World War IIRise of dictators & Causes

of War

Words to knowDictator – A person who rules a country with

total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way

Totalitarian – System where the state holds total control/authority over public and private life

Fascism – Form of government where a dictator controls the people and they are not allowed to disagree with government

Nazism – German form of fascism; racist nationalism, nationalist expansion and total control over people.

Communism – Government owns everything. No privately owned property.

Joseph Stalin  BELIEF OF COUNTRY: CREATE A SOUND COMMUNIST STATE AND WAIT FOR WORLD REVOLUTION  MILITARY GOALS: REVOULTION BY WORKERS   KIND OF LEADER: FORCEFUL   ECONOMIC BELIEFS: EVENTUAL RULE BY WORKING CLASS   OTHER BELIEFS: STATE OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY

http://www.history.com/topics/joseph-stalin/videos

Benito Mussolini  BELIEF OF COUNTRY: EXTREME NATIONALISM   MILITARY GOALS: MILITARISTIC EXPANSIONSIM   KIND OF LEADER: CHARISMATIC LEADER  ECONOMIC BELIEFS: PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH STRONG GOVERNMENT CONTROLS   OTHER BELIEFS: ANTI-COMMUNIST

http://www.history.com/videos/benito-mussolini#benito-mussolini

Adolf Hitler  BELIEF OF COUNTRY: EXTREME NATIONALISM AND RACISM   MILITARY GOALS: MILITARISTIC EXPANSIONISM   KIND OF LEADER: FORCEFUL LEADER  ECONOMIC BELIEFS: PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH STRONG GOVERNMENT CONTROLS  OTHER BELIEFS: ANTI-COMMUNIST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rZ4xwuAWFE

Japan – Hirohito & TojoHikeki Tojo –

Career in armyPrime Minister of Japan/Minister of WarFascist, nationalist and militaristWanted to take over parts of China!

Emperor HirohitoFigurehead of Japan – not a lot of power Reluctantly supported invasion of China

War in AsiaStarts in 1930!

Japan invades Manchuria (1931) and then China (1937).

Aggressive military expansion

So why war….???

CAUSES OF WWII

WORLD WAR ITreaty of

VersaillesWar Guilt Clause!$$$ Germany owed

for war!Land taken away!Disarmament

No tanks, no submarines, only a small army

Hitler’s ActionsBuild up of military!

Pacts with Italy and Japan!

Taking back the land!Starts in Austria Sudetenland

Hitler lies

Failure to appeaseAppeasement = Giving in to

someone if their demands are seen as reasonable.

So, Chamberlain (Prime Minister of England) felt that giving in to Hitler’s demands would prevent another war! “Policy of Appeasement”

Failure of League of NationsReasons it failed..

Not all countries joined the LeagueThe League had NO powerThe League had no armyUnable to act quickly

Japan’s hit by the depression – invades China. China asks the League for help League tells

Japan to stop- Japan ignores the request League tells member nations to stop trading with Japan No one stops, they’re in a depression!

League asks one more time so Japan just leaves the League!

Similar issue with Italy invading Abyssinians

The start of war..Germany invades Poland on

September 1, 1939.

Great Britain and France declared war on Germany

World War II started…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCXSuaOozDE

Whose fighting who? Allied PowersFrance (De Gaulle)

United Kingdom (Churchill)

United States (FDR)

USSR (Stalin)

Axis PowersGermany (Hitler)

Japan (Tojo/Hirohito)

Italy (Mussolini)