This document provides details about Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime in Germany: - It describes Hitler's personal appearance, habits, and mannerisms such as his vegetarianism, hypochondria, and love of cinema and Wagner operas. - It discusses Hitler's rise to power as the leader of the Nazi party in Germany and his authoritarian and fascist dictatorship beginning in 1933. - It also notes some unusual facts about Hitler, such as his chronic sweet tooth, skill as a whistler, enjoyment of practical jokes, and how his dog impacted his war policy decisions.

1. Ms. KirkMs. Kirk
West High School 2006-2007West High School 2006-2007
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3. The Versailles Treaty

4. A Weak League of Nations

5. The Ineffectiveness of the
League of Nations
y No control of major conflicts.No control of major conflicts.
y No progress in disarmament.No progress in disarmament.
y No effective military force.No effective military force.

6. International Agreements
Locarno PactLocarno Pact – 1925– 1925
y France, Germany, Great Britain,France, Germany, Great Britain,
ItalyItaly
 Guarantee existing frontiersGuarantee existing frontiers
 Establish DMZ 30 miles deep on EastEstablish DMZ 30 miles deep on East
bank of Rhine Riverbank of Rhine River
 Refrain from aggression against eachRefrain from aggression against each
otherother
Kellog-Briand PactKellog-Briand Pact – 1928– 1928
y Makes war illegal as a tool ofMakes war illegal as a tool of
diplomacydiplomacy
 No enforcement provisionsNo enforcement provisions

7. The Great Depression

8. The Manchurian Crisis, 1931

9. Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931

10. Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935
EmperorEmperor
HaileHaile
SelassieSelassie

11. Germany Invades the
Rhineland
March 7, 1936

12. U. S. Neutrality Acts:
1934, 1935, 1937, 1939

13. America-First Committee
Charles Lindbergh

14. The Austrian Anschluss, 1936

15. y Carlists [ultra-Catholic
monarchists].
y Catholic Church.
y Falange [fascist] Party.
y Monarchists.
y Anarcho-Syndicalists.Anarcho-Syndicalists.
y Basques.Basques.
y Catalans.Catalans.
y Communists.Communists.
y Marxists.Marxists.
y Republicans.Republicans.
y Socialists.Socialists.
The
National
Front
[Nationalists]
The
National
Front
[Nationalists]
The
Popular
Front
[Republicans]
The
Popular
Front
[Republicans]
The Spanish Civil War:
1936 - 1939

16. The World Takes Sides
• The Nationalists
Italy
` Germany
The Republicans
Soviet Union
Mexico
Abe Lincoln Brigade

17. The Spanish Civil War:
1936 - 1939

18. The Spanish Civil War

19. The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939
The American “Lincoln Brigade”

20. The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939
Francisco Franco

21. The Spanish Civil War:
A Dress Rehearsal for WW II?
Italian troops in
Madrid

22. “Guernica” by Pablo Picasso

23. The Japanese Invasion
of China, 1931

24. Adolph Hitler
– Austrian-born
German
• Politician and the
leader of the National
Socialist He was the
ruler of Germany from
1933 to 1945, serving
as chancellor from
1933 to 1934 as
Fuhrer from 1934 to
1945.
– A decorated veteran of
World War I, Hitler
joined the Nazi Party in
1920 and became its
leader in 1921.

25. Adolph Hitler
– Following his imprisonment
after a failed coup in 1923,
he gained support by
promoting nationalism,
antisemitism and anti-
communism with
charismatic oratory and
propaganda including the
writing of “Mein Kampf”.
He was appointed
chancellor in 1933, and
quickly established a
totalitarian and fascist
dictatorship.
– Hitler pursued a foreign
policy with the declared
goal of seizing
Lebensraum("living
space") for Germany,
directing the resources
of the state toward this
goal. His army invaded
Poland in 1939, leading
to the outbreak of
World War II in Europe

26. Mein Kampf
– The great masses of the people will more easily fall victim to a big lie
than to a small one.
– The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the
living shape of the Jew.
– Was there any form of filth or profligacy, particularly in cultural life,
without at least one Jew involved in it? If you cut even cautiously into
such an abscess, you found, like a maggot in a rotting body, often
dazzled by the sudden light - a kike!
I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty
Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of
the Lord.

