WWII

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WWII the Holocaust Unit

• Class Novel Night by Elie Wiesel
• 8th grade English

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How did the loss of WWI affect Germany?
Loss of German nationalism/ trust in government
Germany Is blamed
Puts Germany in economic despair
Forced to pay losses
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World War II
Enter Adolf Hitler

• Nazi Party formed
• German Superiority preached
• 1933 Hitler appointed dictator
• of Germany

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World War II 1939-1945

• Hitlers Rise to Power
• Hitler ignores WWI Peace Treaties
• Hitler ignores Great Britains threats
• Germany invades Poland
• Great Britain declares war Sept. 3, 1939
• Blitzkrieg sweeps Europe

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How does the picture below relate Hitlers level
of power?
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World War II 1939-1945

• The Allies vs.- The Axis Powers
• 1939
• Axis Powers Germany, Italy, Japan
• Allied Powers Great Britain, France, China

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World War II 1939-1945

• U.S. Enters WWII
• 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
• U.S. joins WWII on side of Allies

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What prompted Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor?What
was the effect of this surprise attack?
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World War II 1939-1945

• Hitler Strikes out at Jews
• Hitler Nazis attempt genocide, targeting
  European Jews (Holocaust)
• Ghettos
• Deportations to death camps
• The Final Solution
• The Holocaust claims the lives of over 6 million
  Jews
• Visit The Holocaust Museum

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SELECTION

• What happened to those who were selected
  those who were not?

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Q What happened to those who were selected
and those who were not?

• A Those who were selected were chosen for
  death. Death meant being thrown into burning
  crematories, or being shot execution style, or
  being sent to the showers, which were actually
  gas chambers.
• Those who were not chosen were kept on work
  camps as slave labor. Many died anyway of
  starvation other diseases.

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Sequence of Events Leading to the end of WWII
Hitler commits suicide April 30, 1945
Germany surrenders 8 days later
Japan fights on!
U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japanese cities
Hiroshima Nagasaki Aug. 6 9, 1945
Japan surrenders Sept. 2, 1945