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AP 24.1033 WWII – If This War Were A Bar fight (Round Two!)
See the previous fight: AP 24.911 WWI – If This War Were A Bar fight
If World War 2 Was a Bar Fight It Would Have Looked Something Like This
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AP 24.1032 WWII – The Geography of 1939-1945
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AP 24.1024 Before WWII – Soviet Russia – Joseph Stalin
“The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic.”
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
“In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.”
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AP 24.1019 Before WWII – Germany (Adolf Hitler)
“He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.”
“Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.”
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.”
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AP 24.1014 Before WWII – Italy (Benito Mussolini)
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.”
“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”
“War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.”
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AP 24.1011 Before WWII – Why was Spain Neutral in WW2?
CIVIL WAR!
After years of political violence and strife, a military coup in 1936 finally brings Spain into all-out civil war. Mass executions and revolutionary upheaval, as the eyes of the world focus on the Iberian Peninsula.
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AP 24.1007 Before WWII – Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was an imperialist concept which was developed in the Empire of Japan and propagated to Asian populations which were occupied by it from 1931 to 1945. It extended across the Asia-Pacific and promoted the cultural and economic unity of East Asians, Southeast Asians, South Asians and Oceanians. It also declared the intention to create a self-sufficient bloc of Asian nations which would be led by the Japanese and this bloc would also be free from the rule of Western powers.
Illustrative Example (p. 134) – Territorial gains
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AP 24.1006 Before WWII – Battle of Shanghai (The Chinese Stalingrad)
Since the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 followed by the Japanese attack of Shanghai in 1932, there had been ongoing armed conflicts between China and Japan without an official declaration of war.
A famous photo entitled “Bloody Saturday”, showing a burned and terrified baby in Shanghai’s South Station following an IJN aerial attack against civilians, August 28, 1937
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AP 24.1004 Before WWII – Japan (Manchurian Crisis)
The Mukden Incident, or Manchurian Incident, was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
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AP 24.1000 Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.Illustrative Example (p. 134) – Anti-imperial resistance &
Illustrative Example (p. 148) – Nationalist Leaders and Parties
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AP 24.999 Between the World Wars (1920s and 1930s)
The 1920s and 1930s were periods of highs and lows. Two big ideas about communities—nationalism and internationalism—vied for influence. Networks of scientists, diplomats, and doctors sought solutions to the world’s problems, but not always successfully. Meanwhile, global production and distribution faltered, creating enormous suffering.
How can we use these frames to understand the origins of the conflict and the horrors it brought with it?
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AP 24.998 The League of Nations
A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I.
Illustrative Example (p. 134) – Territorial gains
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AP 24.995 What Is Fascism and Totalitarianism?
fas·cism – noun
a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of oppositionto·tal·i·tar·i·an·ism – noun
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
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AP 24.990 The Great Depression – Germany’s Hyperinflation and Depression
Before 1929
German Children stand next to a tower of 100,000 units of marks equal to one US dollar in 1923.
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AP 24.988 The Great Depression – The New Deal and FDR
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people.”
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
“Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.”President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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AP 24.987 The Great Depression – 50 facts
The wealth accumulated during the 1920s in the United States was not evenly shared.
The stock market crash of 1929 was the most devastating crash in the history of the United States.
The economic problems in the United States quickly spread around the world causing a global economic collapse.
The board game Monopoly became immensely popular during the Great Depression.
The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed during the Great Depression.
During the Great Depression, nearly 1.5 million women were abandoned by their husbands.
Black Thursday brings the roaring twenties to a screaming halt, ushering in a world-wide an economic depression.
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AP 24.986 The Great Depression – “Brother, Can you Spare a Dime?”
Each generation can identify monumental and unforgettable events that forever changed the course of American history. People can recall what they were doing when drastic and horrible events occurred and a common statement/question asked is:
“I remember when that happened. What were you doing when you heard that news?”
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AP 24.979 Vintage – Who were the Flappers?
Stuff Mom Never told you . . . .
Women had just won the right to vote, and the Flapper hit the scene–visiting speakeasies and smoking in public… and…. and……
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