Transcript Background to the Second World War

Background to the
Second World War
By: Sarah Gurley
Adolf Hitler
 Born on April 20, 1889
 Hitler joins German
Workers Party in 1919.
 People joined the party
in numbers
 People wanted a thirst
for adventure and
distaste for peace
brought on by the
Treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s Growing Power
 In the summer of 1920,
the swastika was chosen
as their symbol
 German Workers name
changed to National
Socialist German
Workers' Party or Nazi
for short
 The party grew more
popular
Hitler’s Growing Power
 Hitler is named the
fuehrer of the Nazi
party
 The Beer Hall Putsch
occurs in 1923.
 In 1923-24, Hitler
writes Mein Kampf
 The SS or Nazi Storm
Troopers was formed
Hitler’s Growing Power
 In 1930, the Nazi’s
gained control of
Germany
 In 1933, Hitler named
chancellor of
Germany
 The SS began their
rampage against
communists
Hitler as a Dictator
 Concentration camps
were created
 Hitler turned his
attention to Jews
 In 1933, book burning
began
 The Night of the Long
Knives
 Triumph of the Will
Hitler as Dictator
 The Neuremberg
Laws were created in
1935 against Jews
 The Nazis march into
the Rhineland in 1935
 The Olympics are
held in Berlin in 1936
Hitler wants more
 Hitler wanted to expand
Germany
 The Nazis take Austria
 The victory in Munich
 The Night of Broken
Glass
 Hitler takes
Czechoslovakia
 The Nazi Soviet Pact
Hitler taking over
 Germany invades
Poland
 England, France,
Australia and New
Zealand declare war
on Germany