Essential Question: Why were Germany & Japan defeated in 1945?
- Review:
- Why did Japan become an imperial power?
- effects of imperialism/ideological factor
- age of disarmament
- rise of militarism
- Why did Japan start a Pacific war?
- weakness of LON/China
- alliance with Germany
- removal of US threat
- Why did Germany become expansionist?
- Rise of Nazism/ideological factor
- Self-determination
- Right the "wrongs" of Versailles
- Why did Germany start a European war?
- weakness of LON
- Appeasement Policy
- Soviet policy of Non-aggression
- Understanding Goals
- Why was Germany and Japan defeated in 1945?
- Germany
- Japan
- Performances
- Trace the course of the War in Europe. Deduce the reasons for the defeat of Germany
- Trace the course of the War in the Pacific. Deduce the reasons for the defeat of Japan.
- Assessment
- Construct an SEQ a) and b) question based on your deduction of the reasons for the defeat of Germany and Japan.
