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World War II

• Overview of WWII
• 1939-1945

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Who was on whose side?
Axis Bulgaria Finland Germany Hungary Italy Japan Romania  Allies Argentina Australia Bolivia Brazil Canada China Chile Columbia Costa Rica Cuba France India Iraq Lebanon Mexico New Zealand Paraguay South Africa Soviet Union United Kingdom United States  Occupied Albania Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Ethiopia France Greece Luxemburg Netherlands Norway Philippines Poland Yugoslavia Neutral Andorra Ireland Liechtenstein Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (until Feb 1945) Uruguay Vatican City
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Leaders of Countries
Country Leader
France Charles de Gaulle (Free French forces)Henri-Phillipe Petain - Vichy France
Germany Adolf Hitler
Italy Benito Mussolini
Japan Emperor Hirohito
Russia Josef Stalin
United Kingdom Neville Chamberlain to 1940Winston Churchill from 1940
United States Franklin Roosevelt died 1945Harry Truman 1945
 
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Causes of WWII

• Treaty of Versailles
• Adolf Hitler
• Appeasement
• Failure of the League of Nations

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Treaty of Versailles

• Basically blamed Germany for WWI
• By signing the treaty, Germany had to admit
  responsibility for the war and its damages
• Germany had to pay for the damages
• Property was taken away from Germany

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After Treaty of Versailles
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Adolf Hitler

• In 1924, Adolf Hitler was already letting his
  intentions be known though his writing in Mein
  Kampf which stated his plans
• Destroy the Treaty of Versailles
• Create a powerful German Army and unite German
  people
• Conquer Eastern Europe land for Germany

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Adolf Hitler Cont.

• In 1933, Hitler started to put his plan into
  action
• He left the League of Nations
• Gradually he started to increase the size of the
  military
• He tested to see if France and Britain would stop
  Germany from using their military
• 1939 he invades Czechoslovakia and Poland

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Appeasement

• France and Britain underestimated Germanys power
• Hitler refused to listen to any request for peace

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League of Nations

• Failed at keeping peace
• Had no military to back it up
• All the countries in League of Nations did not
  agree at how to keep the peace
• United States was not a member

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Maps of Where WWII Took Place
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Maps Cont.
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Maps Cont.
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Main Battles of WWII

• D-Day Invasion-June 6, 1944
• Also known as Battle of Normandy
• 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beach on the
  coast of France
• Battle of the Bulge
• Began December 1944
• Last major battle for the Germans on the Western
  Front
• Largest Battle for US Army has ever fought to date

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Main Battles of WWII

• Pearl Harbor Attack
• December 7, 1941
• Negotiations were taking place between Japanese
  and American Diplomats when attack took place
• 2,300 Americans were killed
• December 8, 1941 FDR declared war on Japan
• Battle for Midway
• June 4, 1942
• US was ready and nothing really happened

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Main Battles of WWII

• Dropping the atomic bomb
• Hiroshima
• August 6, 1945
• 92,000 people ended up missing or dead
• Nagasaki
• August 9, 1945
• 40,000 people were killed
• August 14, 1945 Japan accepted surrender
  agreement. September 2, 1945 signed surrender
  agreement.

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Atomic Bomb Pics
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Main Battles of WWII
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Main Battles of WWII
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Main Battles of WWII
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Lend-Lease Act

• Program outlined by Neutrality Acts
• Allowed US to provide Allied Powers with defense
  supplies without actually going to war against
  Axis Powers

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Works Cited

• http//www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/statistics.htm
• http//library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclope
  dia/lend-lease.htm
• http//www.associatedcontent.com/article/1635039/t
  he_four_major_causes_of_world_war.html?cat37
• http//www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html