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WWII

WWII. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll. Introduction:. Most devastating war in human history 55 million dead 1 trillion dollars Began in 1939 as strictly a European Conflict Widened to include most of the world. Causes.

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WWII

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  1. WWII

  2. Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

  3. Introduction: • Most devastating war in human history • 55 million dead • 1 trillion dollars • Began in 1939 as strictly a European Conflict • Widened to include most of the world

  4. Causes • Great Depression Rise of Fascist dictators • WWI and Treaty of Versailles Germany had to pay reparations and “war guilt” clause. Italy denied territories it wanted • Failure of League of Nations • Policy of Appeasement • World Domination-Extreme Nationalism • Japan victorious but wanted China • Germany wanted to created a “Third Reich” an empire to last 1,000 years

  5. Rise of Hitler • Nazi Party organized, 1920s • Nazi party largest in Germany, 1932 • Hitler voted as chancellor, 1933 • New parliament created • 450, 000 members • Larger than German army

  6. German Territorial Gains • Austria – March, 1938 • Munich Pact gives part of Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland) – Sept., 1938 • All of Czechoslovakia – March, 1939 • Poland – Sept., 1939 • By Summer of 1940, Germany Controlled Most of Europe • World shocked as France falls to Germans

  7. Significant Events of World War II Dates and Events that changed the world

  8. Major LeadersAxis Powers Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany Hideki Tojo Japan Benito Mussolini Italy Emperor Hirohito Japan

  9. Major LeadersAllies Joseph Stalin Soviet Leader Winston Churchill British Prime Minister Franklin Delano Roosevelt US President

  10. Major Leaders “Big Three”

  11. Harry S. Truman US President

  12. September 1, 1939 • Germany invades Poland using the Blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) • England and France, declare war on Germany • United States again chooses isolationism and neutrality

  13. Blitzkrieg

  14. Fall of France 1940

  15. May 10, 1940 • Fall of France • France surrenders June 25 • Total Victory for Germany except for: • “Miracle at Dunkirk” • Germany does not attack with army • Allows most of the British forces to escape and fight again another day

  16. July 1940 • The Battle of Britain • 9 month air war between Luftwaffe and RAF • Germany suffers a major defeat

  17. Reason’s for British victory: • RADAR • Over home soil • More gas/time to fight • Easier to save pilots • Germans change tactics • Attack English cities • Stop attacks on English air force

  18. December 7, 1941“… a date which will live in infamy.” • Japan sneak attacks Pearl Harbor on Sunday morning • 18 ships sunk or badly damaged • 188 planes destroyed and 159 damaged • 2403 U.S. Military killed (1102 Arizona) & 1178 wounded • America enters war with Allies

  19. Damages

  20. Pearl HarborDec. 7, 1941 USS Arizona

  21. Allies United:U.S.S.R, The U.S., and England. “The Big Three”

  22. 1942: The Tide Turns • Battle of Midway • Resounding U.S. Naval Victory over Japan in Pacific • Battle of El-Alamein • Resounding British Army Victory over Germany and Italy in Africa • Battle of Stalingrad • Resounding Soviet Army Victory over Germany in USSR

  23. September 1943 • Italy signs armistice with Allies (1st Axis country to leave war) • Germans disarm their allies and take over military defenses • Germany continues to fight in Italy until 1945

  24. June 6, 1944 • D-Day of Operation Overlord • Led by Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower • Nearly 250,000 men and boys participated in the invasion of Normandy region of France • The battle for the beachhead lasted nearly 2 months • This was the beginning of the end for Hitler and Germany

  25. Normandy Invasion,D-Day

  26. D-DayLanding on Normandy Beach

  27. December 1944 – January 1945 • Germany last desperate attack to win the war • The Battle of the Bulge • Hitler’s army had broken through the allied line creating a bulge. • U.S. and allied troops had pushed back the bulge by mid January.

  28. Spring 1945 • April 12 FDR dies in office • April 30th – Hitler commits suicide • May 7th – Germany formally surrenders • Gen. Eisenhower: “The mission of this allied force was fulfilled at 0241 local time, May 7th 1945.” • May 8th – V-E (Victory in Europe) Day declared

  29. August 1945 • America’s secret development of the A-Bomb = “Manhattan Project” • President Harry S. Truman and U.S. drop 1st atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing 80,000 people (“Little Boy”)

  30. August 1945 • August 9th U.S. drops 2nd atomic bomb of Nagasaki killing 70,000 people (“Fat Man”)

  31. August 1945 • August 15th • Japan surrenders on battleship U.S.S. Missouri • V-J Day (Victory over Japan) Declared

  32. Results of World War II • America gets out of the Great Depression • Introduction of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear weapons) • Start of Cold War • United Nations formed (new and improved League of Nations) • Israel established as country for all Jews

  33. Related Websites • World War II Timeline http://history.acusd.edu/gen/ww2Timeline/start.html • National World War II Memorial http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ • National D-Day Museum http://www.ddaymuseum.org/

  34. Hitler Gets Busy • Gestapo Created -- April, 1933 • Jewish Boycott – April, 1933 • Jewish Books Banned & Burned – May, 1933 • 27,000 People in Camps – July, 1933 • Kristallnacht (“Night of the Broken Glass”) – November 1938 • Illegal to Leave Germany – October, 1941 • French and Britain unsure • U.S. isolationist

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