27. Hitler
• a 1942 secret profile of Adolf
Hitler compiled by the OSS. Here
are some excerpts.
• PERSONAL APPEARANCE
• • Hitler never allows anyone to
see him while he is naked or
bathing. He refuses to use cologne
or scents of any sort on his body
• • No matter how warm he feels,
Hitler will never take off his coat in
public
• • In 1923, Nazi press secretary Dr.
Sedgwick tried to convince Hitler
to get rid of his trademark
mustache or grow it normally.
Hitler answered: “Do not worry
about my mustache. If it is not the
fashion now, it will be later
because I wear it!”
• SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
• • While dining with the others, Hitler will allow
the conversation to linger on general topics, but
after a couple of hours he will inevitably begin
one of his many monologues. These speeches
are flawless from start to finish because he
rehearses them any time he gets a moment.
• • His favorite topics include: “When I was a
soldier,” “When I was in Vienna,” “When I was
in prison,” and “When I was the leader in the
early days of the party.”
• • If Hitler begins speaking about Wagner and
the opera, no one dares interrupt him. He will
often sermonize on this topic until his audience
falls asleep.

28. Hitler
• PERSONAL HABITS
• • Hitler has no interest in sports or games
of any kind and never exercised, except
for an occasional walk.
• • He paces frequently inside rooms,
always to the same tune that he whistles
to himself and always diagonally across the
room, from corner to corner
• • Hitler’s handwriting is impeccable. When
famous psychologist Carl Jung saw Hitler’s
handwriting in 1937, he remarked:
“Behind this handwriting I recognize the
typical characteristics of a man with
essentially feminine instinct.”
• ENTERTAINMENT
• • Hitler loves the circus. He takes real pleasure
in the idea that underpaid performers are
risking their lives to please him.
• • He went to the circus on several occasions in
1933 and sent extremely expensive chocolates
and flowers to the female performers. Hitler
even remembered their names and would
worry about them and their families in the
event of an accident.
• • He isn’t interested in wild animal acts, unless
there is a woman in danger
• • Hitler staff secretly made films for him of
torture and execution of political prisoners,
which he very much enjoyed viewing.
• • He loves newsreels – especially when he is in
them.
• • He adores gypsy music, Wagner’s operas, and
especially American college football marches
and alma maters.

29. 10 Things you didn’t know about
Hitler
• His Nazi Rallies were Inspired by
Harvard Cheerleaders:
• He was a draft dodger:
• As an Austrian, he was required to register for the draft at the age of 20. Historians believe that his
failure to do this is the reason he changed addresses so frequently in this period. After five years,
Austrian authorities finally tracked him to Munich. They returned him to Austria, where he promptly
failed his military physical, was judged unfit for combat, and let go.
• He was a chronic hypochondriac:
• He feared disease, and diagnosed himself with numerous conditions, mostly intestinal disorders. He
treated these with medications containing poisonous wood alcohol, atropine and strychnine, and
bacteria cultivated from human feces. He resorted to leeches to lower his blood pressure. And near the
end of the war, he became increasingly concerned about “fresh air poisoning.”
•

30. 10 Things you didn’t know about
Hitler
• He became a vegetarian after
attending the autopsy of a girlfriend:
• She killed herself after being actively pursued by Hitler. He was grief stricken, and felt compelled to attend the
autopsy. Afterwards, he refused to eat meat, and took every opportunity to ruin meat for others. He would
often make jokes about preparing a pudding made from his blood, and called beef broth “corpse tea”
• Hitler enjoyed playing practical
jokes on his staff:
• One of his favorite targets was his foreign minister. He would have a staffer call the minister with the news that
Hitler was furious with something he had said. Hitler would listen on the phone, providing further instructions to
drive the minister to a nervous breakdown. One prank famously backfired, when he sent Ernst Hanfstaengl into
Spain on a plane full of Gestapo, and made him think he was being set up for a suicide mission. Hanfstaengl took
an opportunity while refueling to board a train to Switzerland, and before anyone could let him in on the joke,
he turned himself in to the Allies, becoming an invaluable source of information.
• Hitler was an accomplished whistler:
• He experimented briefly with playing the harmonica and flute, and sang occasionally, but whistling was his best
talent. He could whistle loudly and on pitch, and could even reproduce long passages from Wagner with
incredible accuracy.

