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The World Divided…
Again:
World War II
By: Chanel Bradshaw
Timmy Swatski
Ryan Hocker
Tara Doherty
Causes of the War
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Adolf Hitler- Dictator of
Germany
German MilitarismDisobeying the Treaty
of Versailles, Hitler
built up military
Appeasement- France
and Britain didn’t want
any confrontation with
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
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Connection To WWII:
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Extremely anti-Semitic (prejudice
against Jews)
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Blamed them for loss of WWI
Goal: Make Germany most
powerful empire in Europe
How: Used power as Chancellor of
Germany
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Took control of Nazi Party
Built up German military
Convinced people Jews were an
inferior race
Think About It: Do you think the artist of this
picture was against Hitler or supported him?
Why?
Nazi Party
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Started 1919
Hitler became leader
2 years after
Main Belief: Jews
ruining Germany;
needed nation of their
own
Goal: exterminate
Jews from Germany
Think About It: If the Nazi Party had a
different leader other than Adolf
Hitler, do you think it would have
been so powerful?
Admiral Yamamoto
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Who?
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War Experiences
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Commander-In-Chief
 Imperial Japanese
Navy
In Russo-Japanese and
WWII
Why is he important to
WWII?
 He was the reason
U.S. got involved
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Planned bombing of
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
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What?
 U.S. naval base
in Hawaii
Uses
 Help navy in
Pacific
 Help trading in
Pacific
Pearl Harbor contd.
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When?
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Where?
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December 7, 1941
Oahu, Hawaii (Pearl
Harbor)
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Japan didn’t want the
U.S. involved in the
pacific theater
Surprise attack
Began at:
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Why?
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How it happened
Attack planes came in
two waves
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First: 7:53am
Second: 8:55am
End: 9:55
By 1:00 in the afternoon
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Think about it: If Japan never bombed
Pearl Harbor, do you think that the United
States would still have gotten involved?
6:00am on December 7th
Attack planes were headed
back to Japan
Pearl Harbor Contd.
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How?
Japan’s side
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Japanese carriers’ started
training
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Attack force and 181 fighter
planes
6 heavy aircraft
24 supporting vessels
Separate group of
submarines = sink any
American warships that
escape Japanese force
Pearl Harbor’s Result
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United States
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Military casualties
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2,280 soldiers killed
Wounded
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19 naval vessels
destroyed
8 battleships sunk
1,109 soldiers
Civilians
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68 killed
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Japanese
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People
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Loses were light
Fewer than 100 killed
Planes
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21 destroyed
Concentration Camps
Auschwitz
Bergen Belsen
Established by Heinrich  Created by Nazi’s
Himmler
 Weak prisoners
Most European Jews
shipped here to die of
were killed in this camp starvation
Mass gassing of Jews
 Ex: Anne Frank died
began here
here
Used Zyklon-B gas
Lack of Food
Conditions
Forced Labor
Gas Chambers
Liberation of Jews
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50,000-100,000 survivors
lived in three zones
 American, British, and
Soviet
Many Jews couldn’t return
home
 Bad memories and
prejudice neighbors
DP camps were set up until
emigration
Last DP camp closed in
1957
First Battle
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Who: Japan VS U.S.
When: June 4, 1942
Where: Midway
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Key American Military Base
What:
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US sank 4 Japan aircraft
carriers
228 Japan aircraft destroyed
Results Of First Battle
Japan loses
 Reduced Japan’s supply of highly trained
pilots
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Led to Japan using kamikazes
Japan’s navy no longer rules Pacific
Manhattan Project
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What: Organization in creating the atomic bomb
When: Began Sept. 23, 1942
Who: Colonial Leslie Groves = director
Why: Fear of Nazi Germany developing nuclear
weapons
Atomic Bomb
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Who:
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What:
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America dropped atomic bomb on
Hiroshima, Japan
Why:
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President Truman made plans to
invade Japan
See effects bomb would have on
city
U.S. didn’t want to continue war
Why Not:
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Military advisor warned = half
million American casualties
Think About It: Do you think it
was wise for the United States
to use the atomic bomb?
Atomic Bombs
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First Bomb:
Second bomb:
Both
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August 6th American plane
dropped bomb on Hiroshima
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Nothing like the world has ever
seen
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Within mins, blasts and heat
killed= 200,000 people
cities die
from
slower
deaths
from
radiation
poisoning
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August 9th Nagasaki
was bombed
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40,000 died
Japan’s Surrender
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At last, August 14th
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Emperor of Japan
announced nation
would surrender
Day was known as VJ Day
September 2, 1945
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MacArthur accepted
Japan’s surrender
aboard USS Missouri
in Tokyo Bay
World War II Death Toll
Axis Forces
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Germany:
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Civilians: 700,000
Troops: 3,500,000
Japan:
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Allied Forces
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Civilians: 350,000
Troops: 2,000,000
Civilians: 10,000,000
Troops: 10,000,000
Poland:
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Think About It: Why do you think
the U.S had the least amount of
casualties in the war?
Soviet Union:
Civilians: 5,700,000
Troops: 100,000
United States
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Civilians: not known
Troops: 400,000
BIG QUESTION!
Was World War II necessary? If
so, which was the worst event
that happened during this time?
Why do you think so?
Video!
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In this video, you will see what happened
at Pearl Harbor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBexLJbVPA