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WORLD WAR II HOW DID WE END UP IN WORLD WAR AGAIN? THE STEPS TO WAR: 1. THE GREAT DEPRESSION - AMERICA WAS NOT THE ONLY DEPRESSED NATION IN THE 1930’S. THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS WORLD WIDE. LIKE AMERICANS, OTHER COUNTRIES TURNED TO THEIR GOVERNMENTS FOR HELP. WHEN SOME GOVERNMENTS WERE UNABLE TO HELP, THEY TURNED TO THE PROMISES OF MEN WHO SAID THEY HAD THE ANSWERS THESE MEN WERE DICTATORS. DICTATORS THE GERMANS’ SEARCH FOR ANSWERS TOOK THEM TO A MADMAN NAMED ADOLF HITLER. THE ITALIANS TURNED TO THIS MAN, BENITO MUSSOLINI. EVEN THOUGH RUSSIA WOULD FIGHT ON OUR SIDE, THEY TOO HAD A DICTATOR NAMED JOSEPH STALIN. JAPAN WAS USED TO LIFE UNDER STRICT RULE BY AN EMPEROR. HIS NAME WAS HIROHITO. NATIONALISM STEP 2: 2. DICTATORS GAVE THE PEOPLE SOMEONE TO BLAME. THEY TOLD THE PEOPLE OF THEIR COUNTRIES THAT THE HARD TIMES THEY WERE EXPERIENCING WERE THE FAULT OF VARIOUS GROUPS, JEWS, COMMUNISTS, CAPITALISTS, ETC. AND THAT IF THEY WOULD FOLLOW THEIR LEADERSHIP THEIR NATION WOULD BE GREAT AGAIN. NATIONALISM WAS USED AS A TOOL FOR DISREGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY. HITLER’S RISE TO POWER I. THE DEPRESSION OPENS THE EARS OF MILLIONS TO IDEAS THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED IN BETTER TIMES. II. THE NAZI PARTY (HITLER’S POLITICAL PARTY) BECOMES APPEALING TO MANY GERMANS. THE NATIONAL SOCIALISTS HAD A DYNAMIC YOUNG LEADER WHO WAS AN ENTHRALLING SPEAKER, ADOLF HITLER. III. ONCE THE NAZIS OBTAINED TOTAL CONTROL IN GERMANY, THEIR POLICIES OF HATRED, AND FALSE BLAME LED TO THE REARMING OF THE GERMAN ARMY AND THE DEATH OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE. GERMANY ON THE MOVE!! AT THE END OF WORLD WAR I, GERMANY HAD BEEN FORCED TO AGREE THAT THEY WOULD NEVER TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBORS AGAIN, AND THEY WOULD MAKE HUGE CASH PAYMENTS TO THOSE THEY HAD LOST THE WAR TO IN REPAYMENT FOR HAVING STARTED THE WAR TO BEGIN WITH. THE DEPRESSION MADE GERMANY’S ABILITY TO DO THAT IMPOSSIBLE. HITLER AND THE NAZIS BLAMED JEWS AND OTHER MINORITIES FOR GERMANY’S TROUBLES, AND REFUSED TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE TREATY THAT HAD ENDED WORLD WAR I. THE NAZIS PUSHED FOR A REUNITED GERMANY ON THE MOVE TO REGAIN WORLD PROMINENCE AND RESPECT. HITLER REBUILT THE ARMED FORCES ILLEGALLY AND BEGAN TO TAKE OVER COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY. BECAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION, OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS COULD NOT AFFORD TO STOP HIM. WHILE THEY STOOD BY AND DID NOTHING, HITLER KEPT ON MOVING. THEY FINALLY DREW THE LINE AT POLAND SAYING THAT IF GERMANY INVADED POLAND IT WOULD BE AN ACT OF WAR. HITLER INVADED ANYWAY GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE GERMANY TAKES MOST ALL OF MAINLAND EUROPE BY 1941, HITLER AND THE GERMANS HAD CONTROL OF ALL OF MAINLAND EUROPE. HITLER HAD TRIED TO AVOID THE MISTAKES OF WWI BY NOT FIGHTING A 2 FRONT WAR. HE SIGNED A NON-AGRESSION PACT WITH RUSSIA. HE TRIED FOR MONTHS TO TAKE GREAT BRITAIN BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. HE BROKE HIS WORD AND TURNED EAST AND ATTACKED RUSSIA. MILLIONS WOULD DIE, BUT IT WOULD TURN OUT TO BE HIS WORST MISTAKE. AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR AMERICA TRIES TO STAY NEUTRAL AT FIRST. AT FIRST, WE TRIED TO BE A SUPPLIER FOR OUR ALLIES IN FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN GIVING THEM WAR MATERIALS BUT NOT FIGHTING OURSELVES. EVEN TRYING TO REMAIN NEUTRAL, WE STILL ENACTED A DRAFT IN 1940. THE ACT THAT FORCES US IN!! JAPAN AND GERMANY HAD AN ALLIANCE WITH ONE ANOTHER. ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 JAPAN ATTACKED THE U.S. NAVAL FLEET DOCKED IN PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. 2,330 AMERICANS KILLED, 1,145 WOUNDED, HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND PLANES DESTROYED. UNTIL SEPT. 11, 2001, IT WAS THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ENEMY ATTACK ON U.S. SOIL IN AMERICAN HISTORY. DEC. 8, 1941 THE DAY AFTER THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR, ROOSEVELT ASKS CONGRESS FOR A DECLERATION OF WAR AGAINST THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN. EVERY CONGRESS MEMBER BUT ONE VOTES FOR WAR. SHE WAS CONGRESSWOMAN JEANETTE RANKIN OF MONTANA WHO WAS A PACIFIST OR BELIEVER IN NON-VIOLENCE. BECAUSE OF THEIR ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN, 3 DAYS LATER GERMANY AND ITALY WOULD DECLARE WAR ON THE U.S.. BEFORE IT WAS OVER 50 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE WOULD BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN WWII EITHER ON THE SIDE OF THE ALLIES (U.S., GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA) OR THE AXIS (GERMANY ITALY, AND JAPAN) Georgia’s Role in World War II 320,000 Georgians volunteered or were drafted into service. Great leaders came from Georgia also: General Lucius D. Clay - famous for being able to keep troops and supplies going to troops in Europe without delay. Marvin Griffin - future governor of Georgia Herman Talmadge - future governor Ernest Vandiver - future governor Carl Sanders - future governor Training Bases: 2nd most in the country good climate, cheap land, extensive railroad network, deep water ports, and farms and mills to feed and clothe soldiers. Rep. Carl Vinson of Ga. And Senator Richard Russell of Ga. Both were influential in building up America’s armed forces. Lucius D. Clay Marvin Griffin Herman Talmadge Carl Vinson Richard Russell Carl Vinson was responsible for creating the Army Air Corp. which would become the U.S. Air Force. He also was influential in the creation of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy. Richard Russell was instrumental in building our nation’s fighting force up from 174,000 in 1939 to 6,000,000 in 1945. They both spearheaded efforts to bring active military training bases to Georgia which in turn created jobs for Georgians. Training Bases in Georgia FT. BENNING IN COLUMBUS WAS A HUGE BENEFIT TO THE WAR EFFORT. IT WAS THE LARGEST INFANTRY TRAINING CENTER IN THE WORLD. WARNER ROBBINS AIR FORCE BASE SOUTH OF MACON FT. GORDON U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORP <> HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD HOME OF THE RANGERS GEORGIA’S WAR TIME INDUSTRIES WEAPONS FACTORIES AT MILLEDGEVILLE & MACON. TO AND BELL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION BUILT B-29 BOMBERS IN MARIETTA. 