Transcript Review Lesson 1

Review Lesson 2
Long Term Causes of World War Two
Long Term Causes of World War Two
Remember the causes of World War Two are not
always about Europe.
There was the European theatre of war and the
Asia/Pacific theatre of war.
Questions that deal with causes, practices and
effects of World War II must consider both
theatres of war.
Long Term Causes of World War Two
Treaty of Versailles/Paris
Peace Conference 1919
• Primarily concerned Germany
Acronym:
Blame
Reparations
Army (military)
Territory
League of Nations
Long Term Causes of World War Two
EUROPE
Did the First World War
make the Second World War
inevitable?
Arguments for WWI being a continuation of WWII
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Destabilised international relations
Weak successor states in central and eastern Europe
Resentful Germany
USSR isolated and ostracized
Italy dissatisfied with peace treaties
The role of Stalin’s foreign policy – why
Great Britain and France preserve international peace
USA a major player – isolationist
Long Term Causes of World War Two
Did the First World War make the
Second World War inevitable?
Arguments against WWI being a continuation of WWII
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Collective security = League of Nations did have some successes. List what they
were!
Gustave Streseman and relations with Britain and France improved!
Explain.
Mid 1920s German economic and political situation more stable.
Why was that?
Charles Dawes
Long Term Causes of World War Two
After the World War One:
Words and Phrases – (are you able to write about or talk to the
following)
Armistice
‘stab in the back’
Diktat
“War – guilt clause”
Polish corridor and Danzig
Alsace-Lorraine
Demilitarised Rhineland
Austria + Germany
Border changes/new countries in the east of Germany
Wilson and his Fourteen Points. (What were they ?)
Long Term Causes of World War Two
Economic Problems in Europe:
What problems did Europe experience in the
1920’s. How did the economic problems
contribute to the War in Europe.
• Reparations
• Cost of recovery from the war
• Loss of resources for Germany – Rhineland,
Saar region, foreign territories gone
Long Term Causes of World War Two
THE GREAT DEPRESSION. 1929
Why was Germany particularly vulnerable to the
collapse of the banking system in the USA?
What was the impact of the Great Depression on
Germany?
How was the National Socialist German Workers’
Party affected by the Great Depression?
Long Term Causes of World War Two
ASIA/Japan
Recall: Why did the Empire of Japan expand in the
early twentieth century and with what results?
Key words and phrases. (Think how these words relate to Japan’s growing
military and imperial ambitions contributed to the outbreak of WWII)
Raw materials, markets, fuel, economic growth
national pride
Russo Japanese War 1905 Korea Annexed in 1910
Japan and World War One
1915: 21 Demands and relationship with China
Japanese expansion into China and Korean peninsula
Samurai tradition – traditional values
Increasing military in politics
Wall Street Crash/Japanese Industries/silk (economic causes)
Create a self-sufficient empire – BUT where? (economic causes)
Long Term Causes of World War Two
MANCHURIA.
Write a chronology of the events that led to the
invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese in 1931.
Long Term Causes of World War Two
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/manchuri
a_1931.htm
http://www.johndclare.net/league_of_nations6.
htm
Read the articles about the invasion of
Manchuria. Now make a list. Causes and
Impact
Long Term Causes of World War Two
What is the message of the
political cartoon?
Written on the burning
paper:
Nine Power Treaty Kellogg
Pact
Written on the paper under
the hand:
League of Nations