1. World War II
Vlowe, 2011

2. Before the war Great Depression hurt all countries of Europe
Hitler became the leader and promised to make Germany strong again
Dictator someone who has complete control of a country,
No one can act or speak against that person
Arrested Jews for no reason (different religion)
He blamed Jews for Germany’s problems
Prison called concentration camps
More than 6 million were killed, Holocaust, gassed, hanged, shot, worked or starved to death, diseases
Germany was weak and poor after the war
Nazi party was elected to power in 1932, Hitler that Germans were the smartest and most powerful people and would rule again

3. Preparing for War Other dictators Benito Mussolini (Italy)
Germany, Italy and Japan wanted more land
Germany took over countries in Europe
Italy went to war with Africa
Japan took over parts of China
These three countries agreed to help each other known as the Axis Powers

4. World War II
Hitler demanded Poland give Germany some land, because Germany had lost this land in WWI
Afraid, asked Great Britain for help if Germany tried to attack them.
He attacked Sept. 1939, then took control of Poland, later Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, France
Great Britain and France announced they were at war with the Germans (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada)
Winston Churchill prime minister of Great Britain
Joseph Stalin leader of Soviet Union, signed a secret treaty.
U.S. didn’t want to get involved
Japanese decided to bomb Pearl Harbor thinking this would keep the United States out of the war.
Fear of Japanese American helping Japan attack U.S., they were sent to internment camps
Japan attacked Hong Kong, Shanghai, Philippines, Thailand, Guam and Malaya who were controlled by U.S. and allies
Lost homes, businesses, gave them 20,000 who spent time in these camps because it was unfair

5. WWII
U.S. joined the Allies (Great Britain, Soviet Union and other countries that fought the Axis.
Ended Great Depression
Factories receive more business of making tools, tanks, guns and other weapons.
Women went to work in the factories
Goods were rationed (government limited what a family could buy)
Families grew vegetables on farm (called victory gardens) to send to the soldiers
Children collected tin cans, to help make weapons, and peach pits
Limits were enforced, not crucial to survival was hard to get.
Butter, sugar, and meat short supply : meatless days,

6. War in Europe Took back countries that Germany and Italy had taken
Hardest battle along the beaches in France.
Germans knew they would go through France to get to Great Britain, built forts to try to keep them from landing. Sent 2700 ships, flew plans and landed behind the Germans.
This day known as D-Day, largest sea attack
Led by General Dwight Eisenhower
Freed the prisoners in concentration camps, horrified
Upon reaching their Hitler killed himself, then the German army gave up
V-E day (Victory in Europe Day, May )
Allies hardest fight, lasted about a year (reach Berlin, Germany capital)

7. War in Pacific
Japanese thought they were the best, smartest and strongest.
Leader Emperor Hirochito, thought he was GOD
Kamikaze attacks, flying planes into the allies.
The U.S. rebuilt its navy and sent troops to Pacific ocean to fight the Japanese, who had taken over many of the islands.
Flew from the large ships called aircraft carriers.
Planes attacked the Japanese on islands while the soldiers tried to land on the beaches
British, Chinese, Australians were fighting in east of India and south of China (Southeast Asia)
Bigger than all of Europe
Planes were slower, couldn’t go as far as now
Needed landing strips,

8. Atomic Bomb April 1945, President Roosevelt died and Truman took over.
Thought the European war would end soon but Pacific war would go longer ,
Used this bomb to make the Japanese to give up on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan
Japan still did not give up
U.S. dropped another atomic bomb three days later in Nagasaki
Victory over Japan Day ,( V-J day.) General MacArthur accepted the surrender
Over 100,000 people killed

9. Change Roles in Society
Middle class women took on jobs
Soldiers came home took back their jobs
More women in the workforce as teachers, nurses
Tuskegee Airmen, AA pilots fought with 332nd Fighter Group in Army Air Corps
First AA pilots in the US military
1942, United Nations, 26 Allied nations, make sure there would not be a WWIII. Negotiates peace and war.
Meat in Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

10. Quiz
How much do you know????

11. Question 1 The name of the German dictator was Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Franklin Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini

12. The Axis Powers included
Question 2
The Axis Powers included

13. Question 3 The United States entered World War II because
Japan bombed the United States Navy.
Hitler put people in concentration camps.
Germany bombed Great Britain
It was one of the Allies

14. Question 4
D-Day was a battle on the beaches of A. Italy B. Japan C. Germany D. France

15. Question 5
World War II ended in
1941
1943
1944
1945

16. Question 6 The war in the Pacific ended because
Aircraft carriers attacked the islands
Atomic bombs were dropped on Japan
Adolf Hitler died
Harry S. Truman was President

17. Answers
German dictator was B. Adolf Hitler Axis Powers included A. Germany and Japan U.S. entered the war because A. Japan bombed the U.S. navy D-Day was a battle on the beaches of D. France. World War II ended in D The war in the Pacific ended because C. Adolf Hitler died