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WORLD WAR II

WORLD WAR II. Europe After WWI. Worldwide depression High war debt owed by Germany High inflation - very high prices Massive unemployment. Causes of WWII. Political instability and economic devastation Rise of fascism The Allies

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WORLD WAR II

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  1. WORLD WAR II

  2. Europe After WWI Worldwide depression High war debt owed by Germany High inflation - very high prices Massive unemployment

  3. Causes of WWII Political instability and economic devastation Rise of fascism The Allies Shift in U.S. war policy (Isolationist to Lend-Lease/economic aid to direct involvement) Tension between Japan and the U.S.

  4. Political instability and economic devastation in Europe lead to the rise of FASCISM

  5. FASCIST governments… • Lead by dictator • Blind loyalty • Ruled with violence and fear • Extreme nationalism • Strong military • Total control over government

  6. FACIST LEADERS Axis Powers

  7. Adolf Hitler-Germany

  8. Benito Mussolini-Italy

  9. Hideki Tojo-Japan

  10. Allied Powers

  11. Winston Churchill-Great Britain

  12. Joseph Stalin-U.S.S.R.

  13. United StatesFranklin D. Roosevelt

  14. Churchill, FDR (U.S), Stalin

  15. Germany Begins WWII • Invades Poland - 1939 • Invades France -1940 • Attacks London in the Battle of Britain-1940-1941

  16. How'd He Do That? Blitzkrieg-lightning warfare

  17. At first, U.S. stays out of the war… ISOLATIONISMU.S is not involved • By 1941, US helped Britain by providing war supplies in a program • called Lend –Lease (economic help for Allies) • Tensions because of Japanese aggression – FDR stops US industries • from selling goods to Japan, and in 1941 FDR froze all Japanese • assets in the U.S. • Tojo becomes head of Japanese government in October 1941 • and decided it was time to act against the US

  18. Bombing of Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 "A day that will live in infamy"

  19. U.S. declares war against Japan

  20. Turning Point in Pacific1942 US beats Japan in Battle of Midway –Japan now on the defensive

  21. U.S.S.R beats Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad1942-1943 Germany becomes weaker and weaker

  22. Turning Point in Western EuropeJune 6, 1944D-DayAllied forces land to take back Normandy, France

  23. V-E DayVictory in Europe After D-Day, the Allies liberated France, Belgium, and the Netherlands and pushed their way into Germany. Soviet forces pushed in from the east and the two groups met in Berlin. Hitler committed suicide. May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders.

  24. The Holocaust a systematic or planned attempt to rid the world of Jewish people

  25. Aryan-Hitler’s idea of the perfect race blond hair and blue eyes

  26. Anti-Semitism a feeling of hatred towards the Jews

  27. Final Solution Nazis boycott Jewish stores Nazis take away Jewish political rights taken – no longer citizens and could not vote Nazis violently attacked and burned synagogues, staged book burnings Nazis “final solution” was extermination – mass murder of Jews

  28. Concentration camps like Auschwitz and Buchenwald 6 million Jews were killed 1 ½ million Jewish children were killed Millions of blacks, gypsies, homosexuals and people with physical and mental handicaps were killed

  29. Home-Front1941-1945 Blacks , Hispanics, and Japanese Americans served with honor in the military despite discrimination.

  30. Internment campsJapanese-Americans either served in the army or were sent to live in “camps” that were only for the Japanese- U.S. was afraid of Japanese spies

  31. Women Go to Work with Rosie the Riveter

  32. Women took jobs in the war factories/industries

  33. Atomic Bombsused on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  34. Harry Truman becomes U.S. president after FDR dies Truman gives the order to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan on August 6 and 9,1945

  35. Atomic Bomb Destruction

  36. V-J Day Japan surrenders on August 14, 1945 ending WWII

  37. After the WarMarshall Plan Provided money to help rebuild Europe Attempted to prevent the spread of communism

  38. Germany gets split East piece is run by U.S.S.R. and is communist Western piece is democratic

  39. Japan & U.S. become allies Democratic government is set up U.S. and Japan are friends

  40. United Nations is Created Organization where countries can talk about problems and try to avoid war

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