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World War II

World War II A Brief Overview 1939-1945 Bonnie Mussman DICTATORS Germany attacked Poland September 1, 1939 Great Britain and France declared war on Germany September 3, 1939 1939… World War II Began in Europe 1940… America Began to Prepare Axis conquest Luxembourg Belgium Netherlands

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World War II

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  1. World War II A Brief Overview 1939-1945 Bonnie Mussman

  2. DICTATORS

  3. Germany attacked Poland September 1, 1939 Great Britain and France declared war on Germany September 3, 1939 1939…World War II Began in Europe

  4. 1940…America Began to Prepare • Axis conquest • Luxembourg • Belgium • Netherlands • Denmark • Norway • France • Selective Service Act was passed in USA

  5. 1941…“ a date which will live in infamy” • Japan attacked Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941 • 2400 died, including 1,102 on the USS Arizona • US declared war on Japan • December 8, 1941

  6. Pearl Harbor Memorial

  7. 1942…Operation Torch • Allies invaded North Africa • Rommel fled • 250,000 Axis troops surrendered • Allied victory

  8. Allies invaded Italy Victory at Battle of Guadalcanal 1943…

  9. 1944…Operation Overlord D-Day : Invasion of Normandy June 6,1944

  10. American Troops Discovered Concentration Camps

  11. Crematory at Dachau

  12. 1945…V-E Day • Victory in Europe Day • May 7, 1945 • Germany surrendered • Americans celebrated

  13. 1945…Creation of the A-Bomb • Manhattan Project • Hiroshima • Nagasaki

  14. 1945…Formal Surrender • Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers • September 2, 1945 • USS Missouri

  15. 1945…World War II Ended • The United States was victorious

  16. BATTLE DEATHS • More US soldiers died during World War II than the Civil War and World War I combined

  17. CREDITS AND REFERENCES • Graphics courtesy of: • www.crystalcafe.com • Pearl Harbor photographs courtesy of: • Patsy Caulder • Atomic Bomb drawing courtesy of: • Ryan York • www.spart5.k12.sc.us/

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