World War II 1939 - 1945 1939-1945
Axis Powers and Leaders Japan: Hirohito Germany: Hitler Italy: Mussolini
Allied Powers and Leaders France: Edouard Daladier Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin United States: FDR (after 12-7-41) England: Winston Churchill
Philosophies Aggression: Germany, Italy, Japan Appeasement “giving – in”: England, France Isolationism: United States
What was the United States initial response to the war?
Why did the United States enter World War II?
December 7,1941-Japan bombed US naval base in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor “Yesterday, December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy” FDR
What was our home front doing to help support the war?
What was Japanese Internment?
How does World War II end?
The Germans Surrender Soviets reached Berlin first Adolf Hitler found dead in bunker—a suicide Berlin surrendered May 2, 1945; Germany five days later Victory in Europe (V-E Day) proclaimed May 8, 1945 War in Europe finally over after nearly six years
Allies issued demand for surrender Japan was next! US was now ready to make Japan surrender. July 26, 1945 Allies issued demand for surrender No response; Hiroshima bombed on August 6, 1945 Still no surrender; second bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 145,000 total deaths Japanese surrendered August 15, 1945; V-J Day (Victory in Japan) Options: To invade or drop the bomb 1.To invade Japan, it would cost upward of 1 million dollars. 2. Atomic bomb successfully tested in 1945 Harry S Truman U.S. president with Roosevelt’s death in May 1945 was forced to make the decision.
End of War Germany surrenders in April 1945; V-E Day May 8, 1945 Japan surrenders September 2, 1945-V-J Day Hiroshima/Nagasaki-Atom bomb; Decision to drop bomb - Manhattan Project made at Potsdam Conference under President Truman
Economic Results property damage in Japan & Europe economic recovery (industry) in the United States territorial changes in Europe
What happened to Hitler, Mussolini & Hirohito?
Fate of Axis Leaders Hitler-Committed suicide when Allies invaded Berlin (April 30, 1945) Mussolini- Executed by Italian partisans near the end of World War II Hirohito- After Japan’s surrender, Hirohito remained as figurehead leader of the constitutional monarch in Japan (Allied powers set up the constitutional monarchy)