World War II The beginning

Dictators ●leader who gains complete control of a country’s government o Adolf Hitler - Germany o Benito Mussolini- Italy o Hideki Tojo- Japan ●All of these dictators promised to conquer other countries. They came to power in the 1930s (Hitler video of speeches)

Hitler Mussolini Tojo The Axis Powers or alliance

Hitler ●Fought in WWI ●Joined the Nazi Party in 1920 ●Arrested in 1923 and writes Mein Kampf. ●1933 becomes leader of Germany. ●Wanted to take over Europe as a way to punish the allies for the Treaty of Versailles. wwii?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

Propaganda ●Information that is misleading used to promote a political group ●The Nazis used propaganda to promote their racial views

Nazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an "Aryan" and a black woman. The caption states: "The result! A loss of racial pride." Germany, prewar.

German children read an anti-Jewish propaganda book titled DER GIFTPILZ ( "The Poisonous Mushroom"). The girl on the left holds a companion volume, the translated title of which is "Trust No Fox." Germany, ca

Nazi propaganda poster warning Germans about the dangers of east European "subhumans." Germany, date uncertain.

This image originates from a film produced by the Reich Propaganda Ministry. It shows patients in an unidentified asylum. Their existence is described as "life without hope." The Nazis sought, through propaganda, to develop public sympathy for the Euthanasia Program

Invasions ●Japan invaded China ●Germany invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia ●Appeasement: ignoring invasions to keep peace. o France and Great Britain did this to prevent war ●1939 Germany invades Poland o France and Great Britain declare war worldwariicauses/

Dark blue are the axis powers occupied terriotory

Allied Leaders Roosevelt (USA) Churchill (Britain) Stalin (USSR or Russia)

Battle of Britain ●Germans attacked Britain by air in 1940 ●Britain was bombed by the Germans in the form of blitzkrieg or lightning war. ●The Germans were never able to invade Britain

Stalin ●Dictator of Russia. He made a pact with Hitler, but Hitler broke it when he invaded Russia. ●Stalin joined the allies Churchill ●Prime Minister of Great Britain (like the president)

Church hill created the following sign to remind British citizens to stay calm during the war.

USA ●isolationism: the US wanted to stay out of the war, however, the US did give supplies to the allies ●The US did not like that Japan invaded China so they stopped trading with them o December 7, 1941 Japanese planes bombed US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii were killed. ●The US declared war on Germany and Japan

The Draft ●The US did not have enough soldiers to fight ●The government would inform young men that they must serve by sending a letter. ●10 million men were drafted in World War II

The Home Front The Depression Ends ●Even before the US entered the war, we began manufacturing tanks, ships, airplanes, and weapons. ●This created millions of new jobs resulting in the end of the depression

Women on the Homefront ●350,000 women served in the military during WWII. ●Millions of me left to go fight leaving factories without workers. Women worked these jobs. history/videos/ask-history-rosie-the-riveter

Tuskegee Airmen ●African Americans were not allowed to by pilots in the US Airforce. ●They joined together in Tuskegee, AL and trained to fly. ●In 1943 they were allowed to join the fighting in the war.

Japanese Internment Camps ●Japanese Americans were suspected of being loyal to Japan ●110,000 Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and jobs to live in internment camps that were fenced in. v=31MwRgrWOf8

Response Question What is your opinion? Do you think Japanese Americans should have been placed in internment camps? Why or why not?

Technology in World War II ●Albert Einstein discovered how to split an atom which led to the atomic bomb. ●The Manhattan Project: secret project to build the first atomic bomb ●Code Breakers: Each side had secret codes. The first computer was built during this time to break German codes. ●Radar: uses radio beams to locate objects in the air.

Navajo “Code Talkers” ●US soldiers who were Navajo Native Americans used their language to create an unbreakable code. ●Aside from the Navajo people only 30 people in the world knew the language. ●The language does not have a written alphabet which made it difficult to break.

Where was the war fought? Students will need to turn to pages Put the Teacher edition under document camera. Point out the areas of the world where fighting took place.

Major Turning Points of the War Europe ●Battle of Stalingrad: major turning point because the Soviet army forced the Germans to retreat. ●D-Day June 6, 1944: Largest invasion by sea in history. 175,000 allied soldiers invaded the beaches of Normandy capturing it. This allowed the allies to push on into Germany. ●

Europe Turning Points Continued ●Battle of the Bulge: General Patton lead the allies to victory. Germany was taken over by the allies ●May 8, 1945 V-E Day: Germany surrenders, Victory in Europe

Turning Points in the Pacific ●Battle of Midway: US beat the Japanese weakening the Japanese navy. ●Island Hopping: strategy used by US to take Japanese islands in order to use them as fueling stations for American planes ii/battle-of-iwo-jima

Victory Japan ●April 12, 1945 FDR died and VP Harry Truman takes over. ●To save American soldiers lives, Truman decided to drop the first atomic bomb on Japan ●August 6 the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. 80,000 people died within seconds of the bomb being dropped. ●August 9 the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. 60,000 people died

Effects of the Atomic Bomb nagasaki/videos/atomic-bomb

Response Question Do you think the US should have used the atomic bomb on Japan? Why or why not?

VJ Day ●August 14, 1945 Japan surrendered ending World War II

The Holocaust ●Anti-Semitism: Hatred for Jews ●Hitler wanted to destroy the entire Jewish population ●6 million Jews were killed during ●6million non-Jews were also murdered holocaust/videos/concentration-camp-liberation