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World War II:
An Overview
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Sleeping Giant is Awakened• Isolationism – 1920s to the
1930s• 1939 – War breaks out in Europe
(Poland invaded by Germany)• Lend-Lease Act (1940)• Dec. 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor is
attacked• Within a few days, the US is at
war with both Japan and Germany
• War on two fronts
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Pacific Theater
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Atlantic (European) Theater
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Impact of the War (the US)• Transforms the American economy• Gov’t sets production goals for
factories• Focus on the war effort• Manufacturing of planes, tanks,
ships, weapons, etc. • Strict rationing of goods• More opportunities for minority
groups and women• Tax increases and sale of liberty
bonds• Propaganda campaign
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Japanese Incarceration• 110,000 Japanese were interned during WWII• Any Japanese American with 1/8th heritage could be
interned and/or was under suspicion• http://www.densho.org/looking-like-the-enemy/• https://www.ted.com/talks/george_takei_why_i_love_
a_country_that_once_betrayed_me?language=en• Despite this many Japanese Americans enlist in the
military to prove their loyalty• 442nd Regiment (all Japanese Americans) becomes the
most decorated unit in the history of the US
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Fighting in Europe
• Mainly a land war• Most of the continent is controlled by Nazi
Germany• North Africa also controlled by Nazi Germany• D-Day Invasion – June 6, 1944• Crucial to the success of the allies• By Sept, 1944 – France, Belgium, and
Luxembourg are liberated
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East Meets West
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VE Day• Victory in Europe Day –
May 8, 1945• People in Europe celebrate• Mass destruction in most
major cities throughout Europe
• Nearly 25 million military casualties
• Roughly 40 – 50 million civilian casualties
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Potsdam Conference – Summer 1945
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The Holocaust• Genocide – systematic killing of
an ethnic group• 6 million European Jews were
killed by the Nazi’s• They were used as a
“scapegoat” by Hitler• Discovered by Allied forces• After the war, Nazi military and
political leaders brought up on war crimes
• The Nuremberg Trials• “Crimes against humanity”• Zionism – 1948 Israel created
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Division of Germany
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Europe Post-WWII
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Fighting in the Pacific• Navy & Marines• Island Hopping• Brutal combat• Japanese soldiers philosophy =
“fight to the death”• Huge casualties• Big influence on Pres. Truman’s
decision to drop the atomic bomb
• Two bombs dropped• VJ Day = Sept. 2, 1945• Establish a new democratic
gov’t
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United Nations
• UN created to resolve international conflicts
• Hope to keep peace around the globe
• Provides a forum for international discussion
• Limited success