSR
The USSR
The Five Year Plan was how Stalin planned to develop the economy of the USSR
The USSR
In the late 1930s there was the Great Purge Stalin eliminated anyone he believed opposed the communist government or his powerMillions convicted of crimes against the statehundreds of thousands executed
Italy In Italy Benito
Mussolini took control after World War One by establishing the Fascist Party
This party was a totalitarian and nationalistic authoritarian government
Italy Mussolini created the Blackshirts a gang
of fascists who intimidated opponents and attacked Communists in the streets
Italy
The National Fascist Party won 35 seats in the 1921 election
The 1922 March on Rome was when 26,000 Blackshirts demanded the government be turned over to Mussolini
Soon after Il Duce (The Leader) turned Italy into a totalitarian state
The March on Rome
Germany
After World War One a democratic government called the Weimar Republic was established in Germany
People distrusted this government because it had signed the Treaty of Versailles
Germany In 1920 Adolf Hitler
joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (the Nazis) and in 1921 he became the leader
The gained support by criticizing the Weimar Republic
Germany Hitler promised to make Germany a great
nation again
In 1932 the Nazis became the largest party in the Reichstag
Germany In 1933 Hitler
became chancellor of Germany and called himself the Fuhrer (The Leader)
He rules through intimidation and fear
Germany A secret police called the Gestapo are
formed
Germany
Hitler defied the terms of the Treaty of Versaillesstops reparation paymentsbegins to rebuild the German military
Germany The Nazi Party believed Germans were a
“master race” of Aryans
The master race” did NOT include Jewish people, Roma, or Slavs; people with mental or physical disabilities; Communists; and homosexuals
As early as 1933 the Nazis created concentration camps to isolate these people from the larger German society
Germany
Hitler particularly hated Jewish people
The Nuremberg Laws forced Jewish people to wear the Star of David at all times, banned marriage between Jews and Aryans, and restricted employment for Jews
Violence against Jewish people was also encouraged
Germany
November 9, 1938: Kristallnacht
Nazi mobs attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues
Sidewalks everywhere were covered with broken glass
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Spain
Fascist rebels led by General Franco (called Nationalists) tried to overthrow the Socialist government that had been elected in 1936
Spain The Spanish Civil War would last three years
Guernica - Picasso
Spain
More than 1200 Canadian volunteers fought even though the government passed a law that made it illegal for them to fight in foreign wars
Franco won the war and became ruler in 1939 and was in power until 1975
Japan
Japanese totalitarianism was influenced by European Fascism
Japanese Emperor Hirohito
r. 1926-1989
Causes of WW2
Hitler wanted lebensraum – or “living space”
Hitler slowly took over areas that had been banned by the Treaty of Versailles (p. 124 map) 1) Rhineland (1936) 2) Anschluss with Austria (1938) 3) The Sudetenland (1938) 4) Czechoslovakia (1939)
Causes of WW2
Causes of WW2
Britain and France used a policy of appeasement essentially giving Hitler whatever he wanted
Causes of WW2
In 1939 Hitler and Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression PactThey promised not to attack each otherThey decided to divide Poland between them
Causes of WW2
On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland
Britain and France responded immediately and by September 3, 1939 Europe was at war again
Causes of WW2
Causes of WW2
1931 Japan invaded and the Chinese government appealed to the League of Nations but they took no action other than condemning Japan’s by 1937 Japan and China were at war
Causes of WW2
The League of Nations imposed sanctions but did not include oil!