WWII

Changes & Problems in Governing

Europe After WWI

Europe’s InfluenceLoss of dominance in world

affairsJapan, US in better financial

shapeEurope drained of resources

New Democracies1914-1918 Euro’s last absolute

rulers overthrownNew democracies were unstable

– Little experience– Fr. & Italy- inefficiency due to too

many political parties (majority)– Coalition govt.- temporary

alliance to achieve majority

Why Dawes Plan?Germany defaults on

reparations– France takes Ruhr

France demands gold, not inflated dollars

1924 Dawes PlanHelped Germany recover from

inflation– Strengthen economy– $200 mil loan from US– Realistic schedule for reparations

1929 factories returned to 1913 levels

Treaties Bring HopeGer. & Fr. Foreign Ministers G.

Stresemann & A. Briand- undo worst features of Treaty– Locarno Treaty- Fr. & Ger. Not

go to war, Ger. Respected Belgian and French borders, Ger. Admitted into League

Treaties Bring HopeKellogg-Briand Pact- war

renounced– Signed by almost every country– No way to enforce- League had no

power

American economy basis of Euro economy

Weimar Republic

Weimar RepublicEst. 1919Weak- no democratic experience7 major political partiesWWI defeat associated w/ govt.Inflation- during war money

printed as neededOnly mistake= losing war

Technology Makes World

Smaller

AutomobileWartime improvements- electric

fuel pumps & starters, air-filled tires, powerful engines

Look of car improved

Air Travel1918 planes fly 100’s miles

– Use for airmail

1927 Lindbergh- 1st nonstop solo transatlantic flight

1930’s passenger airlines– Only for rich

Earhart- 1st women to cross Atlantic

RadioWWI led to push for development

of wireless radio– Research given high priority

1920- 1st commercial radio station1925 Radio was $25

Changes in Society

New Individual FreedomsBreak from tradition

– Consider new ideas

Why: WWI interrupted social patterns & customs– Young people more willing to

change

WomenWork in WWI brings suffrageMost still followed traditionSome followed new lifestyle

– Women equal partners w/ husband

Women in medicine, education, journalism

Art Reflects Social DoubtsHorrors of WWI reflectedTS Eliot- world drained of hope

– “The Wasteland”

F. Kafka- people caught in circumstances they could not understand or escape

J. Joyce- break from traditional sentence structure

Art Reflects Social DoubtsSurrealists- influenced by

Freud’s ideas on unconscious mind– Freud- behavior explained using

past experiences

American Culture SpreadsWWI proved US economic,

political, cultural powerDistinct contribution= jazz

– Phonograph & radio spread

Harlem Renaissance- African American arts

Motion pictures-– 90% came from Hollywood

Social PatternsChildren raised differently

– Strong father, loving mother– Freud’s Oedipus Complex– Parents began to take on both

roles

Education less strict– Girls and boys- same schools

Effects of the Great

Depression

Causes:Overproduction &

underconsumptionPlight of farmers

– Wartime production levels = Surplus

Speculation in Stock– Wall Street losses- economic &

psychological consequences• Doubt, fear replace optimism

BritainSeverely hurt- relied on foreign

trade1931 Coalition cabinet elected

(National Govt.)– High protective tariff– Regulate currency– Increase taxes– Lower interest (production)

Britain1937 unemployment rate cut in

half– Production at 1929 levels

Mood of discouragement persists

France1930 still agricultural

– Less dependent on foreign trade– Less impacted by Depression

Radicals wanted to end democracy and est. dictatorship– Popular Front- moderates,

socialists, communists

FrancePopular Front- pay increases,

reforms for workers– Unemployment remains high

Fascism

FascismPeople lost faith during Great

DepressionFascist promises:

– Revive economy– Restore National Pride– Punish those responsible for

economic hard time

Fascism

Ideology stressing nationalismInterests of the state more

important than the individualPower held by single leader or

small group of party membersReaction against Communism

– People more loyal to social class not nation

Enemy= Communism

SimilaritiesDictatorial one

man rule Individuals

denied rightsSupremacy of

state

DifferencesFascism- no

classless society– Aristocrats,

industrialist

Communism- Dictatorship of the Proletariat– internationalist

Italians Turn to FascismAfter WWI Italians felt defeated

– War causalities– Did not gain land promised

Food shortages, rising prices, unemployment, business failures

Peasants seize land,workers revoltSocialist, Communists groups

emerge– Another Bolshevik revolution?

