WWII Alliances, Events, Causes and Outcomes This presentation focuses mainly on the war in Europe.

Alliances Axis Powers Triple Alliance Germany Japan Italy Britain France U.S.S.R-(1941-1945) United States of America-(1941-1945)

Causes Treaty of Versailles Hitler’s actions Failure of appeasement The embarrassment and the economic crisis it caused Germany Hitler’s actions Mein Kampf, his views on Aryan supremacy, his growth of the German army, his constant invasion of other countries Failure of appeasement France and Britain allowed Hitler to grow his army and invade some countries because they did not want another war. Hitler promised Czechoslovakia was his last invasion- he broke this promise Failure of the League of Nations Not all countries joined, did not have an army, slow to react

Events 1939 Nazi Germany invaded and took over Czechoslovakia (March 15-16) Germany and USSR sign Pact of Non-Aggression (August 23) Germany invades Poland, starting WWII in Europe (September 1) Britain and France declare war on Germany (September 3) Nazi’s and Soviets split Poland (September 29) Nazi’s begin euthanasia on sick and elderly in Germany (October)

Non-Aggression Pact

Events 1940 Nazi’s invade Denmark and Norway (April 9) Nazi’s invade the Low Countries: France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (May 10) Dunkirk evacuation begins (May 26) Italy declares war on France and Germany (June 10) Germans enter Paris (June 14) Battle of Britain begins (July 10) Nazi Blitz on British cities begins (September 7) Axis Pact signed by Italy, Japan and Germany Roosevelt begins “Arsenal of Democracy” (December 29)

Hitler in Paris/Dunkirk

Events 1941 “Lend-Lease Act” signed by President Roosevelt Nazi SS Einsatzgruppen begin mass murder (June 6) Operation Barbarossa begins (June 22) Mutual agreement between Britain and Soivets (July 12) Roosevelt seizes trade with Japan (July 26) Seige on Leningrad begins (August 20) German Jews ordered to wear yellow stars (September 1) Japanese bombing of Pearl harbor (December 7) U.S.A. And Britain declare war on Japan (December 8) Germany declares war on the U.S.A (December 11)

Jewish Yellow Star

Pearl Harbor

Events 1942 Declaration of the United Nations signed by the Ally countries (January 1) Wannsee Conference to talk about “The Final Solution” (January 20) Japanese-Americans began being sent to relocation centers in America (April 1) Auschwitz gas chambers begin (June) Battle of Midway is won by the United States (June4-5) Battle of Stalingrad begins (September 13) United States begins operation Torch with invasion of North Africa (November 8)

Events 1943 Casablanca conference, Churchill and Roosevelt meet and decided the only way for war to end is with Germany’s unconditional surrender (January 14- 24) German’s surrender at Stalingrad (February 2) German and Italian troops surrender in North Africa (May 13) Allies land in Sicily (July 9-10) Mussolini is arrested and Fascism falls in Italy (July 25-26) Italy Surrenders (September 8) Italy declares war on Germany (October 13) Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Tehran Conference (November 28) Eisenhower named commander of Operation Overlord (December 24

Events 1944 Russians invade Poland (January 6) Leningrad liberated after 900-day siege (January 27) D-Day (June 6) German assassination attempt on Hitler fails (July 20) Soviets liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek (July 24) U.S. troops capture Marianas Islands (August 8) Allied invasion of southern France begins (August 15) Paris is liberated (August 25) First kamikaze attacks on U.S. warships (October 25) Battle of the Bulge begins (December 16-27)

Events 1945 Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops (January 26) Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta (February 4-11) U.S. B-29’s bomb Tokyo (March 9-10) Americans land in Okinawa (April 1) Roosevelt dies Truman takes over (April 12) Soviets reach Berlin (April 21) Hitler commits suicide (April 30) Unconditional surrender of German army (May 7) V-E day (May 8) Allies divide up Germany and take over the government (June 5)

Events 1945 Continued United Nations charter signed in San Francisco (June 26) First U.S. A-Bomb trial, Potsdam Conference begins (July 16) A-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (August 6) A-Bomb dropped on Nagasaki (August 9) Japan surrenders (August 14) V-J Day (August 15) Japan signs surrender aboard USS Missouri (September 2) UN is officially born (October 24) Nuremberg war trials begin (November 20)

The other WWII Genocide?

WWII By the Numbers Allies Axis Military Casualties-Over 16 Million Civilian Casualties- Over 45 Million Civilian Casualties- Over 4 Million Total- Over 61 Million Total- Over 12 Million