PPT-World War II

World Issues Aggression in Europe to 1939 1 Early Axis Gains By 1941 the Axis powers or their allies controlled most of Western Europe 2 Germany and Russia conquered and divided Poland Stalins armies pushed into Estonia Latvia and Lithuania. aka: the great war. “the causes and results of”. How to start a War!. Economic Rivalry . Nationalism. Germany and Great Britain both had control over weaker nations and their trade this led to economic rivalry- or the struggle for new markets in the world. This is the single most important event of the 20. th. Century.. World History will forever change due to this war.. The World is not settled following World War I.. Many issues of the First World War remain unsolved. McIntyre. Boys and Girls! War Savings Stamps Poster by James Montgomery Flagg 1917-18. 2. The First World War:. War involving nearly all the nations of the world. 1914-1918. What?. . When?. . 1st World War in history. The Allies & Axis Powers converted to total war for the second time in 20 years . When World War II began, Germany used a “lightning war” strategy called blitzkrieg that relied on fast, strong attacks using air raids, artillery, & tanks. centenaries, (Day One). Why do we still need to remember events from so long ago?. Remembrance and the First World War. This is a poppy. Aren’t poppies beautiful. ?. Usually good things like flowers make us feel happy.. Text . Important changes took place in the 20 years between the two . world wars (1919-1939). Title. What was Europe like after World War I ? . Text . Important changes took place in the 20 years between the two . Chapters 22-25 . History Alive!. , Ch. 11 . Americans. History Alive!.  . Ch. . 22: From Neutrality to War . p. . 283-291. “Was it in the national interest of the US to stay neutral or declare war in 1917?”. The “MAIN” Causes of WWI. . The underlying causes that created a powder keg in Europe that was ready to explode.. Militarism:. The large European powers began an industrial military arms race.. World War I. Nationalism. Militarism. Imperialism. Alliance . Systems. Nationalism. A devotion to the interests and culture of one’s nation. . Leads to rivalries among countries. Many ethnic groups are fighting for independence from larger countries.. First . World War 1914–18. Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine . trenches.. Australia's . early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at . World War II and Cold War Paulding County : U.S. History Standards SSUSH19 Examine the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government. Underlying causes. What causes most wars. Extreme . nationalism. (“Super Patriotism” or love for one’s country). Imperialism: . Spreading the political or economic control of one country over another. The sheer . physical destruction and the horrors of war played a big role in . fuelling . a critical mass of intellectuals and politicians from many paths of life (Christian Democrats, Socialists, Social Democrats, Liberals) into joining those who had advocated the idea of a unified Europe.. Nonetheless, the transition from wartime allies to enemies was not inevitable and was, in part, the result of the events and decisions of these years. Acting out of their perceived national interest, both the United States and the Soviet Union favoured the creation of two opposing blocs, competing for influence over a devastated European continent. By the end of 1947, the initial hopes that the Allies could continue to cooperate peacefully had been replaced by a vision of two political and social systems fundamentally at odds, and engaged in a struggle for global supremacy..