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World War II Slide 2 Payback Time The Germans were ordered to pay back a huge sum of money for WWI, what was this called? War reparations. What did Germany decide to do when there money ran out? They kept printing more and more and more Slide 3 The Depression Hits Europe In 1929 when the stock market crash happened, the United States asked for what back? (from Germany) The money loaned to Germany causing unemployment to grow Slide 4 Looking for a Leader Inflation- An economic condition when money loses its value as prices rise. (look at the graphic on pg. 149) How did the problems of national debt, inflation, and unemployment leave the German people open to accept a leader like Adolf Hitler? People were scared and desperate. Hitler promised to end there suffering. Slide 5 Looking for a Leader What group was Hitler in charge of? National Socialist Party- Nazis for short. Slide 6 The Rise of Fascism, The Start of War Fascism- a political philosophy in which power is given to a dictator. Individual freedoms are denied and racism and nationalism are emphasized. Fascist leaders/Axis Powers Adolf Hitler- Germany Benito Mussolini- Italy Hideki Tojo- Japan Invasion of Poland Invasion of Poland Slide 7 Causes of WWII Political instability and economic devastation in Europe resulting from WWI High War Debt owed by Germany High inflation Massive unemployment The Rise of Fascism Slide 8 Allies Reunite What two countries demanded that Germany withdraw from Poland. Great Britain and France. Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies? Because Germany turned on the Soviets and started invading the U.S.S.R. Slide 9 The Axis Powers: A Trio of Evil How did Japan, Located in Asia, enter a mostly European situation? They wanted to invade china and the U.S.S.R. was in the way. Slide 10 Allies after 1941 Winston Churchill- Great Britain FDR & Harry Truman- U.S.A. Joseph Stalin- Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) Slide 11 Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 2,400 men killed and 1178 wounded. This led to the United States forgetting about isolationism and declaring war on Japan. When the U.S. declared war on Japan who declared war on the U.S.? Germany and Italy. A Day which will live in infamy Slide 12 Pearl Harbor Slide 13 Slide 14 America goes to War Tension had been building between America and Japan because of what? Japans aggression in East Asia. Slide 15 Lend Lease The U.S. lent military equipment to Great Britain for use of what? For military bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean What was the lend lease program? Billions of dollars of military equipment was given to the Allies in hopes they could hold off the Germans without American soldiers. Slide 16 The Battle of Britain Paris, France had fallen to who? Germany London was bombarded by what? German bombs Slide 17 FDR Four Freedoms Slide 18 On the Home Front When and why did the Great Depression end? With the U.S. involvement in WWII Factory workers were needed to produce military goods. Slide 19 Women and the War With a majority of men drafted for war, who was left to work in the factories? Women Slide 20 Saving Every Scrap War meant shortages of things like sugar, gas, meat, and butter, what was this called? Rationing Many families grew gardens. Victory Slide 21 Breaking Down Racial Barriers How did new jobs for African Americans at the start of the war help temporarily breakdown racial barriers? Black workers and craftsmen were hired by defense plants. But, discrimination still continued. Slide 22 Japanese Internment Camps Japanese Americans had to deal with what? Distrust from other Americans and displacement to internment camps. Most were American born. Slide 23 The Holocaust Aryan Supremacy- Belief that blond haired blued people were a master race. What happened to Jewish people? There businesses were boycotted, couldnt work for the government, and couldnt go to public events. Anti-Semites: discrimination against Jewish people. Slide 24 Holocaust Holocaust- The systematic attempt to rid Europe of all Jewish people. Slide 25 The Night of Broken Glass This occurred when? November 9, 1938. What was the night of broken glass? In Nazi controlled areas storm troopers beat Jewish people and vandalized their homes. Afterwards, Jewish people were fined by the government and forced into all Jewish neighborhoods called ghettos. Slide 26 Concentration Camps Jewish people were forced into ghettos only to be what? Forced onto railcars that took them to forced work camps. These work camps would become death camps. Arbeit macht frei Work makes one free Slide 27 Fighting Back Jewish people did what to evade the Nazis? They hid in sewers, under floor boards, and in closets. Remaining still for days at a time. Slide 28 With an End in Sight Why were the Nazis hiding their death camps? Because they were losing the war and did not want allied forces to find them. 11,000,000 people were killed through Nazi death camps. 6,000,000 Jewish people 250,000 Gypsys 3,000,000 Soviet soldiers 2,000,000 Poles and other Slavic people. Slide 29 The Battle of Midway Why was the Battle of Midway considered a turning point? Japan lost 4 battleships along with 228 planes and their best pilots. Slide 30 Stalingrad Why is this battle so important? It is a turning point on the Eastern front. Germany has no more major victories on the Eastern front. Slide 31 D-Day: June 6, 1944 Why was Normandy significant to the liberation of Western Europe? It allowed the Allies to gain a foothold in Europe effectively numbering Hitlers days. Slide 32 Iwo Jima Why did the Allies need Iwo Jima? For an emergency landing site for planes attacking Japanese cities. Slide 33 The Manhattan Project: The Atomic Bomb Why did research into an atomic bomb begin? The allies were scared that the Nazis would develop one first. Slide 34 A Blast Heard Round the World What were the names of the two atomic bombs dropped? Little Boy and Fat Man What was the name of the B-29 that dropped the nuclear bombs? Enola Gay Slide 35 Nuclear Blast Hiroshima Hiroshima Nagasaki Nagasaki Slide 36 Wars Terrible Toll Obviously people were happy that the war was over, but what problems remained? What to do with Germany. What new problems were developing? The Soviet Union had taken and imposed their communist government on all of Eastern Europe.