the causes of wwii
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Causes of World War II
1918 - 1941
Presentation by Matt Varner
Treaty of Versailles
Signed in 1918
Ended World War I
Blamed Germany and Austria – Hungry
Broke up Germany and Austria – Hungry
Set up the League of Nations
League of Nations
What is the League of Nations
Early U.N.
Why it failed
Nationalism
Definition
Alliances formed
United States1918 - 1941
Great Depression
Minding it’s own business
Under the table trading
Relaxed Security
Isolationism
Definition
The U.S.’s withdraw from world affairs
Impact on the U.S.
Soviet Union1918 - 1941
Alliances
War with Japan
Invasion of Poland
Japan1918 - 1941
Greed
Invasion of China
Attack on the Soviet Union
Italy1918 - 1941
Hurt feelings from World War I
Leader
Alliances
Expanding its Territories
Germany1918 - 1941
1933 Hitler is Elected
Restoration of the Reich
Remilitarization
Ethnic Cleansing
Anschluss
1938 annexing of Austria
Against the Treaty of Versailles
Allowed German Accupation
Munich Agreement
Who was involved
Riots
Result
Invasion of Poland
Part of Germany’s blitzkrieg
The final straw
Forced labor
Mass killings
Pearl Harbor
Peace Talks
Sneak Attack
Japanese Expansion
First of many attacks
The United States declares war
Racism
Jews in Europe
The Poles
After Pearl Harbor
Expansionism(Imperialism/Colonialism)
Germany losing territories
Soviet Union and warm water sea port
Japan gets greedier
Italy expands
Germany makes attempts at more land
Map of the World1910
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Map of the World1938 - 1945
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