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- 1. World War 2 From 1939 to 1945
- 2. Axis Powers And Allied Powers Axis Powers Allied Powers • Germany • Italy • Japan • France • United Kingdom • Soviet Union • United States
- 3. WHY DID THE WORLD WAR 2 HAPPENED?!
- 4. Cause #1 Treaty of Versailles:- • Germany is punished • Made to pay reparations • Forced to admit guilt • Give up land • Reduce military
- 5. Cause #2 Rival Alliances:- • Allies vs. Axis • Britain and France vs. • Germany, USSR, Italy
- 6. Cause #3 Rise of Dictators:- • Hitler – Germany • Mussolini - Italy • Stalin - USSR
- 7. Cause #4 Failure of the League of Nations: • Germany invaded Poland • US never joins • Japan and Germany withdrew • No military to stop Hitler’s aggression
- 8. This will all lead to the OUTBREAK OF WWII But what was the spark?
- 9. Spark of WW2 World War II began with Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. This prompted Britain and France to declare war on Germany, escalating into a global conflict involving major powers.
- 10. U.S involvement in WW2 The U.S. stayed neutral in the early years of WWII, but after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, they entered the war. President Roosevelt declared war on Japan, leading Germany and Italy, Japan's allies, to declare war on the U.S. The U.S. then became a crucial Allied member, contributing significantly to the war effort in both Europe and the Pacific.
- 11. The Holocaust Between 1933 and 1945, the German government led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party carried out the systematic persecution and murder of Europe’s Jews, as well as other groups Nazis thought to be inferior. This genocide is now known as the Holocaust.
- 12. Victims of the Holocaust • Jews • Slavic Peoples (like the Poles) • Soviets • Mentally ill • Physically disabled • homosexuals • religious and political dissidents (socialists, Jehovah’s Witnesses)
- 13. Opponents of the Nazi regime In 1935, any teachers, scientists, government officials, lawyers, doctors, etc. that did not agree with the Nazis were arrested and sent to prison.
- 14. Restrictions 1939: • Curfews • Turn in valuables • Star of David on clothing 1940-1944: • All German-Jews were deported out of Germany to Poland. • Jews were forced to live in ghettos
- 15. Ghettos
- 17. Thank You!!