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How Did Ww2 Start
How Did Ww2 Start
A presentation by Billy Le
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It’s all about being
friends with each other!
• Some countries were friends
with certain countries and not
others!
• France and Britain were friendly
with each other.
• Germany and Italy were friendly
with each other.
How did the war start?
• To find out how the
Second World War
started we have to
look back at the
First World War.
• This map of Europe
shows some of the
countries involved.
How, and why did World
War I start?
• World War I began in 1914 and
lasted until 1918. It was
supposed to be ‘The war to end
all wars’.
• Countries had formed friendships
or alliances with each other.
• Different countries began to
build up their armies and build
bigger, more powerful ships.
What was the main
cause?
• Germany, Austria
and Italy were
allies.
• France, Britain and
Russia were allies.
• A Serbian man
called Gavrilo
Princip
assassinated the
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand and his
wife in Sarajevo.
What happened next?
• Gavrilo Princip was • Germany declared
from Serbia, so war on Russia and
Austria wanted Serbia.
them to apologise • France declared
and pay war on Austria and
compensation. Germany. Italy
Serbia refused, so declared war on
Austria declared France and Russia.
war. • Germany invaded
• Russia was Belgium, so Britain
Serbia’s ally, so declared war.
they declared war
on Austria.
How long did the war
last?
• The war that was supposed to
end by Christmas 1914 only
ended on November 11th 1918.
• During the war millions of
people were killed or injured.
How did World War I
end?
• By September 1918 the German
High Command realised that the
war was lost.
• The Armistice was signed at 11
a.m. on November 11th 1918.
• In 1919 the Treaty of Versailles
was signed.
What did the treaty do?
• Many people were
determined to stop
war happening
again.
• A League of
Nations was
established to
enable countries to
keep peace.
• Germany was made
to take the blame.
What happened after the
war?
• Germany was • Germany was
made to pay out also forced to
huge sums of reduce the size
money in of her armies
compensation. and to sink her
• They were also ships.
made to give up • As a result the
some land. country became
bankrupt.
What happened next?
• The country had no money, people
had no jobs and were starving.
• Some people resented the status
and money that others, such as
Jews had. Jews were persecuted
and made to give up their jobs and
money
• Adolf Hitler rose to power with
promises to help the German people.
• He set up youth groups and spoke at
rallies.
The situation got worse!