The document provides an overview of World War 2, including key dates, leaders, causes, events, and how the war ended. It discusses the major Allied and Axis powers, Hitler's demands that led to war in Europe, America's entry after the Pearl Harbor attack, and the implementation of blitzkrieg warfare by Germany. The Holocaust and human costs of the war are also summarized.

1. WWII

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7. „Homework April 22
„DISCOVERY EDUCATION STUDENT CENTER
1. Movie ‟ Pearl Harbor
2.Quiz on Pearl Harbor Movie
3.April 22‟ Class questions
and assignments

8. „Change of Class
Next Week to
„FRIDAY CLASS @7:30
PM

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Quick Facts (write 2-3)
A. War Costs
1. 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

10. 10
Quick Facts (write 2-3)
B. Human Costs
1. 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 HOLOCAU
(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
Surrend
er
Sept. -
Atomic
Bombing
of
Hiroshim
a &
Nagasaki,
Japanese
Surrend
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
German
y
Ita
ly
Japan
(major
powers)
(major powers)

13. Name the following:
Allies Countries
(GOOD GUYS)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Axis Countries (BAD
GUYS)
1.
2.
3.
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14. 14
Major Leaders
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
Benito Mussolini
Italy

15. 15
Major Leaders
Hideki Tojo
Japanese Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
British Prime Minister

16. 16
Major Leaders
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
US President
Joseph
Stalin
Russian
Leader

17. MATCH THE COUNTRY LEADERS
17
PERSON
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 Versailles
A. 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
Germans
Lloyd 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

21. 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
21
„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
Totalitarianis
m
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

23. 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 WWI
a. 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 .
. .

27. 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
27
„TRUE
„TRUE
„TRUE

28. 28
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 CzechoslovakiaGerman Troops Parade in Streets of
Czechoslovakian Town, ca. 1939

30. 30
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

32. 32
How Did Hitler Make War?
Blitzkrieg “Lightning War”
In the next year,
Hitler invades:
„Denmark
„Norway
„ The Netherlands,
„France
Hitler in Paris

33. 33
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

34. 34
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

35. US enters World War 2
Why did the US enter World War 2?
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36. 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.

44. 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.

49. 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.

50. 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