31. 10 Things you didn’t know about
Hitler
• He was a rabid fan of cinema:
• Having been inspired to a life of oratory prowess by the 1910 film The Tunnel, Hitler was a lifelong fan of
movies. After gaining power, he regularly held private screenings for his inner circle. His favorite actresses were
Greta Garbo and Shirley Temple. He didn”t care for Charlie Chaplin, even before he made The Great Dictator,
and it’s doubtful he ever saw it. He also enjoyed King Kong, even taking to celebrating victories by pounding his
chest.
• He had a remarkable sweet tooth:
• Hitler regularly ate up to two pounds of chocolate a day, in addition to pastries and hot chocolate with copious
amounts of whipped cream. He generally took his tea with seven teaspoons of sugar, and Ernst Hanfstaengl
once witnessed Hitler adding spoonfuls of sugar to a glass of red wine.
• He is seen in a famous photograph
taken at the beginning of World
War One:
• It is a picture taken by Heinrich Hoffman, who incidentally would later become Hitler’s personal photographer,
on the day Germany declared war on Russia in 1914. Hitler can be seen, just an anonymous face in the crowd,
clearly very excited by the prospect of war.
• He would serve as a dispatch runner in the war, thriving on the terrible conditions at the front, before mustard
gas damaged his vocal chords, forcing Hitler to learn to speak again.

33. 10 Things you didn’t know about
Hitler
• His dog had a rather large effect on
his war policy:
• Hitler was very proud of his German Shepherd named Blondi. He spent countless
hours training her, and would even interrupt meetings with generals to practice her
tricks. The generals realized that if Blondi did well, Hitler was in a better mood, and
more likely to take their advice. If she did poorly, he would become sullen and
stubborn. One of the officers later said, “I sometimes had the impression that the
outcome of the Russian campaign depended more on Blondi than the German general
staff.

34. The “Problem” of the
Sudetenland

35. Appeasement: The Munich
Agreement, 1938
Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr
Hitler is a man we can do business with.
British Prime Minister Neville ChamberlainBritish Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

36. Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of
the Third Reich: 1939

37. Rome-Berlin Axis, 1939
The “Pact of Steel”

38. The Nazi-Soviet
Non-Aggression Pact, 1939
Foreign MinistersForeign Ministers
von Ribbentrop & Molotovvon Ribbentrop & Molotov

40. The Participants
• Allied Powers
• Soviet Union
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Republic of China
Poland
• France
• Free France
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Canada
• Norway
• Greece
• Yugoslavia
• Czechoslovakia
• Philippines
• India
• Australia
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Brazil
• Axis Powers
Germany
• Japan
• Italy
• Hungary
• Romania
• Finland
• Croatia
• Slovakia
• Thailand

41. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939
Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

42. German Troops March into Warsaw

44. European Theater of Operations

45. The “Phoney War” Ends:
Spring, 1940

46. France – False Sense of Security?
The Maginot
Line

47. Dunkirk Evacuated
June 4, 1940

48. France Surrenders
June, 1940

49. A Divided France
Henri PetainHenri Petain

50. The French Resistance
The Free FrenchThe Free French
General CharlesGeneral Charles
DeGaulleDeGaulle
The MaquisThe Maquis

51. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis:
The Tripartite Pact
September, 1940

52. Now Britain Is All Alone!

53. Great Britain.........................$31 billion
Soviet Union...........................$11 billion
France......................................$ 3 billion
China.......................................$1.5 billion
Other European.................$500 million
South America...................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
U. S. Lend-Lease Act,
1941

54. Lend-Lease

55. Battle of Britain:
The “Blitz”

56. Battle of Britain:
The “Blitz”

57. The London “Tube”:
Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

58. The Royal Air Force

59. British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill

61. The Atlantic Charter
y Roosevelt andRoosevelt and
Churchill signChurchill sign
treaty oftreaty of
friendship infriendship in
August 1941.August 1941.
y Solidifies alliance.Solidifies alliance.
y Fashioned afterFashioned after
Wilson’s 14 Points.Wilson’s 14 Points.
y Calls for League ofCalls for League of
Nations typeNations type
organization.organization.

