Causes of World War II

CHC2D8Ms. Gluskin

50 million

• Over 50 million people were dead or injured in WWII.– What does 50 million look like?

Vocabulary 148-149

• On the brink (expression) = close to starting something

• Master race (expression) = German belief that they were superior to others

• Reich (noun) = empire

Axis Powers

• Germany• Italy• Japan (later)

Wikipedia, Axis Powers, April 14, 2014, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers (April 17, 2014).

Japan and Germany signed an agreement in 1940.

Allies• Britain • France (until

occupied by Germany)

• Canada and other Commonwealth countries

• USSR (after being invaded by Germany)

• US (after being attacked by Japan)

• China

Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill in 1943.

How Stuff Works, History of Canada: WWII, N.d., http://history.howstuffworks.com/canadian-history/history-of-canada8.htm (April 17, 2014); Wikipedia, Allies of WWII, April 16, 2014, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II (April 17, 2014).

Mackenzie King (first row, far left) with Roosevelt, Churchill and other allied leaders, 1943.

Europe 1919

Remember back to the Treaty of Versailles and how it made many Germans feel.

German Aggression in Europe

Which acts were met by appeasement?

Uniting of Germans

Hitler wanted German-speaking people in Europe to be united.

Consequences

Homework

• Finish Causes of World War II worksheet. – Don’t forget to indicate short- and long-term

causes. – Don’t forget to say whether the response to each

event was appeasement or a declaration of war.