World War II Chapters 24 and 25. Rise of the Dictators Joseph Stalin – Soviet Union (Russia) –Totalitarianism – government has total control over its.

World War II

Chapters 24 and 25

Rise of the Dictators• Joseph Stalin – Soviet Union (Russia)

– Totalitarianism – government has total control over its people. (communism)

• Benito Mussolini – Italy– Fascism – nationalism where the interests of

the country are above the people

• Adolf Hitler – Germany– Nazism – the German brand of Fascism – National Socialist German Workers Party

• Militarism in Japan

Hitler Stalin Mussolini

Dictators

Hitler’s Ideas

• Mein Kampf – Hitler’s book• Racial Purification – “Aryan Race”

– Primarily blonde hair, blue eyes– All other races should serve the aryans

• Anti-Semitism – hatred of the Jews• Took power, got rid of democracy

– “Third Reich”– Preyed on the poor economy

America Stays Out

• Neutrality Acts• Isolationism

War Begins

• 1931 – Japan Invades China (Manchuria)

• 1935 – Italy invades Ethiopia• 1939 – Germany invades Poland

– Blitzkrieg – lightning war– Nonaggression Pact with Soviets– Take over of Austria and Czechoslovakia

Fall of France

• Germany Invades Belgium to have a safe route to France

• Maginot Line – boarder between Ger. And Fr.

• 1940 – France fell to the control of Germany– Many French soldiers escaped to Britain

Battle of Britain

• Summer of 1940 – German Luftwaffe (air force) bombed Great Britain night after night for 2 months– Going after bases, factories and cities

• Winston Churchill– Inspired people to never give up

• Royal Air Force fights of Germans, cities destroyed