The Rise of Dictators and World War II

Steps to War

Adolf

Hitler

A.K.A.

der Fuhrer

Germany

I act according to the mindof the Almighty Creator; intaking up the struggleagainst the Jews. I amfighting for the work of theLord. — Mein Kampf, p.70.

The Nazi Party must notbe the servant of the mass,but its masters. — MeinKampf, p.520.

If I were madI would want war.—November 1939.

Germany is an island ofpeace. — October, 1937.

Quotes From Hitler

Human rights are abovethe rights of the state —Mein Kampf, p. 92

Part of the secret of beingbelieved lies in the size ofyour lie, since the broadmasses of the people ...will more easily be taken inby a big lie than a smallone — Mein Kampf

I have prayed that the war would come in my lifetime. -1940.

I will not war againstwomen and children. Ihave ordered my Air Forceto restrict itself to attackson military objectives. —Berlin, September 1, 1939

Benito Mussolini

a.k.a.

Il Duce

Italy

Joseph Stalin

Soviet Union

Germany seeks to expand its territory

1936

1938

1938

Munich Agreement

1938

appeasement

Neville Chamberlain

Britain’s Prime Minister

Winston Churchill – disagreed with appeasement

Woman in Czechoslovakia reacting to the Nazi invasion

September 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland

Sparks World War II

Blitzkrieg – “lightning war”

Evacuating Soldiers from

Dunkirk, France to Great Britain

Germany Bombs Great Britain – the

British people never

surrendered

Germany bombs London 76 consecutive days

Germany and the Soviet Union agree to a non-aggressive pact . This agreement is ignored when Germany invades the Soviet Union.

Leningrad was surrounded and cut off for about 900 days

Lend Lease Act - 1941

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941

U.S.S. Arizona Memorial

Pearl Harbor