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World War II
World War II
Facts
• Started on Sep. 3,1939.
• Ended on Sep. 2,1945.
• Germany surrendered
on May 8, 1945 and
Japan on September
2,1945.
• Lasted 6 years.
• Major battles include DDay, Invasion of
Poland, Midway, and
Pearl Harbor.
• One of the worst wars
in the history of our
world.
• It brought every major
world power together to
fight Germany, Italy,
and Japan which were
the Axis Powers.
• In it happened the
Holocaust and many
other dreadful events.
Possible Causes of the War
• In Asia: The reason
was that Japan was
trying to relieve
population
pressures and get
oil back.
• This led to the
attacks by Japan on
the U.S. ,China ,and
British and Dutch
colonies.
• In Europe: Germany
wanted to get back
the lands taken
away because of the
Treaty of Versailles.
• Also the Invasion of
Poland.
People of
the War
Benito Mussolini
• Prime Minister of Italy.
• Wanted to re-create the
Roman Empire.
• Brought Fascism to
Italy in 1922 with the
March On Rome.
• Joined Hitler because
the League of Nations
was going to punish
him for trying to extend
Italy.
• Shot to death, along
with his wife and fifteen
man train, on April
28,1945.
Adolph Hitler
• Was abused as a child
so that is possibly why
he became so mean.
• Leader of the Nazi
party.
• Started the Axis also.
• Killed 6 million Jews
and about 3 million
more people.
• Committed suicide,
along with his wife, in
an underground
bunker.
F.D.
Roosevelt
“Big Three” above were a
group that tried to make
peace between their
countries.
• Declared war on
Germany on Dec.11,
1941.
• Started the “Big Three”,
F.D.R., Churchill, and
Stalin.
• Cut 95% of Japan’s oil
off. This lead to Pearl
Harbor happen.
• Started an alliance with
China and the Soviet
Union.
• Shipped about $50
billion worth of Lend
Lease supplies to the
Allies.
Joseph Stalin
• General Secretary of the
Soviet Communist Party in
1922.
• Influenced the Soviet
intelligence and secret
police.
• Killed tens of thousands of
priests, nuns, and monks in
1937-38.
• Part of the “Big Three”.
• Passed away on March
1,1953 because of a stroke.
Winston Churchill
• British Prime Minister
during WW II.
• One of the “Big Three”.
• His good relations with
F.D.R. guaranteed Britain
food, oil, and munitions
via the Atlantic trade
routes.
• Russians called him the
“British Bulldog” because
of his war tactics.
• For security, he traveled
as Col. Warden.
Harry Truman
• 33rd president of
the United States of
America.
• Decided to drop the
atomic bomb, “Little
Boy”, on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki.
• 30,000 Americans
killed before he
stopped WW II.
General Douglas McArthur
• Graduated first of his class at
the U.S. Military Academy.
• Became one of ten people to
ever become the General of
the army.
• Could have been a 6 star
general but turned it down.
• He and his father both got the
Medal of Honor.
• Was to command the invasion
on Japan but had to accept
their surrender on Sep. 2,1945.
General G.S. Patton Jr.
• Nicknamed “Old
Blood and Guts.”
• Created a new sword
for fighting called the
“Patton Saber”.
• Controlled units all
over the world.
Events of WW II
The Holocaust
• 6 million Jews were
killed in the camps, one
of which was
Auschwitz.
• Twins were especially
liked for the
experiments they did
like conjoining them.
• Kids were organized
into two groups, could
work and couldn’t work.
• They killed the ones
that could not work.
• The people left were
starved and murdered.
• The most famous there
was Anne Frank.
Auschwitz
at right
Invasion of Poland
• Germans invaded
Poland along with
Slovakia.
• Poland had 950,000
men and the Axis had
2,500,000 men.
• The attack happened at
4:40 a.m. on Sep.
1,1939.
• 150,000 Polish were
killed and 13,000 sent to
concentration camps.
Pearl Harbor
• Surprise attack by the
Japanese.
• 2,403 people killed, 1,178
of those being from the
Battleship Arizona.
• Pearl Harbor now serves
as the biggest ship repair
station between the west
coast U.S. and the far
east.
Midway
• A pair of atolls that the
U.S. Pacific Fleet
guarded to protect pearl
harbor.
• A four Japanese carrier
that attacked it.
• The Americans had
picked up a message
about the attack so it was
not as bad as it could
have been.
• Japanese gave up and
went home.
D-Day
• Almost was
postponed because
of weather.
• Invaded England on
June 6th.
• They landed in
Normandy.
Japanese
Internment
• In 1944 ,about 120,000
Japanese ,many who were
citizens, were sent to War
Relocation Centers to live
so that the U.S. would be
safe .
• They had to move from the
west coast to other areas
of the country or go to
camps.
• The centers had poorly
built housing and no
bathrooms or kitchens.
• In 1990, the internees were
given back money for their
losses.
Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Before
and After
bomb
(left)
Burns
(right)
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The bomb dropped over Hiroshima was called
“Little Boy”.
The bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki was
called the “Fat Man”.
Some people had their clothes burned into their
body as seen above.
The bomb killed 140,000 people when it was
dropped.
This caused Japan to soon surrender the Allies.
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Home Front
• Back in the
U.S.A. ,times were hard
and good sometimes.
• Women had to go to
work and rationing
started.
• People were short on
money sometimes.
• Women proved
themselves to the
world.
• The Baby Boom
happened which is the
time where the most
babies were born then.
• Taxes were raised to
pay for the war.
• Racial integration
started and race riots
broke out.
• The government started
a draft to get people to
go to war.
• Towers were built to
spot enemies and
watchers told if they
saw anything.
Women at Home
Women started to work outside of the home.
They worked as mechanics, engineers, and gunsmiths
and soldiers in the Soviet Union and Britain.
They even started the Women’s Land Army where they
taught each other how to farm.
Women became 1/3 of
the workforce in metal
and chemical industries.
They built the Waterloo
bridge in London and
built ships.
Women pretty much
made the U.S.A. and the
rest of the world see that
they are just as
determined as men
were.
Rationing
• To save money, the
countries rationed food,
gas and tires.
• Ration coupons were
given out to limit the
amount of items a person
could get.
• Gas cards were given out
to ration gas.
• Cards:
A-(lowest) 3-4 gal.
B-(Military workers) 8 gal.
C-(Doctors) 9 gal.
T-(Truckers)
X-(Community Workers)
unlimited
Outcome and Effects
• U.N. was created to take the
place of the League of
Nations which failed to stop
WW II.
• UK was no longer a world
power ,the Soviet Union and
the U.S.A. took its spot.
• Israel became a nation in
1948 because of the
Holocaust.
• The world somewhat learned
to work with each other.
• The Cold War started soon
afterwards.
• Airpower was advanced
because of the war because
of the inventions during it.
• Many high-ranking Germans
were prosecuted for war
crimes including the
Holocaust. Nuremberg trials
were where the Nazi leaders
were in Nuremberg,
Germany.
• The women either returned
home or stayed in the work
force.