February 29th- March 4th

Monday- Notes

  • Germany Presentation

Tuesday- Notes 

  • Germany Presentation 

Wednesday- Girls State Basketball 

Thursday- Notes

  • Germany 
    • WWII (1919-1945)
    • One People, One Nation, One leader (German slogan) 
    • Treaty of Versailles
      • Punishment of Germany- lost land, military, authority, financial lost (put into depression)
      • Set up the League of Nations
      • Reactions
        • Angered German people (seen that they had to accept it and had no choice against it) 
        • If they didn't sign it, there would be another war
        • Dolchstoss Theory- "Stab in the back" Trying to get revenge for making Germany go through the restrictions
    • Hitler was born in Austria 
    • Beer Hall Putch- 1923
      • Mussolini took over in Italy and Hitler wanted to copy
      • Hitler tried to start a march- Tried to overthrow the government
        • This is Treason and was put in prison for a year (Trial in 1924)
        • Where he wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle)  his book (in prison)
    • Hitler Rise to Power
      • Appointed Chancellor in 1933
      • President Paul Hindenburg dies so Hitler took over
        • Hitler dropped out of League of Nations
        • Starts rearming Germany
        • Rearms the German Rhineland area 
    • Anschliss (union) with Austria- 1938
      • Hitler took over his homeland (Austria)- very peaceful 
      • Austria wanted to become part of Germany after WWI
    • Munich Conference "Peace for our Time"
      • GB, Germany, Italy, France 
        • Hitler was give the Sudetenland 
        • Promised that he was done taking over territories 
        • Just Reunite German speaking people
        • "Policy of Appeasement" 
        • Winston Churchill- Opposed Appeasement
    • Hitler Takes Over all of Czechoslovakia- 1939 

Friday- Notes

  • Germany notes
    • Soviet-German Non Aggression Pact
      • Agreement that these countries would not fight each other
        • Soviet Union and Germany hated each other but agreed not to fight
      • Great Britain and France got scared
      • Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
      • Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered war
      • Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR the eastern half
      • Russia would get Finland, Estonia, and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania 
        • Poland was scared 

-Major events that impacted their country between WWI and WWII.

-Discuss basic facts: alliance, total casualties, total cost, war goals, etc.

-Tell us about their leader(s) during WWII

               -background

                -how they came to power

                -how they lost power

-Discuss the impact of their Homefront and propaganda and what it was like in their country during the war

-Discuss major battle strategies

-Discuss major battles that the country was involved in

-Discuss other people/generals from their country in WWII that had a major impact on the war

-Discuss why they won or lost the war

-Discuss the impact WWII had on the country

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