AP World History - Zerbst

UNIT 7 CHAPTER 37: NEW

CONFLAGRATIONS WORLD WAR II

Road to warNew technology & tacticsEuropean theater of warPacific theater of war1942War crimesThe HolocaustAtomic bomb – Hiroshima & NagasakiGlobal economic & political shift – age of the

superpowers

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?

1939-194561 nations involvedAxis (Germany,

Italy, JapanAllies (GB, France,

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, USSR, USA)

Waged over 2/3 of earth

Cost $1.6 trillion (4-5 trillion today)

55 to 60 million killed

6 million in genocide

Changed the balance of power

WWII JUST THE FACTS

1933

Hitler withdrew from League of Nations

1935RearmamentItaly invaded EthiopiaFrance begins

collective security agreements

ROAD TO WORLD WAR 2: STAGE 1 – AGGRESSION AND APPEASEMENT

1936

Troops into the Rhineland

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) Franco – fascist Spanish Govt. – Soviet

assistance

AGGRESSION & APPEASEMENT: CONTINUED

1937

Tojo takeoverAxis alliance

formalizedRape of Nanjing

AGGRESSION & APPEASEMENT CONT.

1938

Anschluss (union)Sudetenland

announcementMunich agreement

Peace in our time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO725Hbzfl s

AGGRESSION & APPEASEMENT CONT.

ANSCHLUSS: POINT OF VIEW

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GRAB

Name of the policy that allowed Hitler to make land grabs

What was the conceptual ideology behind Hitler’s acquisition of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and later Poland?

Name the British politician that signed the Munich Pact?

Why did most Germans love Hitler in the 1930’s?

What was the attitude of Great Britain, France, and Russia toward Hitler in the 1930’s?

CFU – ON WHITEBOARDS

1939

CzechoslovakiaLithuaniaItaly invaded

AlbaniaSept. 1, PolandNazi-Soviet pact

PROPER WAR

Sept. 1, 1939 Poland 36 days

Denmark (April 1940) 6 hours

Norway (April 1940) 62 days

Belgium (May 1940) 3 days

The Netherlands (May 1940) 4 days

Luxembourg (May 1940) 1 day

France (May 1940) 17 days

Yugoslavia (April 1941) 11 days

Greece (April 1941) 14 days

BLITZKRIEG TIMELINE

PROPER WAR 1942

RadarSonarJetsSynthetic

materialsRocketsAtomic energyComputer science

NEW TECHNOLOGY

Maginot LineVichy FranceBattle of Britain

(1940-1941)Lend-Lease

programOperation

Barbarossa (June 22, 1941)

STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW…

Pearl Harbor(1941)

Turning points 1942Midway – JuneEl Alamein – July-November

Stalingrad – August-February 1943

D-Day June 1944Strategic

bombingHiroshima

MORE STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW…

What year was the turning point for WWII?Was blitzkrieg successful? Why?How did new technology make total war more

destructive than in WWI?What new group of people were actively

targeted in WWII?Where did WWII begin?What was the US’s role in WWII prior to Pearl

Harbor?What KIND of battle was the Battle of Britain?List all the causes of WWII.

CFU - WHITEBOARDS

Who wrote it?How could the date it

was written change the meaning or value of the document?

What is the point of view of the author?

What does your document say?

Why is your document an important source of information?

How would you use your document to prove the following?

Examine the documents that follow and analyze the impacts of World War Two on world societies. What political, cultural, and economic conditions contributed to this situation? Was the Cold War inevitable? What additional documents could you use to assist you in answering this question?

STALINGRAD: SEARCHING THE SOURCES

JapaneseCivilians

Comfort womenPOW’s

Bataan Death March

GermansGestapoNuremberg LawsPOW’s

WAR CRIMES

6,000,000 deadGhettosLebensraumDeath/labor

camps

HOLOCAUST

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out--Because I was not a Socialist.Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.” Martin Niemoller (1892-1984)

STRATEGIC BOMBING

HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI

Who wrote this?Is this a reliable

source?What bias does this

source contain?What does this source

tell us about war crimes?

How would you use this document to answer the following prompt?

Describe the political, moral, and military rationale used by the United States to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

BATAAN DEATH MARCH-APPLYING PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL

Super powersEnd of British

empireNuclear powerIndustrial

capacityPent-up demand

ECONOMIC & POLITICAL SHIFT

Road to warNew technology & tacticsEuropean theater of warPacific theater of war1942War crimesThe HolocaustAtomic bomb – Hiroshima & NagasakiGlobal economic & political shift – age of the

superpowers

DID YOU GET IT?