February 29- March 4

Monday - Friday------We did Germany's presentation

Beer Hall Putsch
- November 8-9, 1923
- Adolf Hitler and Nazi Party
  - to create new government based on race
  - failed and Hitler was sent to jail for one year
Reichstag Fire
- February 27,1933
  - Little boy was accused of
Nuremberg Laws
- November 14, 1935
  - The Nazis announced new laws
  - Institutionalized many of racial theories
  - Nazi ideology
Munich Conference
- September 17, 1938
  - Signers
    - Adolf Hitler
    - Benito Mussolini
    - French Premier Edouard Daladier
    - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
  - Gave Germany Czechoslovakia in the name of "Peace"
Sudetenland Appeasement
- September 29, 1938
  - France and Britain give Hitler the Sudetenland
  - German troops march into the Sudetenland
    - Welcomed as heroes
Reichspogromnacht
- November 8, 1938
  - A massive coordinated attack against Jews
    - killed many Jews
    - tore families apart
Basic Facts
- Alliances
  - Italy
  - Japan
  - Hungary
  - Romania
  - Bulgaria
  - Austria
- Total Cost
  - $272 billion in 1945
- Total Deaths
  - 8,0000,000
  - 9,000,000 Jews
- Territorial Casualties
  - Germany was split into four parts
  - Each major Allied power had a chunk
- War Goals (Hitler's)
  - Forcible acquisition of living space
  - Final Reckoning of the Jews
    - saw as reason for Germany losing WW1
  - Totally destroy potential military threats to Germany
  - Weaken other Nations
    - especially France
Leaders
- Adolf Hitler
  - Born in Austria April 20, 1889
  - Was interested in fine arts
  - dropped out of school to work as watercolor painter and casual laborer
  - rejected by Academy of Arts two times
  - he moved into homeless shelter
  - served in German Army in WW1
  - after WW1 returned to Munich
  - Continued working for military
  - He joined the Anti-Semitic Party DAP in 1919
  - The part soon changed to NSDAP
  - beer hall speeches made him gain followers
  - he wrote "Mein Kmpf" (My Struggle)
  - he ran for presidency in 1932 (lost)
  - became German Chancellor in 1933
  - formed de facto legal dictatorship
  - July 14, 1933 Nazi Party was declared legal
  - 1938 he signed Munich Agreement
  - early 1945 Hitler realized Germany would lose the war
  - Hitler married Eva Braun April 30, 1945
  - Committed suicide April 31, 1945
Home front in Germany
- Adults
  - tried to flee
  - men fought in war
  - women stayed at home
  - less food
- Children
  - Older kids/teens had to help anti-aircraft assistants
  - 16 & 17 year olds do services of soldiers
  - young kids were in air raid basements
Hitler Youth
- Logical Extension of Hitler's belief
  - Boys
    - 10 year old joined Deutsches, Jungvolk
    - Marched
    - Grenade Throwing
    - Pitol Shooting
  - Girls
    - 10 ears old
      - Had to be able to run 60 meters in 14 seconds
      - Throw ball 12 meters
      - 2 hour march
      - swim 100 meters
      - Make a bed
- Teenager Diary
  - Heard Sirens
  - Went in crowed basement
  - Minutes felt like hours
  - Lost time feeling
  - Wanted to get out of basement
Holocaust
- 1939
- Jews got Jew Star they HAD to put on clothes (Star of David)
- Shoes were restricted
- Could buy food and other supplies in certain stores with result that Jewish household often faced shortages over basic essential
- Decree from Jews using public transportation
- Lived in designated areas "Jewish houses"
- Early 1943, authorities implemented the last major deportation of German Jews was separated
Battle Strategies
- Military tactic
- Created disorganization among Enemy Forces
- First Blitzkrieg they tried out was against Poland in 1939
German Soviet Pact
- The two foreign minister negotiated the agreement had two parts
- Exchange manufactured goods
Major Battles
- Battle of Poland
  - In Poland
  - September 1st- October 6, 1939
  - Germany Soviet Victory
  - Starr of WWII
- Battle of Berlin
  - In Berlin
  - Soviets won Germany Lost
  - Resulted in Suicide of Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Officials
- Battle of France
  - In France
  - On May 10th- June 25th--1940
Heinrich Himmler
- Next worst after Adolf Hitler
- Helped with Concentration camps
Joseph Goebbels
- Minister of propaganda
  - Influence
- Battle of Chancellor
- Ten Commandments of Jews
Josef Mengele
- Angle of Death
- Chief Doctor
  - Experiments
    - Twins
    - Test on a Twin till one or both died
    - If one died they killed off the other
- Captain of Wafren SS
Why did Germany Lose? Impact
- Poor intelligence
- 6 Years and one day
- Holocaust
- Many People died
- In debt
- Strict

FRIDAY----

Japan

Early 20s
- Joins League of Nations
- Leaves because they feel left out
- Signs 4, 5,9 power pact of Washington Conference
Mid/Late 20s
- Britain ends their alliance of 21 years with Japan
- Becomes very nationalist during world depression
- Wants to reject "Western" influence
Early 30s
- Invade Manchuria in China
- Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated
Mid/Late 30s
- Sign alliance with Nazi Germany
- Goes to war with China
- Captures
  - Shanghai
  - Beijing
  - Nanjing
- 300,000 killed in "Rape of Nanking"
Basic Facts
- Axis power
- 2,120,000 military deaths
- 2,600,000-3,100,000 total deaths
- +200,000 deaths in bombings
  - Hiroshima
  - Nagasaki
- $56 billion financial cost
- War goals
  - raw materials
  - space
  - respect
- Pear Harbor Goal
  - cause devastation that the U.S. gave up
Leaders
- Hirohito
  - Born 1901
    - Acyama Palace
    - Tokyo, Japan
  - Crowned TO BE Emperor in 1916
  - Traveled to study abroad in Europe
  - Married in 1924
    - Princesss Nagako
  - 124th at Thrown
  - Revolting Military
    - Assassination of Prime Minister
  - Second Sino-Japanese
  - Surrendered to allied forces
    - Atomic bombs at Hiroshima
      - 2.3 million soldier deaths
      - 800,000 civilian deaths
  - Surrendered to MacArthur
  - Died 1989
    - Cancer
- Heideki Tojo
  - Born in 1884
    - Tokyo, Japan
  - Military School 1899
    - Father in Sino-Japanese War
  - 1915 Graduated from army war college
    - Study in Europe
    - Instructor in military science
  - 1936 Lieutenant General
    - Kwantung Army in Manchuria
  - 1938 Vice Minister of War
    - War against China and Soviet Union
  - 1944 - "Most critical situation in the history of the Empire."
    - Bombing at Hiroshima
  - 1945 Sugamo prison
    - took responsibility
    - sentenced to death by hanging
    - sentence carried in 1948
War Strategies
- Invasion of China 1937
  - +300,000 victims
    - rape
    - murder
    - looting
  - +200,000 victims
    - burning alive
- Tojo-Military Field Code 1941
  - Establish
    - loyalty
    - piety
    - determination
    - Imperial Army

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