M ilitarism
A lliances
I mperialism
N ationalism
NC 464-470;475 HA 417-419
M ilitarism
A lliances
•Dictators
•Nazi’s
•Mussolini – Facism
•Japan – military overthrew
government
•Axis (Central) Powers –
Germany, Italy, Japan
•Allied Powers –
England, France, USSR,
USA, …
I mperialism
N ationalism
•Italy – North Africa
•Germany – Europe
•Japan – Asia and
Pacific Islands
Facism – government
that uses extreme form
of nationalism
Nazi – German pride
World War I resolutions:
Germany – had to take the blame, lost land, lost all their
overseas colonies, had to disarm, had to pay for damages
Italy – felt cheated
Japan – felt ignored by European powers
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World-wide Depression – Europe was devastated and left
in debt, widespread unemployment
ATTACKS!
Hitler moves into Austria, then Czechoslovakia, then attacks
Poland September 1, 1939
Italy moves into North Africa – Ethiopia
Japan occupies Manchuria, then attacks Pearl Harbor on
December 7, 1941
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Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Italy
Fascist
Germany
Nazi
Soviet Union
Communism
In Common:
Imperialistic attitude – conquer other nations
Ruthlessly crushed opponents
Believed in an extreme form of nationalism
Believed government should control economic and social life
Rulers in Europe during World War II
The place where Jews were
placed to be persecuted
by Nazis. Originally
used as a term to
imprison political
opposition, the
Holocaust made the
term synonymous with
“extermination camps”.
The Japanese
attacked a U.S.
naval base on Dec.
7, 1941 causing the
U.S. to declare war
on Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1niwxQgoY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX4sTBJ0tvA
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SpeakeR Occasion Audience Purpose Subject TONE -
The next day, December 8, 1941, President Roosevelt
addressed Congress and the nation in a broadcast heard
worldwide. He called December 7th as, “a date which will
live in infamy”. He then called for a declaration of war
against Japan and its Axis allies in Europe.
An immensely powerful weapon of
mass destruction whose violent
energy comes from splitting the
atom. It was used to end World
War II when one was dropped on
Hiroshima, Japan on August 6,
1945 and Nagasaki on August 9.
Over 200,000 Japanese were killed
by these two bombs. No nuclear
weapon has ever been used since,
but has created world-wide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUi
HvAE
controversy.
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jobs
Soldiers
military training camps
war bonds – raised money
POW camps
victory gardens
recycling
Torpedo Junction
Hospitals
Cemeteries
Shipyards
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ration books – shoes, gas,
rubber, metal, and food
items: sugar, coffee, meat,
butter
textile mills – sheets, tents,
parachutes, uniforms, . . .
military weapons and
equipment – rockets,
bombs, radar equipment,
ships, submarine chasers,
minesweepers, merchant
ships, ammunition
lumber – barracks, boxes,
bunks
stone – roads
mica – insulation
tungsten – strengthens steel
agricultural products –
wheat, potatoes, peanuts,
hay