Benito MussoliniTeacher of FascismHitler’s teacherNamed Fascism- root Roman

Fasces – Ax- symbol of power

Becomes Il Duce- leader of Italy

Benito MussoliniInitially a SocialistWWI organized Fascist partyWanted to bring back glory and

military strength of ancient Rome

Revive economy1922 Appointed PM by Victor

Emmanuel II (legal)

Mussolini’s Support

Business ownersGovt. officialsLandowners

– End strikes– End workers’

political power

Middleclass SoldiersWar Veterans

Mussolini’s PoliciesDemocracy weak – Dictatorship est.

(no political parties)– Use of secret police, censorship

All production into nationwide “syndicates” (State Corps)– Organized like corporations– Controlled wages, prices, working

hours (command capitalism)Farmers urged to use modern

methods

Policies continued…It became harder to leave

countrySingle men taxedJobs for women limitedBuilding families encouraged

Fascist StatesItaly (Mussolini)Germany (Hitler)Japan (Tojo)Spain (Franco)

– until 1970’s

Rise of Hitler

Weimar RepublicCreated 1919-under StresselmanRepublican constitutionParliamentary govt.

– Germans had little experience with democracy

– Democracy seen as weak– Germans used to strict rule

Weimar OppositionOpposed by left and rightCommunists wanted govt. like

RussiaGerman nationalists, military,

landowners, opposed govt.Industrialists feared govt.

takeover of industryPeople felt Republic betrayed

them by urging peace

Hitler’s BeginningsBorn Austria, 1889Adolph SnickelgrupperHS dropout

– Study art in Vienna

Vienna- Jews among intellectual, financial leaders– Beginning of hatred for Jews

Hitler Emerges…Served for Germany during WWI-

won Iron Cross– Wanted to overturn Treaty

Began as govt. spy (on Nazis)1920’s Helped Organized the NazisNAZI Army of Brown Shirts SA1923 Failed Beer Hall Putsch

– Take over Bavarian govt.– Hitler put in jail, writes Mein Kampf

Mein KampfDictated to Rudolf HessOutline of political viewsThemes:

– Racism (Jews were reason for German problems)

– Nationalism (Aryans were master race, lebenstraum)

Released from jail in 9 months

Why Hitler?Economic crisis

–People out of work–Hunger–Insecurity–Restlessness

Hitler gave people:–Enemy to hate–Cause to fight for

Hitler Gains SupportUsed violence and speechesLess wealthy- Hitler would protect

them from large industrialists, Communists

Unemployed-Hitler’s private army– Food, clothing, shelter, cause

Industrialists, bankers, landowners- liked stand against Communists, promise to rebuild Germany

Hitler Gains Power Jan. 30, 1933 Hitler made

chancellor by Hindenburg –Hoped to contain the Nazis

Feb. 27, 1933- Dutch communist Martinus van der Lubbe set fire to Reichstag

March 1933 Reichstag elections Nazi’s win 43% of vote–Reichstag passes Enabling Act-

Hitler given dictatorial power

Hitler’s Early Policies Trade unions bannedPolitical parties eliminatedArmy and secret police

– Brown Shirts (SA)- Hitler’s personal army (early 1920’s)

– Gestapo- secret state police – SS-Hitler’s body guard (1925)

Early Policies cont…Nuremberg Laws-Anti-Semitism- became official

govt. policyJews lost citizenship1933- Jews forbidden from

holding govt. jobs or owning businesses

Not flu flag, write, teach, bankers

Night of Long KnivesJune 30, 1934SS ordered to eliminate any

threats within the partyAs many as 1,000 killedViolence shocked people into

obediance

KristallnachtNight of broken glassCause: young Jew killed German

diplomat in Paris Nov 9-10, 1938- Nazis set fire to

synagogues in Germany, Austria, Sudetenland –Jewish home and stores looted–Many Jews killed or wounded,

1000’s arrested–Result- 1000’s of Jews flee

Nazi’s Rebuild Economy

Businesses aided– Public works programs– Arms industry secretly revived

Unemployment rate of 6 million reduced to 0

Propaganda used to increase support

Eastern EuropeDemocracies give way to

authoritarianism Authoritarianism- political system

stressing obedience to authorityNo tradition of democracy

–Countries lacked business and professional people (backbone of democracy)

Post-war problems blamed on democracy

59 Days

ChecksSprite Timelines ThursdayPicture EssayCompare Social Darwinism to MarxNature of French and German

YouthEconomic comparison of France

and the Netherlands

Italy and Germany’s

March to War

Fascist AggressionItalian Expansion

–Mussolini builds army–1935 Ethiopia invaded

• League of Nations denounces action and urges boycott of arms to Italy

Spanish Civil WarRepublican govt. replaced

monarch2 sides: (war between ideologies)

– Falangists (Fascists) under Franco– Republicans (anti-Fascists)