20,000 GA.’S WORKED THERE. NAVY BASES AT SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK, GA PEACE AT LAST - VICTORY IN EUROPE CAME ON MAY 8, 1945 WHEN GERMANY SURRENDERED. - V-J DAY CAME MUCH LATER AS JAPAN CONTINUED TO FIGHT ON UNTIL AUG. 15, 1945. IT TOOK A NEW AND SECRET WEAPON TO GET THE JAPANESE TO SURRENDER. THE ATOMIC BOMB THE COST OF WAR WORLDWIDE DEAD – 50,000,000 (MILLION) UNITED STATES DEAD – 405,000 UNITED STATES WOUNDED – 671,000 GEORGIA DEAD – 7,000 COST – MOST EXPENSIVE WAR IN HISTORY TO THAT TIME BILLIONS OF DOLLARS JOB PRODUCTION – FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN GA., MORE GEORGIANS WERE WORKING IN MANUFACTURING JOBS THAN AGRICULTURAL JOBS. RETURNING GEORGIA SOLDIERS TOOK UP NEW ATTITUDES ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THEY SOUGHT MORE EDUCATION AS THE G.I. BILL PAID FOR THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL Then, stark naked, they had to run down more steps to an underground corridor that led back up the ramp, where the gas van awaited them. Nazi policeman Franz Schalling MEANS “THE BURNING” JEWS WERE PERSECUTED IN EUROPE FOR CENTURIES. HITLER AND THE ANTISEMITIC NAZIS RISE TO POWER SET THE STAGE FOR DISASTER. Many medieval European monarchs expelled Jews or condemned them to death. Philip V of France orders this Jewish woman to burn at the stake JAN. 30, 1933 THE NAZIS TAKE OVER GERMANY AND BEGIN TO ENACT LAWS AIMED AT PUSHING JEWS OUT OF GERMAN SOCIETY. 1934 – JEWS ARE FORCED OUT OF GERMAN SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONS. 1935 – GERMANS ENACT THE “NUREMBERG LAWS” GIVING CITIZENSHIP ONLY TO “PURE” GERMANS OR RELATED BLOOD. 1937 – HITLER INFORMS HIS TOP AIDES IN A SECRET CONFERENCE OF HIS PLANS TO DOMINATE EUROPE RACIALLY, POLITICALLY AND MILITARILLY. 1938 – RIOTS ERUPT AFTER HITLER TAKES OVER AUSTRIA AND THOUSANDS OF JEWS ARE KILLED IN WHAT BECOMES KNOWN AS “THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS.” 1939 – WWII BEGINS GERMANS DECLARE ALL JEWS IN GERMAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ARE TO BE HELD IN URBAN GHETTOS. 1940 – GERMANY TAKES OVER MANY OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS AND THEIR JEWISH POPULATIONS. AUSCHWITZ IS OPENED. 1941 – GERMANS INVADE RUSSIA AND SYSTEMATICALLY KILL THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN JEWS WITH SPECIAL DEATH SQUADS CALLED THE EINSATZGRUPPEN. 1942 – HITLER OUTLINES HIS “FINAL SOLUTION” PLAN TO COMPLETELY DESTROY ALL EUROPEAN JEWS. 6 MORE DEATH CAMPS ARE STARTED, AND 2.7 MILLION JEWS ARE MURDERED THAT SUMMER. 1942 – 1944 – MILLIONS OF JEWS ARE SHIPPED BY TRAIN TO THE DEATH CAMPS. AS THE ALLIES CLOSE IN ON GERMANY SOME 6 MILLION JEWS, GYPSIES, AND OTHER MINORITIES ARE EXTERMINATED IN VARIOUS WAYS IN THE DEATH CAMPS. 1945 – WITH SOVIET AND AMERICAN FORCES CLOSING IN ON BERLIN, THE GERMANS EVACUATED THE CAMPS. ALLIED SOLDIERS FOUND MERE SKELETON SURVIVORS. 1945 – HITLER COMMITTS SUICIDE BEFORE HE CAN BE CAPTURED OR KILLED. 1946 – 19 NAZIS ARE CONVICTED AND EXECUTED FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS. 1948 – ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION AGAIN.