Chapter 16 World War Summaries
Madison Chessare
Dictators
A dictator is a ruler with total power over a country which is what Hitler wanted, which ultimately caused a major war, Hitler's dictatorship lasted from 1933 to 1945.
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was created in order to help solve the problems by taking away German territory and basically being blamed for starting the war it was ultimately created to stop WWI. As a result it ended WWI in the year 1919
Inferior Races
One race being better than the other like Hitler taught the Germans about blue eyed, blond haired people are better and the Jews like the children in the picture above are lower or inferior than the others, because of Hitler's teachings it caused WWII which began in 1939.
Aryans
Blond haired blue eyed Germans Hitler believed were the “master race, fated ti achieve power over all inferior races” like the girl in the Nazi propaganda poster above. Because of this idea Hitler put in young minds he caused World War 2 which began in 1939.
The League of Nations
January 10, 1920, The League of Nations was created to provide a forum for resolving international disputes, it failed to stop Japan from gaining control of land and government and failed to keep the peace in general
Annexed
In 1937 Germany annexed or added Australia into the many places he had planned on taking over. As a result, Hitler gained more power.
Persecution
In 1938 Hitler claimed persecution or hostility and ill-treatment for Germans in Poland which came as a surprise to many considering they never thought he would due to the Soviet Union on Poland’s eastern boarder. As a result Germany and the Soviet Union signed an agreement to not attack each other
Seized
In 1938, Stalin seized or or stopped some Baltic states and then as a result he occupied Finland.
Attacked
In the spring of 1940, Hitler attacked or took aggression and action against and captured Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. As a result, his forces overran France, only Great Britain was left uninvaded. However, Hitler’s air forces bombed Britain Frequency
Royal Air Force
Hitler air forces bombed Britain Frequency which ended with Royal Air Force destroyed many German planes and won the Battle of Britain on April 1, 1918.
Civil Rights
In 1935, new laws hit the people who were Hitler’s main target; the Jews which caused them to lose all their civil rights and property.
Concentration Camps
Death Camps
In 1941, Nazis built special death camps, meant solely to kill people in mass numbers, they were gassed or shot. Over 6 million Jews died in these camps.