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Major Causes of WWII

Major Causes of WWII. Treaty of Versailles Rise of Italian fascism Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party Great Depression Japanese expansionism Anti-communism Appeasement Militarism Nationalism U.S. isolationism Maps .

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Major Causes of WWII

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  1. Major Causes of WWII • Treaty of Versailles • Rise of Italian fascism • Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party • Great Depression • Japanese expansionism • Anti-communism • Appeasement • Militarism • Nationalism • U.S. isolationism • Maps

  2. In Germany, depression, unemployment and hard times led to a dramatic increase in votes for Hitler and the Nazi Party. Voting for Hitler’s party increased as unemployment rates rose

  3. Appeasement • Appeasement is the act of giving in to an enemy’s demands in hopes of avoiding further conflict. • In 1938, Hitler demanded that Czechoslovakia cede the Sudetenland to Germany.He claimed that the German population living there was being mistreated. • The British and French prime ministers agreed to Hitler’s demands without consulting Czechoslovakian leaders, in the hopes that this would avoid a war in Europe.

  4. World War Two, 1941-1945

  5. Main Points • U.S. Entry into Conflict • Impact on Society, Economy, Politics • Main Events • End of the War

  6. Burning Ships in Pearl Harbor

  7. Yellow = AlliesPink = AxisOrange = Axis controlledCream = Neutral

  8. A Total War • War Mobilization • Federal Control of the Economy • Westward Shift of people and industry • Sacrifice and Patriotism • Millions of men to war

  9. Building Support for War • Office of War Information • War as fight for American Way of Life, freedom • Censorship • Only positive images • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4o0kVX7iNc&feature=related

  10. War Propaganda

  11. Masculinity and War

  12. Women in Industries • Industries vacated by soldiers • Single & Married • 45% of workers in shipbuilding • Women’s “duty” to work on the “home front” while men were “away” fighting • High wages, freedom, enjoyment, personal pride

  13. Rosie the Riveter

  14. Gendered Propaganda

  15. Women = Home = Homefront

  16. African Americans • Segregated Units • 125,000 into San Francisco & Oakland • Housing & school shortages • Segregation in schools increased

  17. German Expansionism • Two fronts • Western Europe & France • Russia • Blitzkrieg and massive industrial output • Air Raid on England • Control of Northern Africa through Italy

  18. Allied Successes • Battle of Coral Sea, May 1942 • Pacific Success • Battle of Midway, June 1942 • Overturned J- Supremacy • Battle of El Alamien, Fall 1942 • Northern Africa • Operation Torch, May 1943 • Eisenhower’s invasion

  19. Hitler Weakens • Turned east and tried to invade Russia • Stalled for months, winter hit, millions died • August 1942-February 1943 • Hitler pulled out of Russia and lost momentum in war

  20. The End is Near • Operation Overlord, Summer 1944 • Second Western front • Landed in France • Beaches of Normandy • D-Day, June 6, 1944 • 2 million participated • Liberated Paris

  21. D-Day June 6, 1944

  22. End of the War • Germany Surrounded • Island Hopping in Pacific • February 1945: Yalta Conference (UKR) • Britain: Churchill • Russia: Stalin • US: Roosevelt

  23. Race and the War • Home front • Segregated Units • A. Philip Randolph • Fair Employment Practices Commission

  24. Japanese/American Internment • Executive Order 9066on February 19, 1942 • 110,000 relocated to “War Relocation Camps” • 150,000 in Hawaii • 1944 US Supreme Court supported it • Over half were US citizens • $1.6 billion in reparations

  25. . Holocaust

  26. Holocaust • Over six Million killed in gas chambers & concentration camps • “Final Solution” • U.S. State Department had information • Anti-Semitism in U.S

  27. End of the War • Roosevelt Died • Poland Sacrificed to Stalin • Atomic Testing • “Manhattan Project” • $2 billion = $20 billion today • Trinity Test Site, NM

  28. Post-War Situation • Japan • Truman agreed to dropping two Atomic Bombs • Hiroshima & Nagasaki, 1945 • Nearly 120,000 died immediately • USSR • Roughly 25-35 million dead • Fear of Germany • Suspicion of the U.S. • Control over eastern Europe

  29. Continued • World Economy • International Monetary Fund • Investment, loans, economic growth • World Politics • United Nations • Security Council • Member nations • Debate, conflict resolution

  30. Significance • Ended the Great Depression • Migration to the American West • New economic opportunities for Women and People of Color • Brief unity and ongoing racism • Defeat of Nazis and crippled Germany • Destroyed Europe • U.S. and Soviet Union became superpowers

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