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WWII Review

WWII Review. For your WWII Test, review the following Notes Contract packets Chapter 16 in your textbooks Online quizzes on my wikispace Review day today. Opponents in World War II. Axis powers Germany Capital: Berlin Leader : Hitler

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WWII Review

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  1. WWII Review • For your WWII Test, review the following • Notes • Contract packets • Chapter 16 in your textbooks • Online quizzes on my wikispace • Review day today

  2. Opponents in World War II • Axis powers • Germany Capital: Berlin Leader: Hitler • Italy Capital: Rome Leader: Mussolini • Japan Capital: Tokyo Leader: Hirohito

  3. Opponents in World War II • Allied powers(before Pearl Harbor) • England Capital: London Leader: Churchill • France Capital: Paris Leader: De Gaulle • U.S.S.R. Capital: Moscow Leader: Stalin

  4. Mein Kampf A page in "Mein Kampf" where Hitler discusses the Jewish religious community Front cover of “Mein Kampf”

  5. The First Solution 1933-39 • Loss of citizenship • Dismissal from government service • Banning of kosher butchering • Jewish lawyers disbarred • Jewish doctors forbidden to practice medicine

  6. The Second Solution 1939-41 • Transfer of Jews to ghettos outside Germany • Wealthy Jews had to pay for the eviction of Jews from Austria and Czechoslovakia • Most were moved to concentration camps in Poland

  7. The Final Solution 1941-45 • Mobile killing units in the Soviet Union • “A more efficient method is needed.” • Gas chambers to kill Jews; crematoria or open pits to burn the dead bodies • Shoes, gold teeth, hair, tattoos were harvested off the Jews.

  8. Early Highlights of World War II • Germany invades Poland (Sept. 1, 1939) • Germany takes D__________, N_______, B________, Netherlands, Luxembourg • Germany moves into Paris (June 14, ’40) • German bombers attack Britain (Aug. – Dec., ’40) • Germany invades Soviet Union (June 22, ’41) • Japan attacks P H (Dec. 7, 1941)

  9. Battleship, U.S.S. Arizona

  10. U.S. Propaganda from World War II, Depicting Hitler as foolish. From Wikipedia.com A series of American propaganda posters during World War II appealed to servicemen's patriotism to protect themselves from venereal disease. The text at the bottom of the poster reads, "You can't beat the Axis if you get VD".

  11. War on the homefront • Turn to a neighbor and tell them • A reason America got involved in WWII • Something Americans did on the homefront to support the war effort • What day America declared War on Japan

  12. Fighting in Europe • Two theaters of war – Europe and the Pacific • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Douglas MacArthur • The Battle of Britain • Blitzkrieg • The Soviet Union • Stalin and the Battle of Stalingrad • The Battle of the Bulge • SS and Gestapo • Occupation of territories • Resistance movements (France, Netherlands, Germany, Soviet Union) • Fighting in North Africa • Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia • Erwin Rommel and Bernard Montgomery

  13. Japanese Kamikaze Pilots.asf Island HoppingUS Pacific Campaign Strategy Kamikaze attack on USS St. Louis

  14. The_Manhattan_Project_and_the_Atomic_Bomb_Attacks_on_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.asfTruman_Drops_A_Bomb_Japan_Surrenders.asf10. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 ~ killed 80,000 people & level 42 square miles

  15. Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 ~ killed 40,000

  16. Three Options to End War • Use Nuclear Bomb • Invade Mainland Japan • Blockade Japan • Cold War Positioning  End war before Soviets invade •  Minimize Soviet influence in • peace treaty

  17. Defeating the Axis Powers • D-Day (June 6, 1944) • Battle of the Bulge (December, 1944) • FDR’s Death (April 12, 1945) • V-E Day (May 8, 1945) • Potsdam Ultimatum— “Japan: surrender, or else!” • August 6, 1945—Hiroshima • August 9, 1945—Nagasaki • V-J Day (September 2, 1945) • Nuremburg War Crimes Trials

  18. U.S. World War II Production • Planes = 300,000 • Tanks = 61,000 • Trucks = 87,000 • Firearms = 17,900,000 • Heavy artillery = 2,400,000 • Shells, bombs, etc. = millions of tons

  19. Profile of U.S. Servicemen • 39% were volunteers • 61% were draftees • Combat survivability: (out of 1,000) 8.6 were killed in action, 3 died from other causes, and 17.7 received non-mortal combat wounds. • Average base pay: enlisted, $71.33 per month; officers, $203.50 per month • Total number in all military branches: 4 million • Number of World War II veterans dying per day since 2002—one thousand

  20. The D-Day Invasion Codename: Operation Overlord

  21. Dates to Know… Sept. 2, 1939 Dec. 7, 1941 June 6, 1944 Aug. 6, 1945 May 8, 1945 Aug. 9, 1945 Sept. 2, 1945

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