causes of world war ii
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II. LEGACY OF WORLD WAR I. HORRORS OF WWI TREATY OF VERSAILLES GERMAN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS WAR DEBTS. HORRORS OF WORLD WAR I. TREATY OF VERSAILLES ISSUES TO BE SETTLED ----------------------------------------- TERRITORIAL ADJUSTMENTS REPARATIONS ARMAMENT RESTRICTIONS - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
ISSUES TO BE SETTLED
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• TERRITORIAL ADJUSTMENTS
• REPARATIONS
• ARMAMENT RESTRICTIONS
• WAR GUILT
• LEAGUE OF NATIONS
TREATY OF VERSAILLES,
GERMAN ARMAMENT LIMITATIONS
TYPE AMOUNT ALLOWED
PLANES 0
WARSHIPS 6
SOLDIERS 100,000
CONSCRIPTION BANNED
WAR DEBTS AS A CAUSE OF WORLD WAR II
•U.S. HAD LOANED ALLIES MONEY DURING WWI AND DEMANDED PAYMENT
•ALLIES NEEDED TO GET MONEY FROM GERMANY TO PAY THE U.S.
•GERMANY WAS IMPOVERISHED AS A RESULT OF WWI AND BORROWED MONEY FROM U.S. BANKS TO GIVE TO ALLIES
Dictators and Wars
• The effects of WW I & the Great Depression touched every corner of the world. In some countries, a new kind of brutal dictatorship-the totalitarian state.
Characteristics of a Totalitarian State
• Single party dictatorship exerting control over ALL aspects of life
• Strong charismatic leader often at the head of govt.
• State control of the economy
Characteristics of a Totalitarian State
• Use of police, spies, and terror to enforce the will of the state
• Govt. control of the media & use of propaganda to indoctrinate people
Characteristics of a Totalitarian State
• Use of schools & youth groups to spread ideology to kids
• Strict censorship of artists, intellectuals and political rivals with dissenting opinions.
Hitler’s GOAL
• When Hitler came to power, he vowed that Germany would rise again from the quagmire of reparations and depression that it had floundered in since WW I.
Cover page of German editions of Mein Kampf written in 1924 while Hitler was imprisoned for staging a revolt
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GERMAN ARYAN
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DEPICTING THE IDEAL
ARYAN MEMBER OF THE MASTER
RACE
JAPANESE TROOPS INVADING MANCHURIA, JAPANESE TROOPS INVADING MANCHURIA, 19311931
HITLER CLOSELY WATCHED THE WORLD’S INACTION TO JAPAN’S
INVASION