Hitler and Mussolini aid FascistsStalin and volunteers from US,

France, England aid Republicans1939- Franco becomes dictator

Fascist AggressionGerman rearmament and

expansion (Turning Point)– Weimar Govt. tried to change treaty

through diplomacy– Hitler vows to destroy treaty-

rebuilds military– 1936 Rhineland remilitarized– Hitler believed no action would be

taken• GB and France condemn, but take no

action

1936 Rome-Berlin AxisHitler’s strength leads to

agreement w/ MussoliniEurope come to rotate around

them

AppeasementGiving into other’s demands in

order to avoid conflictFollowed by GB and France

towards GermanyAfter WWI people wanted peace

at any price (ignored Hitler’s advances)

GB cut military spending- focus on economy

Why Appeasement?France needed help of GB to

take on HitlerMany in GB believed Treaty of

Versailles was too harshMany in GB believed Stalin and

Communism was more of a threat than Hitler

German AdvancesResult of appeasement- Hitler

continues to enlarge German territory

Self-determination- Bring German speaking together in Third Reich

1938 Anschluss- Union of Germany and Austria (Austria threatened with use of force)

Czechoslovakia- Hitler wanted the Sudetenland

Munich Peace AgreementIssue= Sudetenland (3 million

Germans live here)Mussolini, Chamberlain, Daladier

meet with Hitler– Give Hitler Sudetenland if he would

stop expansion– Student becomes teacher

Result- Hitler not satisfied and takes all of Czechoslovakia– Chamberlain “Peace in our time”

Beginning of War for

Germany

The Coming WarMarch 1939- Germany turn to

Poland to recover Polish Corridor– Hitler demands port of Danzig,

RR’s and highways through the corridor to East Prussia

Poland refuses demands– France and GB give support

The Coming War August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Pact-

– Distrust between France, GB, Russia prevented alliance

– Soviet Union agreed to let Germany invade Poland in return for land in Eastern Europe

The War BeginsSept. 1, 1939- Germany invades

PolandSept. 4, 1939- GB and France

declare war on Germany***WWII BEGINS***

The Sides

Allies–England–France–Poland–Later USA–Later USSR

Axis–Germany–Austria–Italy–USSR–Japan

Blitzkrieg in Eastern Europe Blitzkrieg- German style of

warfare consisting of quick, concentrated attacks on land and sea (reaction against WWI)

Sept. 27, 1939- Poland surrenders – Hitler and Stalin divide Poland

USSR sets up bases in Baltic States for invasion of Finland

Blitzkrieg in Western Europe“Phony War”- No real fighting

in winter of 1939-19401940 Germans begin advances

in Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

France establishes the Maginot Line- heavily defended forts along German, French border

State Social Science Standard

Yesterday10.8.2 Understand the role of

appeasement, nonintervention (isolationism), and the domestic distractions in Europe and the United States prior to the outbreak of World War II.

Today10.8.3  Identify and locate the Allied

and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions.

ESLRSAztecs Are ABLEA = Informed ChoicesB = Societal NormsL = Resolve ProblemsE = Listening Speaking

Analyze

Character Traits

Respect Compassion Justice

Invasion of FranceMaginot LineGermany attacks through Belgium

– Divides the Allies (Paris and coast)– Dunkirk- 300,000 Allies retreat, all

available vessels sent to rescue troops Mistake # 1

– **GB united and inspired against Hitler**

– Germans continue through France

France is Conquered June 10, 1940- Mussolini declares

war on FranceJune 14- Germans march on Paris

– France surrenders to save Paris from destruction

French sign armistice where Germany surrendered WWI– Germany occupied N. France– Puppet Govt. est in S. France= Vichy

Govt. (Petain’s govt.)

French Resistance

Free FrenchLed by C. de Gaulle Secret, underground resistance

Britain Holds Out Winston Churchill (PM)-

refuses to give in to HitlerAug 8, 1940- Battle of BritainOperation Sea LionDestroy RAFControl Air/Cross ChannelBritish Bomb BerlinHitler Turns to Cities

Battle of Britain“Blitz”- Britain bombed day

and nightRAF aided by radar- used to

spot enemy aircraftAllies broke German secret

codeRAF Rebuilds

Battle of BritainHitler Gives UpMistake # 2“ Never Have so Few done

so much for so many”NapoleonPhillip II

Eastern Front

Invasion of USSRJune 22 1941 Hitler invadesWhy USSR?

