WORLD WAR 2

ByRahmatullah

BE- 02Sukkur IBA

Introduction• Most catastrophic war• Started from 1939 to 1945• A global war

Countries involved in war• Allied group

1. USA

2. USSR

3. Britain

4. France

• Axis group

1. Germany

2. Japan

3. Italy

Causes of war• Political instability & economic devastation

– Depression

-- Massive unemployment

– High inflation

– High war debt owed by Germany

Causes of the war

• Rise of Fascism– Fascism = “total power is given to a dictator”

– Germany – Adolf Hitler – Italy – Benito Mussolini– Japan – Hideki Tojo

*Became the Axis Powers (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis)

Causes of the war

Adolf Hitler• His mission -- to kill the jews publicly

Hitler and nazi germany• Rise to power• Became Chancellor in 1933• Blamed Jews, communists

for Germany’s problems• Promised return of German pride• His friendship with Bennito Mussolini

Japanese expansion• Sought total control of pacific• Japan-china war 1937• Japan-Germany-Italy pact 1937

Major events • Germany attacks and conquers Poland, France,

Denmark, Norway, Belgium and Netherland.• Battle of Britain begins (bombing London)•

Major events• US aids Britain in return for bases• US bands Japan on trade • Japan bombed Pearl Harbor • Germany declares war on US

• US declares war on Germany & Japan• Battle of Midway – turning point against Japan• Germany invades Soviet Union– Battle of Stalingrad (turning point in Europe)

Major events• Hitler weakens• Turned east and tried to invade Russia• Stalled for months, winter hit, millions died

August 1942-February 1943• Hitler pulled out of Russia and lost momentum in war

Major events• D-Day (Doomsday) – invasion of Normandy

• 2 million people participated• Liberated paris

Major events• Atomic Bombs dropped: Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• Nearly 12 lac people died at the moment• Japan surrenders (V-J Day)

Major events

• Hitler suicides

• Germany surrenders soon after the Hitler’s death

• The war is OVER…

Results of War• More than 60 million (6 crore) people died• Out of 6 crore dead persons, 3 crore were

Russians.• End to the great depression• Women took job• Destroyed whole Europe• Soviet union and USA became superpowers