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WWII

April 12, 2013

Be Ready to TAKE NOTES TODAYMrs. Doty cdoty@pgcps.org

Topics: Review Causes of WW 2US Enters the War

US History

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•DISCOVERY EDUCATION STUDENT CENTER

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Quick Facts (write 2-3)

A. War Costs1. US Debt 1940 - $9 billion

US Debt 1945 - $98 billion

• The war cost $330 billion -- 10 times the cost of WWI & as much as all previous federal spending since 1776

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Quick Facts (write 2-3)

B. Human Costs1. 50 million people died

(compared to 15 million in WWI)

• 21.3 million Russians (7.7 million civilians)

• 11 million died as a result of the HOLOCAUST(6 million Jews + 5 million others)

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When?

1939

Sept.1 - Germany invades Poland (official start to the war)

Sept. 3 -Britain &

France declare war on

Germany

Dec. 7 – Japan

bombs Pearl Harbor; US enters the

War

1941

May - Germans Surrende

r

Sept. - Atomic

Bombing of

Hiroshima &

Nagasaki,

Japanese Surrende

r

1945

• 1939-1945

• US involvement 1941-1945

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Who?

Allies Axis

Great Britain

France(note: France surrendered to

Germany in 1940 (after 6 weeks of fighting)

United States

Russia

GermanyItaly

Japan

(major powers)

(major powers)

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Name the following:

Allies Countries (GOOD GUYS)

1.

2.

3.

4.

Axis Countries (BAD GUYS)

1.

2.

3.

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Major Leaders

Adolf HitlerNazi Germany

Benito MussoliniItaly

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Major Leaders

Hideki TojoJapanese Prime Minister

Winston ChurchillBritish Prime Minister

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Major Leaders

Franklin Delano RooseveltUS President

Joseph StalinRussian Leader

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MATCH THE COUNTRY LEADERSPERSON

1. Hitler

2. Mussolini

3. Tojo

4. Chruchill

5. Stalin

6. Roosevelt

COUNTRY

a.Italy

b.Great Britian

c. Russia

d. United States

e.Japan

f.Germany

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Why? (underlying causes of WWII)

1. Treaty of VersaillesA. Germany lost land to

surrounding nations

B. War Reparations

1) Allies collect $ to pay back war debts to U.S.

2) Germany must pay $57 trillion (modern equivalent)

3) Bankrupted the German economy & embarrassed GermansLloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, and Woodrow Wilson

during negotiations for the Treaty

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Why? (underlying causes of WWII)

2. World-wide DepressionA. The Depression

made Germany’s debt even worse

B. Desperate people turn to desperate leaders

1) Hitler seemed to provide solutions to Germany’s problems

1923 - Wallpapering with German Deutchmarks

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Why? (underlying causes of WWII)

2. World-wide Depression

2) Hitler provided scapegoats for Germany’s problems (foreigners, Jews, communists, Roma (Gypsies), mentally ill, homosexuals)

3) Kristallnacht - vandalism & destruction of Jewish property & synagogues

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CIRCLE IF TRUE, X IF FALSE

1.The Treaty of Versailles(TofV) was the agreement between countries at the end of World War 2.

2. TofV added land to Germany .

3. The Great Depression was limited to the US.

4. Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany’s problems by makig them scapegoats

• TRUE

• TRUE

• TRUE

• TRUE

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Why?3. Rise of Totalitarian Regimes

A. In a Totalitarian country, individual rights are not viewed as important as the needs of the nation

Totalitarianism

Communist Dictatorship

(USSR)

Fascist Dictatorship

(Germany, Italy)

Military Dictatorship

(Japan)

Fascism: military government with

based on racism & nationalism with strong support

from the business community

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Causes of WW2

1. Why was the Treaty of Versailles one of the causes of WW 2?

2. What were the economic conditions world wide before WW 2?

3. What was Totalitarianism?

4. How did Totalitarianism contribute to WW2?

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Why?4. Isolationism of Major Powers

A. Why was the U.S. Isolationist?

1. Great Depression (problems at home)

2. Perceptions of WWIa. WWI did not seem to solve much

b. People began to think that we’d got into WWI for the wrong reasons (greedy American businessmen!)

