World War II

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World War II

• The war that changed the world

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The Road to World War II

• Treaty of Versailles ended World War I
• It was not based on Wilsons Fourteen Points and
  enraged some countries
• Germany (War Guilt Clause and Reparations)
• Italy (Didnt get the land they wanted)
• Japan (Didnt get all of the land they wanted)
• Soviet Union (Left out of the talks)

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Dictators Gain Power
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Benito Mussolini Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
The world wide Depression of the 1930s made it
easier for dictators to gain control in many
European Countries. There was an increase in
militarism during this time period.
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Acts of Aggression

• Japan Invades Manchuria and Chinese Cities
• League of Nations threatens but takes NO action
• Japan withdraws from the League of Nations

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Italy Invades Africa

• Italy invades Ethiopia
• Ethiopian King appeals to League of Nations
• League of Nations will not sell war supplies or
  goods to Italy

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German Aggression Begins

• Nazi Party Comes to power
• Anti - Semitic feelings spread
• Re armament
• Hitler/Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact
• Hitler comes to power and follows Mein Kampf -
  his goals for Germany

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German Aggression

• Germany invades Rhineland
• Germany annexes Austria
• Germany invades Sudentenland

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Policy of Appeasement

• At the Munich Conferences Great Britain and
  France adopt the policy of Appeasement
• Appeasement Giving into the competitor in order
  to keep peace
• Germany is allowed to keep the land taken over -
  BUT cant take anymore

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Appeasement, What?
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• After the Munich Conference - Germany continues
  to invade
• Germany took over the rest of Czechoslovakia
• Germany invades Poland (September 1, 1939)

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The War Begins
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• After Hitler invades Poland France and Great
  Britain declare war on Germany

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Hitlers Final Solution

• Anti Semitism hatred of Jews
• Holocaust
• People effected
• Jews, Poles, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals,
  disabled, mentally ill

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United States Neutrality

• Neutrality Acts declared the US would stay out of
  war
• Americans were fearful of getting involved in
  another European conflict
• Started Cash and Carry policy

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FDRs Garden Hose

• If your neighbors house is on fire you would
  let him borrow your garden hose
• FDR started the Lend Lease Program - Loaned war
  materials to the Allies

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The Fall of France

• The Germans invaded France in 1940
• Months later all of France had fallen to the
  Nazis
• Charles de Gualle escaped to Great Britain to
  strategize how to get France back

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Battle of Britain

• Germans set out a Blitzkrieg operation in Great
  Britain
• The bombing of Britain lasted for months
• British never surrendered

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Japanese Attack

• The Japanese Empire set out to conquer South East
  Asia
• The US was in their way
• December 7, 1941 the Japanese attacked the US at
  Pearl Harbor in the Pacific Ocean

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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A day which live in infamy
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US Enters the War

• December 8, 1941 US declares war on Japan
• December 11, 1941 Germany declares war on the
  United States

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The American Homefront

• The United States government stirs patriotic
  feelings
• Movies are used to build morale
• Propaganda is used to keep war effort going
• People rationed goods/supplies and started
  Victory Gardens

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Continued War Effort
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Women Enter the Workforce
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Women Enter the Military
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African Americans in the Military
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Mexican Americans in the War Effort
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Japanese Americans

• Many Japanese Americans served heroically for
  the US in World War II
• The Nisei Regiment received high honors and
  awards of distinction for bravery

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Japanese Americans Interned

• Many Americans were distrusting of Japanese
  Americans
• Thousands of Japanese Americans were forced into
  Internment Camps in the Midwest throughout WWII

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Internment Camp
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Invasion of the Soviet Union

• Hitler broke the non-aggression pact and invaded
  the Soviet Union
• Germans wanted to obtain the Soviet oil fields
  quickly
• The Germans were unsuccessful in the winter
  months

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Stalingrad

• Germans tried to siege Russian city of Stalingrad
• Russians pushed the Germans out of Stalingrad
• Turning point on the Eastern Front

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El Alamein

• In 1942 German forces tried to seize Egypt and
  the Suez Canal
• British forces pushed Germans out
• Turning point in Africa

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Fall of Italy

• Allies moved to Italy
• Mussolini was overthrown and moved his
  government to Northern Italy
• Allies freed Northern Italy
• Mussolini was shot and killed by Italians

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D - Day Invasion

• June 6, 1944 Allies open operation to free France
• Landed on the Beaches of Normandy under the
  command of Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Heavy loss of life but successful in freeing
  France

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Eisenhower Commands
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Amphibious Landing
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Battle of the Bulge

• Nazis last offensive attack
• Attacked area between France and Germany
• US soldiers attacked from the rear and defeated
  the Germans

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FDR Dies in OfficeApril 1945
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Victory in Europe Day

• Soviet army surrounded Berlin
• Nazis surrendered to Eisenhower
• May 7, 1945 V-E Day
• Hitler refuses to surrender and commits suicide

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War in the Pacific

• Focus turns to Japan
• US begins Island Hopping beginning with
  Guadalcanal
• Capture islands getting closer to Japan

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Iwo Jima and Okinawa
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Prisoners of War

• Bataan Death March
• Shows treatment of POWs in the Pacific
• 70,000 American and Filipino POWs
• 10,000 died/executed during march
• 15,000 killed at end of the march

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Japan Surrenders

• 1. US Drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
• 2. Soviet Union invades Japan
• 3. US Drops second atomic bomb on Nagasaki
• 4. Japan Surrenders

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Atomic Bomb
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Victory Over Japan Day
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Effects of World War II

• Geneva Convention
• Set guidelines for POWs
• Formation of Israel
• Jewish Nation
• Creation of United Nations
• Prevent future wars

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