CAUSES OF

WWII
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To acquaint YOs about Causes of WWII

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TREATY OF VERSAILLES

JAPANESE EXPANSION

FASCISM
CAUSES OF WWII
HITLER AND NAZI PARTY

APPEASEMENT

GREAT DEPRESSION
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CAUSES OF WWII

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 TREATY OF VERSAILLES  

 Treaty ended WWI b/w Germany and the Allied Powers

 Germany had lost the War

 Germans were forced to “Accept the Resp” of the war damages

 Reparations

 Germany eco in ruins, people were starving and govt in chaos

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JAPANESE EXPANSION
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 Japan growing rapidly

 Resourse constraint nation

 Growing of their empire to gain new resources

 Invaded Manchuria in 1931

 China in 1937

 French Indochina in 1940

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FASCISM

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 FASCISM  

 Some countries taken over by Dictators

 1st Fascist govt was Spain ruled by Dictator Franco

 Mussolini took con of Italy

 Expansion of empires and conquer new lands

 Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1936

 Adolf Hitler Emulate Mussolini in his takeover of Germany

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HITLER AND NAZI PARTY

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 Adolf Hitler and NAZi party rose to Power

 Hitler offered hope to Germans

 In 1934, Hitler was proclaimed the “FUHRER”

 He allied Germany with Mussolini and Italy

 Restored Germany to power by expanding its empire

 He first took over Austria in 1938

 Took over Czechoslovakia in 1939

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APPEASEMENT

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 APPEASEMENT  

 Nations of europe were weary and avoided another war

 Countries such as Britian and France hoped to keep peace through

“APPEASEMENT”
 They tried to make Germany and Hitler Happy rather than to stop him

 Unfortunately, the policy of Appeasement Backfired

 It only made Hitler bolder

 Gained time to build up his army

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THE GREAT DEPRESSION

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 THE GREAT DEPRESSION  

 The period before WWII was of great eco suffering throughout world

 People out of work and struggling to survive

 This lead to WWII

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THANK YOU

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