Causes of World War 2
... bought more than they did when they had fewer working members. And this abnormal spending resulted in a rise in the economy as more money was being pumped back into it. • Going to war meant more jobs, and more jobs meant more spending, and more spending meant a boom in the economy, pulling the world ...
... bought more than they did when they had fewer working members. And this abnormal spending resulted in a rise in the economy as more money was being pumped back into it. • Going to war meant more jobs, and more jobs meant more spending, and more spending meant a boom in the economy, pulling the world ...
World War II - Europe
... Operation Overlord- General Eisenhower put in charge of a massive English channel invasion ...
... Operation Overlord- General Eisenhower put in charge of a massive English channel invasion ...
Chapter 21-Leading up to War
... Military leaders took control of Japan in the 1930s They developed a plan called militarism Japan needed natural resources for its industries 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria in north China to get coal and oil • 1932 Japan set up a puppet state in Manchuria • 1937 Japan attacks China • The U.S. did not ...
... Military leaders took control of Japan in the 1930s They developed a plan called militarism Japan needed natural resources for its industries 1931 Japan invaded Manchuria in north China to get coal and oil • 1932 Japan set up a puppet state in Manchuria • 1937 Japan attacks China • The U.S. did not ...
File
... Weimar Republic appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany. • President Von Hindenburg died in 1934. • Hitler then known as Fuhrer, “the leader.” • Created secret police (Gestapo) and government controlled media and education. • By late 1930’s, Hitler’s economic policies like rebuilding the military and ...
... Weimar Republic appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany. • President Von Hindenburg died in 1934. • Hitler then known as Fuhrer, “the leader.” • Created secret police (Gestapo) and government controlled media and education. • By late 1930’s, Hitler’s economic policies like rebuilding the military and ...
WWII TERMS to know:
... bombs on Japan to end the war without an invasion of the Japanese islands. Joseph Stalin: Leader of the USSR during WWII. Signed non-aggression pact with Hitler but changed sides when Hitler invaded Russia in 1941. Chiang Kai-shek – pro-democracy leader of China during WWII – fought Japan’s invasion ...
... bombs on Japan to end the war without an invasion of the Japanese islands. Joseph Stalin: Leader of the USSR during WWII. Signed non-aggression pact with Hitler but changed sides when Hitler invaded Russia in 1941. Chiang Kai-shek – pro-democracy leader of China during WWII – fought Japan’s invasion ...
Standard SSWH18
... 1. Allied major assault through Central Pacific & Japanese defenses. 2. A series of bloody battles through the islands in which Japan’s fleet was heavily damaged. ...
... 1. Allied major assault through Central Pacific & Japanese defenses. 2. A series of bloody battles through the islands in which Japan’s fleet was heavily damaged. ...
Germany
... “Wars are not won by evacuations. We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields an ...
... “Wars are not won by evacuations. We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields an ...
Lend-Lease Act in 1941
... On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and World War II began between the Axis and Allies How did the USA respond to the start of WWII? Read and respond to situation #1 (1939) ...
... On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and World War II began between the Axis and Allies How did the USA respond to the start of WWII? Read and respond to situation #1 (1939) ...
Cold War - Aurora City Schools
... states and “an armed attack against one or more of the nations, shall be considered an attack against them all. Canadian Foreign Minister St. Louis St. Laurent Countries include; United States, Canada, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Portug ...
... states and “an armed attack against one or more of the nations, shall be considered an attack against them all. Canadian Foreign Minister St. Louis St. Laurent Countries include; United States, Canada, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Portug ...
Operation Barbarossa Stalls Out
... In the Barbarossa invasion, the Germans would employ blitzkrieg for one last time in World War II, counting on their combat experience and superior technology to prevail over the sheer Russian numbers. The greatest military resource of the Soviet Union was its huge population, which provided almost ...
... In the Barbarossa invasion, the Germans would employ blitzkrieg for one last time in World War II, counting on their combat experience and superior technology to prevail over the sheer Russian numbers. The greatest military resource of the Soviet Union was its huge population, which provided almost ...
UNIT 15 and 16 Themes – Post WWII, Cold War, and Post Cold War
... goals within the Soviet Union and prompted revolts in Eastern Europe c. Following a long period of economic stagnation, Mikhail Gorbachev’s internal reforms of PERESTROIKA and GLASNOST, designed to make the Soviet system more flexible, failed to stave off the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end ...
... goals within the Soviet Union and prompted revolts in Eastern Europe c. Following a long period of economic stagnation, Mikhail Gorbachev’s internal reforms of PERESTROIKA and GLASNOST, designed to make the Soviet system more flexible, failed to stave off the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end ...
Unit 4: The Twentieth-Century Crisis
... the Allies. Fighting broke out on the Austrian-Italian border. In the fall of 1917, combined German/Austrian forces broke through the Italian lines at Caporetta, causing retreat. b. Asia & the Pacific-Japan took over German spheres of influence on China’s Shantung Peninsula. c. The Ottoman Empire (T ...
... the Allies. Fighting broke out on the Austrian-Italian border. In the fall of 1917, combined German/Austrian forces broke through the Italian lines at Caporetta, causing retreat. b. Asia & the Pacific-Japan took over German spheres of influence on China’s Shantung Peninsula. c. The Ottoman Empire (T ...