– Hates Communism – Land for German settlers– Grain for Germans– Oil, coal, iron ore for war effort

No Longer 2 FrontNapoleon

Seize of LeningradRussia initially devastated2 year siege, 3 million trapped

– 1 million die of disease and starvation

– First year: 2.5 million soldiers lost“Scorched-earth”- withdraw

from Germans destroying fields and equipment

Winter helps Russians win- troops from Siberia arrive

Battle of Stalin gradSpring/Summer 1942Strategic city in terms of north-

south transportationAugust 600 planes bomb city

– 40,000 Russians killed– Russians refuse to surrender

But Do leave a dead city

The Tide TurnsMarshal Zhukov plans counter-

attack–Encircle German army-Stalin

gradHitler refuses to let Germans

surrenderMistake # 3**Turning point in Eastern

Europe**–Soviets begin push toward Berlin

North African CampaignFirst year of war- Mussolini

works to est. control of Mediterranean

Libya (Italian colony) unsuccessfully invades Egypt trying to take control of Suez Canal (from GB)

Germany sends Afrika Corps led by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to protect Libya

Africa cont…Rommel battles GB for more

than a year1942 GB sends Field Marshal

Bernard Montgomery to block Rommel’s advance to the Suez– El Alamein- retreating GB begins

counterattack– Rommel driven from Africa– First major British victory

Results in AfricaMay 1943- Allies held all N.

AfricaAllies control Suez CanalAfrica would serve as a base to

launch attacks into Southern Europe

Europe Under HitlerSize of Hitler’s Empire

– Atlantic to USSR– Norway to North Africa

Victories for the AlliesEnd of 1942- Allies on offensive

in Asia and EuropeNorth AfricaItaly attacked from North

AfricaJuly 1943- GB, US land in Sicily,

later in month Mussolini overthrown

Germany remains in Italy

Invasion of FranceGen. Eisenhower leads Allies

across English ChannelSecond Front to Help RussiaOperation OverlordJune 6, 1944 D-Day- Allies

land in Normandy

Invasion of France

–150,000 landed at 5 beaches–Omaha, Juno, Sword- major–Germans caught off guard –1 million Allied troops in

France within month–End of August- Paris freed–Free French join Allies

Defeat of GermanyFall 1944 Germans hopeless

– Soviets on East– US, GB on West

57 DaysChecksQuestions on Friday’s Essays?

Battle of the BulgeMid Dec. 1944Germans attack US soldiers at

German border near Belgium, Luxembourg

Germans break through linesUS holds key towns and roadsGermans halt offensive- ran out

of gas, unable to crush US

The EndJan. 1945- Allies take German

gainsApril 1945- US and Soviet

troops meet in Eastern EuropeApril 30,1945- Hitler commits

suicide in underground quarters in Berlin

May 8, 1945 VE Day- Germany surrenders unconditionally

WWII’s AftermathMost costly war in human

history– 50 million dead– 10 million die in concentration

camps– Homeless refugees– Vast areas of destruction

Germans and their Conquered

Germans took food, weapons, and art from conquered

Labor demanded from conquered– 7 million sent to labor camps in

Germany• Died of disease, hunger, exhaustion

– 5 million Russians taken• 3.5 million died

The HolocaustReinhard Heydrich- Himmler’s

deputy and chief planner of Nazi program to rid Europe of Jews– “The Final Solution to the Jewish

problem”- genocideHolocaust- systematic murder of

European Jews– Jews rounded up, put in cattle

cars and sent to death camps

Life in Death CampsMethods of killing:

– Gas chambers, torture, starvation, beatings

Medical experiments6 million Jews killedAuschwitz (Poland)- 2 million

died here

Resistance MovementsNazis did meet opposition

– Hit and run attacks on German forces

– Strikes, blowing up factories, underground newspapers, relaying info to Allies, rescuing prisoners

– “Govts. in exile”- govts. fled occupied countries

– Citizens escaped and joined GB

War Crime Trials Nazi leaders arrested and

charged with “crimes against humanity”

Nuremberg Trials- Nov. 1945– World learned of Nazi horrors– ½ of officers tried were sentenced

to death– Japanese officers also tried

Postwar Europe

Allies held 3 summits (meetings between top govt. officials) during the war– Tehran, Iran– Yalta, USSR– Potsdam, Germany

Tehran Conference

Nov. 1943Present- Churchill, Stalin, FDR

– “Big Three”

Plan- discuss war strategy for Europe– Normandy invasion planned

YaltaFeb 1945 the “Big Three” meetStalin agrees to free elections in

Soviet occupied Eastern Europe– Puppet govts. had already been est.

Stalin agrees to declare war on Japan when Germany defeated (for land in Asia)

United Nations developedDivision of Germany into temporary

occupation zones

PotsdamJuly 1945Present- Stalin, Churchill, and

TrumanStalin refuses to hold free

elections– It would be “anti-Soviet”

Disagreements over Eastern Europe would split Allies– Raise fears of another world war