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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