WW2


 * Vocabulary** Define:
 * labor**: work, esp. hard physical work
 * demilitarized**: remove all military forces from (an area)
 * appeasement**: pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands
 * achieve**: reach or attain (a desired objective, level, or result) by effort, skill, or courage

regularly by an association or organization
 * conference**: a formal meeting that typically takes place over a number of days and involves people with a shared interest, esp. one held


 * New Order**: a new system, regime, or government


 * assume**: suppose to be the case, without proof

sanction: a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule 1. Chancellor of Germany 2. Invades Polland 1939 3. Commits Suicide 1945
 * People** Identify:
 * Adolf Hitler:**(1889-1945)

1. Prime Minister of Italy 2. He founded the Italian Fascist Party in 1919 3. He was captured and executed by Italian communist partisans a few weeks before the end of the war
 * Benito Mussolini:** (1883–1945)

1.Prime Minister of Russia 2. In 1928, he launched a succession of five-year plans for rapid industrialization and the enforced collectivization of agriculture 3.His large-scale purges of the intelligentsia in the 1930s were equally ruthless
 * Joseph Stalin**: (1879–1953)

1.President of China and of Taiwan 2. He tried to unite China bymilitary means in the 1930s but was defeated by the Communists 3. Forced to abandon mainland China in 1949, he set up a separateNationalist Chinese State in Taiwan
 * Chiang Kai-shek**: (1887–1975)


 * March 7, 1936**: Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland, which was supposed to be a demilitarized area.
 * March 13, 1938**: Hitler demanded that the Sudetenland in northwestern Czechoslovakia be given to Germany.
 * September 15, 1938**:Adolf Hitler meets with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and states his demand that Czechoslovakia yield the Sudetenland, a region of Czechoslovakia with a large German population, to Nazi Germany.
 * March 1939**:Hitler had invaded Czechoslovakia – a non-German country.
 * September 1, 1939**: Germany invaded Poland.

1. Why did Great Britain give in to so many of Hitler’s demands? He was powerfull and people were afraid. he had invaded and taken over many countries. he used fear as a weapon! 2. When Germany signed the nonaggression pact with the Soviets, what dilemma did this create for Japan? japan wanted to get resources from russia with no charge, but germany was signed with russia so they could not help japan without violating the pact 3. **List the reasons why Hitler’s pact with Stalin was a key factor in forcing Britain and France to declare war on Germany. Early in the 20th century Chiang Kai-shek fought for Sun Yat-sen's United Revolutionary League and the Kuomintang party to overthrow China's imperial dynasty. After World War II ended, the Kuomintang and the Communists re-ignited the civil war, and Chiang was eventually driven off the mainland to the island of Taiwan, where the Kuomintang set up a government-in-exile.** 4.**Create a chart, listing in chronological order the agreements that emboldened Hitler in his aggressive expansion policies.He rebuilt roads and railways to create jobs for more people, and he rebuilt the army.** 5.**Create a chart listing examples of Japanese aggression and German aggres- sion prior to the outbreak of World War II.Invading China with Infantry, armor (tanks). Bombing cities with twin engined medium "Betty" bombers, strafing ground targets with fighter aircraft. Invading Southeast Asia, with the same techniques...when needed, invading the Philippines with the same firepower, etc.**
 * QUESTIONS
 * Political leader in China 20th century

=PART TWO - THE COURSE OF WORLD WAR II= 1.The 32nd President of the United States. 2.FDR launched the New Deal. 3.The major surviving General Welfare clause program is Social Security, which Congress passed in 1935.
 * Vocabulary** Define:
 * blitzkrieg**: an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory
 * isolationism**: a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries
 * neutrality**: not helping or supporting either of two opposing sides, esp. countries at war; impartial
 * indefinite**: lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time
 * partisan**: a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person
 * People** Identify:
 * Franklin D. Roosevelt**:( January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

1. U.S. general. 2.Commander of U.S. (later Allied) forces in the southwestern Pacific during World War II, he accepted Japan's surrender in 1945 and administered the ensuing Allied occupation. 3.He was in charge of UN forces in Korea 1950–51, before being forced to relinquish command by President Truman.
 * Douglas MacArthur**:(1880–1964)

1.British prime minister. 2.He led Britain throughout World War II. 3.Upon his death, the Queen granted him the honour of a state funeral, which saw one of the largest assemblies of statesmen in the world.
 * Winston Churchill**:(1874–1965)

1.The 33rd president of the U.S. 2.He authorized the use of the atom bomb against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. 3.Truman's victory over Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 presidential election was one of the closest in U.S. history.
 * Harry S. Truman**:(1884–1972)

