This presentation outlines the causes and major events of the Second World War. International Relations, Tribhuvan University

1. Causes and major events of World War II

Presented by
Mani Ram Rai,
Master’s in IR and Diplomacy, TU, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2.  War between Axis
Power and Allied
Power.
 Unprecedented
holocaust of man
and material.

3. Causes of World War II
1. Treaties of
Versailles
Dictated treaty of
peace imposed upon
Germany.

4. …Causes of World War II
2. Failure of Collective
Security System
Ineffective League
of Nations.

5. …Causes of World War II
3. Failure of
Disarmament
Countries opted for
arms race.

6. …Causes of World War II
4. World
Economic Crisis
Out of economic
crisis of Germany
emerged Nazi
dictatorship of Adolf
Hitler.

7. …Causes of World War II
5. Rome-Berlin-
Tokyo Axis
Aimed at
imperialistic
Expansion.

8. …Causes of World War II
6. Appeasement
by Britain &
France
whetted Fuhrer’s
appetite,
Sudentenland

9. …Causes of World War II
7. German Attack
on Poland
The immediate
cause.

10. Major Events of World War II
Date Events
1 Sep 1939 German invades
Poland blitzkrieg
3 Sep 1939 France & England
Declare war against
Germany

11. Major Events of World War II
Date Events
30 Nov 1939 Soviet Russian
invades Finland
10 June 1940 Italy declares war
on Britain and
France

12. Major Events of World War II
Date Events
14 June 1940 German soldier
march into Paris &
the Swastika is
raised in the Eifel
Tower.
22 June
1941
Germany attacks
Soviet Union

13. Major Events of World War II
Date Events
7 Dec, 1941 Japanese bomb
Pearl Harbor
December
1941
U.S. enters into war

14. Major Events of World War II
Date Events
6 June 1944 D-Day landings on
the northern coast
of France
21 April 1945 Soviets reach Berlin.

15. Major Events of World War II
Date Events
30 April 1945 Hitler commits
suicide

16. Major Events of World War II
Date Events
6 Aug 1945 Little Boy is dropped
in Hiroshima
9 Aug1945 Fat Man is dropped
in Nagasaki
2 Sep 1945 World War II ends