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World War II
Economic and Political Causes
Causes of WWII
Aggression
 By totalitarian powers:
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
Causes of WWII
Nationalism
 Feelings of extreme patriotism
 By Germany
 By Japan
Causes of WWII
Failure of the
Treaty of
Versailles
 Reparations caused Germany to fall into a
Depression early
 Germany forced to accept the full blame for
starting WWI
Causes of WWII
Weakness of
League of
Nations
 Germany was not allowed to join the
League of Nations
 The United States did not join
Causes of WWII
Appeasement
 Great Britain and France do not show any
opposition to
Germany when the country first began to
show aggression towards other nations.
Great Britain and France hoped Germany
would be appeased, or satisfied, by getting
the first two nations
Causes of WWII
Isolationism
And
Pacifism
 The United States felt that Europe was far
away and that European problems were not
America’s problems.
 Europe remembered WWI and did not
want to get into another fight.
Battles of WWII
Battles of WWII
Germany invades
Poland
in 1939
 Begins WWII
Battles of WWII
Fall of France
 France fell quickly, in a matter of weeks
 Shows strength of Germany military
Battles of WWII
Battle of
Britain
 Germany bombs Britain by air
 Germany does not take Britain!
Battles of WWII
German
invasion of the
Soviet Union
(U.S.S.R.)
 Germany opens fighting on two fronts
 Germany does not take the U.S.S.R.!
Battles of WWII
Japanese attack
Pearl Harbor
(1941)
 United States enters the war
Battles of WWII
Allied invasion
of Europe
Also known as
D-Day
 Turning point in war for Allied Powers
 Large navy, amphibious, attack
Battles of WWII
Atomic bombs
are dropped on
Hiroshima
and
Nagasaki
 First time atomic bombs are used
 Bombs caused extensive damage
 Much controversy over use of bombs
 Interactive Map
Overview of WWII in Europe (Map)
From:
United States
Holocaust Museum
 Overview of WWII in Europe (map)
Holocaust
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