62. Operation Barbarossa:
Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

63. Operation Barbarossa:
June 22, 1941
y 3,000,000 German soldiers.3,000,000 German soldiers.
y 3,400 tanks.3,400 tanks.

64. The “Big Three”
Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph StalinWinston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

65. Axis Powers in 1942

66. Battle of Stalingrad:
Winter of 1942-1943
German Army Russian Army
1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men
10,290 artillery guns 13,541 artillery guns
675 tanks 894 tanks
1,216 planes 1,115 planes

67. The North Africa Campaign:
The Battle of El Alamein, 1942
Gen. Ernst Rommel,
The “Desert Fox”
Gen. Bernard
Law
Montgomery
(“Monty”)

68. The Italian Campaign
[“Operation Torch”] :
Europe’s “Soft Underbelly”
y Allies planAllies plan
assault onassault on
weakest Axisweakest Axis
area - Northarea - North
Africa - Nov.Africa - Nov.
1942-May 19431942-May 1943
y George S.George S.
PattonPatton leadsleads
American troopsAmerican troops
y GermansGermans
trapped intrapped in
Tunisia -Tunisia -
surrender oversurrender over
275,000 troops.275,000 troops.

69. The Battle for Sicily:
June, 1943
GeneralGeneral
George S. PattonGeorge S. Patton

70. George C. Scott
Playing General Patton in the
1968 Movie, “Patton”

71. The Battle of Monte Casino:
February, 1944

72. The Allies Liberate Rome:
June 5, 1944

73. Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders
for D-Day [“Operation Overlord”]

74. D-Day (June 6, 1944)

75. Normandy Landing
(June 6, 1944)
Higgins Landing CraftsHiggins Landing Crafts
German PrisonersGerman Prisoners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=azmxn0MXgmA

77. July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot
Major Claus vonMajor Claus von
StauffenbergStauffenberg

78. July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel
3. Gen Alfred von Jodl
4. Gen Walter Warlimont
5. Franz von Sonnleithner
6. Maj Herbert Buchs
7. Stenographer Heinz Buchholz
8. Lt Gen Hermann Fegelein
9. Col Nikolaus von Below
10. Rear Adm Hans-Erich Voss
11. Otto Gunsche, Hitler's adjutant
12. Gen Walter Scherff (injured)
13. Gen Ernst John von Freyend
14. Capt Heinz Assman (injured)

79. TThe Liberation of Paris:
August 25, 1944
De Gaulle inDe Gaulle in
Triumph!Triumph!

80. U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

81. French Female Collaborators

82. The Battle of the Bulge:
Hitler’s Last Offensive
Dec. 16, 1944Dec. 16, 1944
toto
Jan. 28, 1945Jan. 28, 1945

83. Yalta: February, 1945
y FDR wants quick Soviet entry into PacificFDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific
war.war.
y FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needsFDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs
buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres ofbuffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of
influence and a weak Germany.influence and a weak Germany.
y Churchill wantsChurchill wants
strong Germanystrong Germany
asas
bufferbuffer
against Stalin.against Stalin.
y FDR arguesFDR argues
for a ‘Unitedfor a ‘United
Nations’.Nations’.

84. Mussolini &
His Mistress,
Claretta
Petacci
Are Hung in
Milan, 1945

85. US & Russian Soldiers Meet at
the Elbe River: April 25, 1945

86. Horrors of the Holocaust
Exposed

87. CrematoriaCrematoria
atat
MajdanekMajdanek
Entrance toEntrance to
AuschwitzAuschwitz
Horrors of the Holocaust
Exposed

88. Horrors of the Holocaust
Exposed
Slave Labor at BuchenwaldSlave Labor at Buchenwald

89. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed
Mass Graves at Bergen-BelsenMass Graves at Bergen-Belsen
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90. Hitler’s “Secret Weapons”:
Too Little, Too Late!
V-1 Rocket:V-1 Rocket:
“Buzz Bomb”“Buzz Bomb”
V-2 RocketV-2 Rocket Werner von BraunWerner von Braun

91. Hitler Commits Suicide
April 30, 1945
The FThe Füührer’s Bunkerhrer’s Bunker
Cyanide & PistolsCyanide & Pistols
Mr. & Mrs. HitlerMr. & Mrs. Hitler

92. V-E Day (May 8, 1945)
General KeitelGeneral Keitel

93. V-E Day (May 8, 1945)

94. The Code Breakers of WW II
Bletchley ParkBletchley Park
The German “Enigma”The German “Enigma”
MachineMachine
The JapaneseThe Japanese
“Purple” [naval]“Purple” [naval]
Code MachineCode Machine

96. Pearl Harbor

97. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

98. Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit
of a Japanese Pilot

99. Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941
A date which will live in infamy!