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Why?4. Isolationism of Major Powers

3. Opposition to war (Pacifism)

a. Washington Conference - Limits on size of country's navies

b. Kellogg-Briand pact - condemned war as a way to solving conflicts

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Why?4. Isolationism of Major Powers

B. This led to policies of “Appeasement” 1. Appeasement: give dictators what they want and hope that they won’t want anything else

2. Begins with Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Italian invasion of Ethiopia, and continues with Hitler . . .

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CIRCLE IF TRUE, X IF FALSE

1. Appeasement: give dictators what they want and hope that they won’t want anything else

2. Isolationism meant that US did not want to be involved in the War and stay isolated (by themselves)

3. The Great Depression in the US was the reason joined World War 2

• TRUE

• TRUE

• TRUE

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So What Was Hitler Asking For?Return of German Speaking Lands - “Lebensraum”

• Austria - Peacefully Annexed in 1938

German Troops Parade in Streets of Czechoslovakian Town, ca. 1939

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So What Was Hitler Asking For?Return of German Speaking Lands - “Lebensraum” • Sudentenland -

(now part of Czech Republic)

• Munich Conference - Great Britain & France give to Hitler in return for peace

• Hitler then invades the rest of Czechoslovakia

German Troops Parade in Streets of Czechoslovakian Town, ca. 1939

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So What Was Hitler Asking For?Return of German Speaking Lands

• Nonaggression Pact Russia stays out of the war in return for 1/2 of Poland

Hitler's triumphal entry into Danzig, Poland 1939

• Great Britain & France finally declare war on Germany

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• 1936 Remilitarization of Rhineland

• 1938 Austrian Anschluss and seizure of Sudatenland

• 1939 Nazi Soviet Pact and invasion of Poland

• 1940 Invasion of Belgium, Netherlands, France, and Britain

Nazi Advancement 1936-1940

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How Did Hitler Make War?Blitzkrieg “Lightning War”

In the next year, Hitler invades:

• Denmark

• Norway

• The Netherlands,

• France

Hitler in Paris

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US Assistance

Roosevelt provided aid to the Allies:

Lend-Lease - 1939

• US “lent” war materials to cash-strapped Great Britain

London Firefighter Tackles an Air Raid Blaze

Atlantic Charter

• US secretly meets with England to commit to defeating Germany

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Meanwhile … in the Pacific Dec. 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor: “a date which will live in infamy”

USS Arizona Sinking in Pearl Harbor

What?

• Surprise attack by the Japanese on American forces in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Effect? • US declares war on

Japan & other Axis powers

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US enters World War 2

Why did the US enter World War 2?

What about the Pacific War?

The US (mostly) fought the Japanese.

December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to sink US ships there.

Two hours = most US navy destroyed and 2,000 sailors killed

Japan surrenders after US drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

How did WWII end in Europe?

Operation Overlord- Allied invasion of France. Also called D-Day.

Within a month 1 million Allied troops were stationed in Europe.

Germany is surrounded with the USSR to the east

Germany surrenders in 1945 after Hitler commits suicide.

How did WWII end in Europe?

Allies divide Germany up between them.

This helps start the Cold War.

Trials are held in Germany (and Japan) to try the people responsible for the war.

Many are executed and jailed for war crimes.

What was the Holocaust?

Nazi plan to kill all Jews.

Why? Hitler’s provided a to Germany’s problems

6 million Jews murdered in camps in Europe.

5 million others (gypsies, mentally ill, homosexuals)

Total of 11 million exterminated

What is genocide?

Purposely trying to exterminate an entire group of people (ethnic, religious, racial).