QUESTIONS Using TIMETOAST, place the events of World War II in chronological order. (begin with Sept 1, 1939 and end with VJ Day in 1945) be sure to include images and links to websites providing additional information.
 * What prevented Roosevelt from responding to British appeals for help in 1940?**:It was an election year and he wanted to say that he had kept US out of the war.
 * When the Japanese attacked American bases what did they hope to accomplish?**:The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor temporarily destroying the U.S. ability to launch major naval operations. This was their #1 priority. They were also already running major operations in Southeast Asia that required much of their forces. Anything they could direct toward the U.S. mainland would be nothing more than a pinprick **Were their ideas correct?**
 * What was the turning point of the war in Asia?**:Midway Island was the turning point in the war against Japan
 * How did President Truman bring the war to an end?**:The use of the atomic bombs on Japan.
 * Explain Hitler’s strategy of attacking the Soviet Union**:Hitler was believing his own propaganda. Hitler figured the Germans couldn't lose - just kick in the door and the Soviet Union would fall apart.
 * Why did his delay in launching the attack ultimately contribute to the Soviet victory over the Germans?**:The Germans made a very serious delay in the attack on the Soviets. Benito Mussolini got himself into trouble in Greece - he couldn't take over the country - so the Germans were forced to send in troops to help out Mussolini. So that critical time for making war went by for the Germans and they attacked late and they did really well, but the ended up in the middle of a bad winter before they got to where they wanted to be. So the Germans bogged down, and the Russians and the land wore them out.

=PART THREE - THE NEW ORDER AND THE HOLOCAUST=

1.German leader; chief of the SS (Nazi special police force) and of the Gestapo. 2.He established and oversaw the systematic genocide of over 6,000,000 Jews and other disfavored groups between 1941 and 1945. 3.Captured by British forces in 1945, he committed suicide.
 * Vocabulary** Define:
 * implement**:apply, put into effect
 * genocide**: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
 * adjust**: alter or move (something) slightly in order to achieve the desired fit, appearance, or result
 * collaborator**: coworker, partner, associate, colleague, confederate; assistant.
 * People** Identify:
 * Heinrich Himmler**: (1900–45)

1.In August 1940, he was appointed and served as President of Interpol (the international law enforcement agency). 2.Heydrich chaired the 1942 Wannsee Conference, which discussed plans for the deportation and extermination of all Jews in German-occupied territory. 3.Heydrich slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness. He is said to have died at 4:30am on 4 June at the age of 38.
 * Reinhard Heydrich:**(7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942)

QUESTIONS
 * Nazi Policy || Description ||
 * Resettlement || Making people move and settle in a different place. ||
 * Forced labor || Make new machines for the Nazis against their will. ||
 * Final Solution || Genocide of the jews. ||
 * Einsatzgruppen || Plans to carry out the extermination of the Jews. ||
 * Death camps || Where Jews were sent to be killed. ||
 * How did the use of forced labor cause problems for Germany?**:Many workers died as a result of their living conditions, mistreatment or were civilian casualties of the war. They received little or no compensation during or after the war.
 * Why did the Holocaust continue until the end of the war?**:Hitler realized he could not win the war against the allies so he decided to focus his energy on trying to win the war against jewish people.
 * How did the Japanese gain the support of people in occupied territories?**:
 * Why did they eventually lose this support?**:

=PART 4 - THE HOME FRONT AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE WAR=

1.German architect and Nazi government official. 2.He was the designer of the Nuremberg stadium for the 1934 Nazi Party congress. 3.Following the Nuremberg trials, he served 20 years in Spandau prison.
 * Vocabulary** Define:
 * mobilization**: prepare and organize (troops) for active service
 * impact**: the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another
 * kamikaze** :a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.
 * alternative**: available as another possibility
 * Cold War:** the state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the U.S.-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
 * People and Event**s Identify:
 * Albert Speer**:(1905–81)

1. Japanese military leader and statesman; prime minister 1941–44. 2.He initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 3.After Japan's surrender, he was tried and hanged as a war criminal.
 * General Hideki Tojo:**(1884–1948)


 * Country || Mobilization ||
 * Soviet Union || Widespread military and industrial. 78,000 tanks and 98,000 artillery pieces ||
 * United States || Led to some social turmoil. New factories creating boomtowns ||
 * Germany || Mobilization came too late ||
 * Japan || Highly mobilized society. Created a planning board to control prices, wages, labor, and resources. ||

> > What was the theory behind the bombing of civilians? Did this theory prove to be right or wrong? That the bombing of civilian targets would force peace onto them. This was proven wrong. > > Why did Stalin object to free elections in Eastern Europe? He thought that if government positions were freely elected that it would be "anti-soviet" and he didn't agree with it. > > List examples of Japan’s vulnerability to Allied air attack in late 1944. What type of U.S. aircraft was used for the heaviest bombing of Japanese targets? It's overcrowded cities being built of flimsy materials and their air force had almost been destroyed. U.S. B-29 Superfortress.
 * QUESTIONS**
 * 1) How were women used in the war effort in Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States? Many women worked in the textile industry and farmed in Japan. In Germany, most women did not want jobs. Women were in the military service in the United States, and in the Soviet Union, women and girls worked in industries, mines and railroads.