PPT-Life in Germany 1919-1945

Why were German people optimistic after WWI Abdication of Kaiser New democratic government Expectations the Allies would help the new Weimar Government President Wilsons desire for fairness 14 . U.S. HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY. CHAPTER 7. WORLD WAR I BEGINS. WORLD WAR I. MILITARISM & ALLIANCES. Prussia begins uniting all of the German states together. This forced France to give up territory along the border. Germany will form an alliance with Austria-Hungary & Italy to protect themselves from France. By: . Pranay. . Ippagunta. Hitler’s Childhood. Early Years. Dictator Adolf Hitler was born in . Branau. am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889, and was the fourth of six children born to . Alois. Hitler and . World War II. Objectives. Today we will be able to identify critical . moments of . World War II, and identify . characteristics “Operation Overlord” . and . the “Battle . of . the Bulge”.. 1939- 40. Week 15, February 3. German destruction of Murmansk, 1943 . (. Yevgeny. . Khaldei. ). Germans losing the war. Battle of Kursk, summer 1943, last German offensive in the East . . Jews and other victims locked in the continent . Andre Cameron. What . The war in Europe was caused by the German invasion of Poland and the war in Asia was triggered by the Japanese invasion of China. Searching for more fundamental causes is more complicated and becomes intertwined with answers to "What could have prevented World War 2?" and "What chains of events led to WW2?" . Russia’s defeat in 1917 meant the Germans were able to bring thousands of troops from the Eastern Front to the West. In early 1918, the Germans launched the ‘Ludendorf Offensive’, which nearly overwhelmed the Allied defences. They recovered, and then launched their own offensives which took them into Germany. Germany was exhausted and on the point of collapse. . Explain the event and link to the next. Write down your links.. YALTA. CHURCHILL. POTSDAM. BERLIN. NATO. AIRLIFT. VE DAY. COMINFORM. MARSHALL PLAN. WARSAW PACT. SPACE RACE. ARMS RACE. TRUMAN DOCTRINE. During. . the war, the Allied leaders met often to discuss war strategy; they would also discuss what would happen once victory was achieved. Of the seven conferences that occurred, there were three that were regarded as being the most important:. An Allied Victory . Presented by. SB . (A) . ET . (A) . SB . (A) . KY . (A) . Thesis. The . deteriorating state of the German army. coupled with the . enclosing multi-front war. Brandon Brooks. What . The war in Europe was caused by the German invasion of Poland and the war in Asia was triggered by the Japanese invasion of China. Searching for more fundamental causes is more complicated and becomes intertwined with answers to "What could have prevented World War 2?" and "What chains of events led to WW2?" . 1942-1945. Germany used blitzkrieg tactics to dominate Eastern & Western Europe. England was wounded from German attacks in the Battle of Britain . Hitler broke the . Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact & marched into Russia . From 1942 on, Germany could only hang on and try to exhaust its enemies, but their superior resources and increasingly skilled armies made the outcome first predictable and then inevitable. . This was a situation that Hitler created. Where the Allies had a clear strategic concept, he had none. . Learning objective . – to be able to understand why there was so much political unrest in Germany.. I can . describe. the reasons why there was so much political unrest in Germany between 1919 and 1923.. What’s Essential?. Causes of the War (underlying and direct). Reasons for American Neutrality (various acts/events). Reason for American entrance: Pearl Harbor. Wartime goals of the Allies. Major battles: D-Day, Iwo Jima, Okinawa.