• made Europe, specifically Germany, extremely weak and desperate.
• put total blame for WWI on Germany, angering and humiliating the German people.
• Set rest of Europe against Germany, incitng more anger in Germans
• allowed for rise of Hitler/ Nazi party as weak germans looked for leader
• led to innovations/ change in Europe after war

Fascism= glorification of state, single party with strong ruler, aggressive nationalism (pride in nation, desire for independence)

Takes away right of individual for benefits of state

led to single party in germany (Nazi), led weak people to be taken advantage of, rise of Hitler, brought Europeans together (in each Fascist country) and created strong bonds between people in one nation

• german people= weak, desperate for guidance
• Hiter- great speaker, aggressive, used emotions, made promises, appealed to men and women
• Killed all is opponents on Night of Long Knives, making competition nonexistant
• Gained popular vote, Nazi party= only party in germany

• used in form of posters, announcements, speeches, etc.
• Similar to WWI, excecpt now only germany was portrayed as enemy
• Hitler himself was form of propaganda (influential speaker , feeding people biased info)
• used to gain support for party that was morally wrong (Nazi)

• Treaty of Versailles (pleased U.S., Britain, France, left germany, Italy, japan unhappy)
• Rise of Hitler (took advantage of germans, gained too much power)
• Failure of League of Nations (didn't/ couldn't do anything to control Hitler, even helped him)
• Failure of Appeasement (allowed germany to have power and invade poland, starting the war)

1. September 1, 1939

2. Britian

3. France

4. Germany

5. Poland

• WWII was the most destructive war in history, with 55 million casualties
• Tore apart Europe, broke millions of families
• Jews, Homosexuals, Gypsies, and others targeted by Nazis suffered horrific conditions in concentration camps
• In Asia, 200,000 japanese people died after the U.S. dropped 2 atomic bombs
• Those who survived the war suffered from homelessness, starvation, clothing/ med shortages

• Destruction
• Death tolls
• immense cost/ failing economies 
• Yalta conference 
• Nuremburg Trials
• changing of the maps (land distrubution)
• Cold war/ fear of communism
• creation of UN
• Baby Boom

SAME: 

•  used propaganda to gain support of war/ fear of enemy
•  fought in Europe
• took many lives
• resulted in great changes (political, social, etc.)
• nationalism
• Europe divided 
• Weak, defeated germany

DIFFERENT:

• WWI= caused mainly over imperialsm, WWII= caused manily over unchecked power (?)
• WWI=Germany wrongly blamed for everything, WWII= germany more obvious culprit
• WWI= trench warfare, WWII= more modern, less involved warfare (bombs...)
• WWI= mostly Europe affected, WWII= global effects

List some problems with the League of Nations

• weak
• no real power
• no army
• unable to act quickly
• only met 4 times a year

Fascism

v. 

Communism

Fascism= national struggle

better the nation, not the people

community

racism

rights taken from people

strong leader

Communism= class struggle

better for the people (equality)

strong leader

rights taken from people

How did Japan, Italy, and Germany contribute to the beginning of the war?

Japan: rellied on others' raw materials, took alnd from China, ignored League's orders to return land

Italy: saw japan, took land from Ethiopia, Laegue tried to boycott Italy, but selectively boycotted (pointless)

Germany: acted driectly against Treaty of Versailles, built up military, copied other countries' "illegal" moves