dictator – a person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way...
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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)