100. President Roosevelt Signs the
US Declaration of War

101. USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor

102. Pearl Harbor Memorial
2,887 Americans Dead!2,887 Americans Dead!

103. Pacific Theater of Operations

104. “Tokyo Rose”

105. Paying for the War

106. Paying for the War

107. Paying for the War

108. Betty Grable: Allied Pinup Girl
She Reminded Men What They Were Fighting
For

109. Singapore Surrenders
[February, 1942]

110. U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,
the Philippines [March, 1942]

111. Bataan Death March: April, 1942
76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans]76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans]
Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to POWMarched 60 miles in the blazing heat to POW
camps in the Philippines.camps in the Philippines.

112. Bataan: British Soldiers
AA
LiberatedLiberated
BritishBritish
POWPOW

113. The Burma Campaign
The “Burma Road”The “Burma Road”
General StilwellGeneral Stilwell
Leaving Burma, 1942Leaving Burma, 1942

114. Allied Counter-Offensive:
“Island-Hopping”

115. “Island-Hopping”: US Troops
on Kwajalien Island

116. Farthest Extent
of Japanese Conquests

117. Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:
First U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942

118. Battle of the Coral Sea:
May 7-8, 1942

119. Battle of Midway Island:
June 4-6, 1942

120. Battle of Midway Island:
June 4-6, 1942

121. Japanese Kamikaze Planes:
The Scourge of the South Pacific
Kamikaze PilotsKamikaze Pilots
SuicideSuicide
BombersBombers

122. Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to
the Philippines! [1944]

123. US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,
Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

124. Potsdam Conference:
July, 1945
y FDR dead, Churchill out of office as PrimeFDR dead, Churchill out of office as Prime
Minister during conference.Minister during conference.
y Stalin only original.Stalin only original.
y The United StatesThe United States
has the A-bomb.has the A-bomb.
y Allies agree GermanyAllies agree Germany
is to be divided intois to be divided into
occupation zonesoccupation zones
y Poland movedPoland moved
around to suitaround to suit
the Soviets.the Soviets.
P.M. Clement President JosephP.M. Clement President Joseph
Atlee Truman StalinAtlee Truman Stalin

125. The Manhattan Project:
Los Alamos,
NM
Dr. RobertDr. Robert
OppenheimerOppenheimer
I am become
death,
the shatterer
of worlds!
Major GeneralMajor General
Lesley R. GrovesLesley R. Groves

126. Tinian Island, 1945
Little Boy Fat ManLittle Boy Fat Man
Enola GayEnola Gay CrewCrew

127. Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

128. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
© 70,000 killed70,000 killed
immediately.immediately.
© 48,000 buildings.48,000 buildings.
destroyed.destroyed.
© 100,000s died of100,000s died of
radiation poisoning &radiation poisoning &
cancer later.cancer later.

129. The Beginning of the
Atomic Age

130. Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
© 40,000 killed40,000 killed
immediately.immediately.
© 60,000 injured.60,000 injured.
© 100,000s died of100,000s died of
radiation poisoningradiation poisoning
& cancer later.& cancer later.

131. Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

132. Hiroshima Memorials

133. V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

134. Japanese POWs, Guam

135. V-J Day in Times Square, NYC

137. WW II Casualties: Europe
Each symbol
indicates 100,000
dead in the
appropriate theater
of operations

138. WW II Casualties: Asia
Each symbol
indicates 100,000
dead in the
appropriate theater
of operations

139. WW II
Casualties
CountryCountry Men in warMen in war Battle deathsBattle deaths WoundedWounded
AustraliaAustralia 1,000,0001,000,000 26,97626,976 180,864180,864
AustriaAustria 800,000800,000 280,000280,000 350,117350,117
BelgiumBelgium 625,000625,000 8,4608,460 55,51355,51311
BrazilBrazil22
40,33440,334 943943 4,2224,222
BulgariaBulgaria 339,760339,760 6,6716,671 21,87821,878
CanadaCanada 1,086,3431,086,34377
42,04242,04277
53,14553,145
ChinaChina33
17,250,52117,250,521 1,324,5161,324,516 1,762,0061,762,006
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia —— 6,6836,68344
8,0178,017
DenmarkDenmark —— 4,3394,339 ——
FinlandFinland 500,000500,000 79,04779,047 50,00050,000
FranceFrance —— 201,568201,568 400,000400,000
GermanyGermany 20,000,00020,000,000 3,250,0003,250,00044
7,250,0007,250,000
GreeceGreece —— 17,02417,024 47,29047,290
HungaryHungary —— 147,435147,435 89,31389,313
IndiaIndia 2,393,8912,393,891 32,12132,121 64,35464,354
ItalyItaly 3,100,0003,100,000 149,496149,49644
66,71666,716
JapanJapan 9,700,0009,700,000 1,270,0001,270,000 140,000140,000
NetherlandsNetherlands 280,000280,000 6,5006,500 2,8602,860
New ZealandNew Zealand 194,000194,000 11,62511,62544
17,00017,000
NorwayNorway 75,00075,000 2,0002,000 ——
PolandPoland —— 664,000664,000 530,000530,000
RomaniaRomania 650,000650,00055
350,000350,00066
——
South AfricaSouth Africa 410,056410,056 2,4732,473 ——
U.S.S.R.U.S.S.R. —— 6,115,0006,115,00044
14,012,00014,012,000
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 5,896,0005,896,000 357,116357,11644
369,267369,267
United StatesUnited States 16,112,56616,112,566 291,557291,557 670,846670,846
1. Civilians only.
2. Army and navy figures.
3. Figures cover period July 7,
1937 to Sept. 2, 1945,
and concern only Chinese
regular troops. They do not
include casualties suffered
by guerrillas and local
military corps.
4. Deaths from all causes.
5. Against Soviet Russia;
385,847
against Nazi Germany.
6. Against Soviet Russia;
169,822
against Nazi Germany.
7. National Defense Ctr.,
Canadian
Forces Hq., Director of
History.

140. Massive Human Dislocations

141. The Creation of Israel
– In November 1947 United
Nations decided on partition
of Palestine into two states,
one Jewish and one Arab
Partition was accepted by
Zionist leaders and rejected
by Arab leaders. On May 14,
1948, with the British
mandate ending, the Jewish
National Council declared
Israel independent; the
neighboring Arab states
attacked the next day. Israel
successfully defended its
independence

142. Problems with Israel

143. Conflict between the Israelis and
Palestinians
– Divisive History
– Occupation, Land & Settlements
– Refugees
– Palestinian Terror
– Israeli Repression
– Israeli Security
– Jerusalem
– Water

144. The U.S. & the U.S.S.R.
Emerged as the Two Superpowers
of the later 20c

145. The Bi-Polarization of Europe:
The Beginning of the Cold War

146. The Division of Germany:
1945 - 1990

147. The Creation of the U. N.

148. Creation of NATO
• Based on the North Atlantic
Treaty Signed on 4 April 1949.
• The NATO headquarters are in
Brussels, Belgium, and the
organization constitutes a system
of collective defence whereby its
member states agree to mutual
defense in response to an attack
by any external party.

149. The Nuremberg War Trials:
Crimes Against Humanity

150. Japanese War Crimes Trials
GeneralGeneral
Hideki TojoHideki Tojo
Bio-ChemicalBio-Chemical
ExperimentsExperiments

151. 7 Future American Presidents
Served in World War II

152. The Race for
Space
http://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=RMINSD7MmT4
http://www.youtu
be.com/watch?
v=V0W9bQ2Jg3

153. Early Computer Technology
Came Out of WW II
Mark I, 1944Mark I, 1944
Admiral Grace Hooper,Admiral Grace Hooper,
1944-19921944-1992
COBOL languageCOBOL language
Colossus, 1941Colossus, 1941

154. The Emergence of Third
World Nationalist Movements

155. The De-Colonization of
European Empires