HIST2037 - University of Hong Kong
... Allied attack expected at Channel coast but not in Normandy ...
... Allied attack expected at Channel coast but not in Normandy ...
The Allies Turn The Allies Turn the Tide
... Nazis retreated toward Germany ended any realistic plans of Hitler ...
... Nazis retreated toward Germany ended any realistic plans of Hitler ...
World War II - Mrs. Abbagnaro's Page
... The Leningrad never fell to the Germans Hitler tries to instead attack Moscow but the Nazi’s were stuck in the middle of one of the worst Russian winters. The Soviet Forces were able to then drive the Germans back ...
... The Leningrad never fell to the Germans Hitler tries to instead attack Moscow but the Nazi’s were stuck in the middle of one of the worst Russian winters. The Soviet Forces were able to then drive the Germans back ...
2006 WWII Study Guide
... 7. Outline the major events which occurred in the first year of the war in the Pacific following Pearl Harbor. What major events brought defeat to Japan? 8. Describe the events which led to the liberation of Western Europe. How were the German armies finally crushed? 9. What is the significance of t ...
... 7. Outline the major events which occurred in the first year of the war in the Pacific following Pearl Harbor. What major events brought defeat to Japan? 8. Describe the events which led to the liberation of Western Europe. How were the German armies finally crushed? 9. What is the significance of t ...
THE LAST STAGES OF THE WAR
... 2) How did the US government & the news media handle information on the Holocaust? 3) Why did the U.S. military refuse to take action against the extermination camps? ...
... 2) How did the US government & the news media handle information on the Holocaust? 3) Why did the U.S. military refuse to take action against the extermination camps? ...
File - Snyds History 12
... • Invoked the scorched earth policy – The Soviet government traded territory for time – Retreating forces and civilians destroyed everything left behind so Nazis could not use – Villages and crops were burned, animals were slaughtered, wells were poisoned – The Germans were not to be allowed to live ...
... • Invoked the scorched earth policy – The Soviet government traded territory for time – Retreating forces and civilians destroyed everything left behind so Nazis could not use – Villages and crops were burned, animals were slaughtered, wells were poisoned – The Germans were not to be allowed to live ...
No Slide Title
... Created a United Nations to promote world peace. Germany and Berlin would be divided into 4 zones controlled by the US, British, France and Soviet Union Eastern European countries under Soviet control would have “free elections” Stalin agreed but kept Eastern Europe under Soviet control after WW ...
... Created a United Nations to promote world peace. Germany and Berlin would be divided into 4 zones controlled by the US, British, France and Soviet Union Eastern European countries under Soviet control would have “free elections” Stalin agreed but kept Eastern Europe under Soviet control after WW ...
The Allied Victory
... • Mussolini loses power, but Germans keep control of northern Italy • Allies invade Italy, but Germans keep fighting there until the war ends. ...
... • Mussolini loses power, but Germans keep control of northern Italy • Allies invade Italy, but Germans keep fighting there until the war ends. ...
Franklin Roosevelt and His New Deal
... 3,435 US dead; 8 battleships destroyed David Kennedy, historian: “If Japan had not become an enemy- then D-day would have occurred in June, 1943 and US would have liberated Germany alone with Russia advanced only to Ukraine not Germany by the end of the war.” Allied strategy in WWII: defeat Hitler i ...
... 3,435 US dead; 8 battleships destroyed David Kennedy, historian: “If Japan had not become an enemy- then D-day would have occurred in June, 1943 and US would have liberated Germany alone with Russia advanced only to Ukraine not Germany by the end of the war.” Allied strategy in WWII: defeat Hitler i ...
Chapter 26 Notes
... -a member of the National Socialist Party, or Nazis. -became chancellor in 1933 and seized all government power. -blamed others for Germany’s problems, including Jews and Communists. -Soviet Union -Joseph Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union by 1928. -communist ruler -terrorized those he saw a ...
... -a member of the National Socialist Party, or Nazis. -became chancellor in 1933 and seized all government power. -blamed others for Germany’s problems, including Jews and Communists. -Soviet Union -Joseph Stalin became dictator of the Soviet Union by 1928. -communist ruler -terrorized those he saw a ...
World War II US Neutrality In the 1930s Fascism rises in Europe
... 8. Which change in United States foreign policy is demonstrated by the passage of these acts prior to World War II? a. a shift from neutrality toward more direct involvement b. an effort to become more neutral c. a movement from isolationism to containment of communism d. a desire to provide aid to ...
... 8. Which change in United States foreign policy is demonstrated by the passage of these acts prior to World War II? a. a shift from neutrality toward more direct involvement b. an effort to become more neutral c. a movement from isolationism to containment of communism d. a desire to provide aid to ...
Consequences of Nazism
Nazism and the acts of the Nazi German state profoundly affected many countries, communities and peoples before, during and after World War II. While the attempt of Germany to exterminate several nations viewed as subhuman by Nazi ideology was eventually stopped by the Allies, Nazi aggression nevertheless led to the deaths of tens of millions and the ruin of several states.