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Europe After WWIEurope After WWI
Worldwide depressionHigh war debt owed by GermanyHigh inflation - very high pricesMassive unemployment
Causes of WWIICauses of WWII
Political instability and economic devastationRise of fascismThe AlliesShift in U.S. war policy (Isolationist to Lend-
Lease/economic aid to direct involvement)Tension between Japan and the U.S.
Political Political instability instability and economic and economic devastationdevastation in in
Europe lead to the Europe lead to the rise of FASCISMrise of FASCISM
FASCIST governments…FASCIST governments…
Lead by dictatorBlind loyaltyRuled with violence and fearExtreme nationalism Strong militaryTotal control over government
FACIST LEADERSFACIST LEADERS
Adolf Hitler-Adolf Hitler-GermanyGermany
Benito Mussolini-Benito Mussolini-ItalyItaly
Hideki Tojo-JapanHideki Tojo-Japan
Winston Churchill-Winston Churchill-Great BritainGreat Britain
Joseph Joseph Stalin-Stalin-
U.S.S.R.U.S.S.R.
United StatesUnited StatesFranklin D. RooseveltFranklin D. Roosevelt
Churchill, FDR (U.S), StalinChurchill, FDR (U.S), Stalin
GermanyGermany Begins Begins WWIIWWII
Invades Poland - 1939Invades France -1940Attacks London in the Battle of Britain-1940-1941
BlitzkriegBlitzkrieg--lightning warfarelightning warfare
At first, U.S. stays out of At first, U.S. stays out of the war… the war… ISOLATIONISMISOLATIONISM
U.S is not involvedU.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 industriesfrom 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
Bombing of Pearl HarborBombing of Pearl Harbor
U.S. U.S. declares declares
war war against against JapanJapan
Turning Point in PacificTurning Point in Pacific19421942
US beats Japan in
Battle of Midway –Japan now on the defensive
U.S.S.R beats U.S.S.R beats Germany at the Germany at the
Battle of StalingradBattle of Stalingrad1942-19431942-1943
Germany becomes weaker and weaker
Turning Point in Western EuropeTurning Point in Western EuropeJune 6, 1944June 6, 1944
D-DayD-Day
Allied forces land to take back Allied forces land to take back Normandy, FranceNormandy, France
V-E DayV-E DayVictory in EuropeVictory 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.
The HolocaustThe Holocausta systematic or planned attempt to
rid the world of Jewish people
AryanAryan-Hitler’s idea of -Hitler’s idea of the perfect racethe perfect race
blond hair and blue eyes
Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism
a feeling of hatred towards the Jews
Final SolutionFinal Solution
Nazis boycott Jewish storesNazis take away Jewish political rights taken
– no longer citizens and could not voteNazis violently attacked and burned
synagogues, staged book burningsNazis “final solution” was extermination –
mass murder of Jews
Concentration camps Concentration camps like like Auschwitz and BuchenwaldAuschwitz 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
Home-FrontHome-Front1941-19451941-1945
Blacks , Hispanics, and Japanese Americans served with honor in the military despite discrimination.
Internment campsInternment camps
Japanese-AmericansJapanese-Americans either either
served in the army or served in the army or were sent to live in were sent to live in
“camps” that “camps” that were only for were only for
the the Japanese- Japanese-
U.S. was U.S. was afraid of afraid of
Japanese spies Japanese spies
Women Go to Work Women Go to Work with with Rosie the RiveterRosie the Riveter
Women Women took took jobsjobs in the war in the war factories/factories/industriesindustries
Atomic BombsAtomic Bombsused on Hiroshima and used on Hiroshima and
NagasakiNagasaki
Harry Truman becomes U.S. Harry Truman becomes U.S. president after FDR diespresident after FDR dies
Truman gives the order to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan on August 6 and 9,1945
Atomic Bomb Atomic Bomb DestructionDestruction
V-J Day V-J Day Japan surrenders on Japan surrenders on
August 14, 1945 August 14, 1945
ending WWIIending WWII
After the WarAfter the War
Marshall PlanMarshall PlanProvided money to help rebuild
EuropeAttempted to prevent the spread
of communism
Germany gets Germany gets splitsplit
East piece is run by U.S.S.R. and is communist
Western piece is democratic
Japan & U.S. Japan & U.S. become alliesbecome allies
Democratic government is set up
U.S. and Japan are friends
United Nations United Nations is Createdis Created
Organization where countries can talk about problems and
try to avoid war