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World War II
Overview of WWII
1939-1945
Who was on whose side?
Axis
Allies
Occupied
Neutral
Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Romania
Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Chile
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cuba
France
India
Iraq
Lebanon
Mexico
New Zealand
Paraguay
South Africa
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
Albania
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Estonia
Ethiopia
France
Greece
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Yugoslavia
Andorra
Ireland
Liechtenstein
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey (until Feb 1945)
Uruguay
Vatican City
Leaders of Countries
Country
Leader
France
Charles de Gaulle (Free French
forces)
Henri-Phillipe Petain - Vichy France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Japan
Emperor Hirohito
Russia
Josef Stalin
United Kingdom
Neville Chamberlain to 1940
Winston Churchill from 1940
United States
Franklin Roosevelt died 1945
Harry Truman 1945
Causes of WWII
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Treaty of Versailles
Adolf Hitler
Appeasement
Failure of the League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
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Basically blamed Germany for WWI
By signing the treaty, Germany had to
admit responsibility for the war and it’s
damages
Germany had to pay for the damages
Property was taken away from
Germany
After Treaty of Versailles
http://historywarsweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/image/VersaillesTreaty1.jpg
Adolf Hitler
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In 1924, Adolf Hitler was already
letting his intentions be known though
his writing in Mein Kampf which stated
his plans
– Destroy the Treaty of Versailles
– Create a powerful German Army and
unite German people
– Conquer Eastern Europe land for
Germany
Adolf Hitler Cont.
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In 1933, Hitler started to put his plan into
action
– He left the League of Nations
– Gradually he started to increase the size of
the military
– He tested to see if France and Britain
would stop Germany from using their
military
– 1939 he invades Czechoslovakia and
Poland
Appeasement
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France and Britain underestimated
Germany’s power
Hitler refused to listen to any request
for peace
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Politics/pages-2/PatBuchanan-comes-to-Hitlers-defence-Prepping-2012-run-Scrape-TV-TheWorld-on-your-side.html
League of Nations
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Failed at keeping peace
– Had no military to back it up
– All the countries in League of Nations did
not agree at how to keep the peace
– United States was not a member
Maps of Where WWII Took Place
http://www.wrvmuseum.org/journal/images/WWII_in_Europe.jpg
Maps Cont.
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Maps Cont.
www.mapsofworld.com/.../world-war-ii-map.html
Main Battles of WWII
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D-Day Invasion-June 6, 1944
– Also known as Battle of Normandy
– 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beach on
the coast of France
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Battle of the Bulge
– Began December 1944
– Last major battle for the Germans on the
Western Front
– Largest Battle for US Army has ever fought to
date
Main Battles of WWII
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Pearl Harbor Attack
– December 7, 1941
– Negotiations were taking place between
Japanese and American Diplomats when attack
took place
– 2,300 Americans were killed
– December 8, 1941 FDR declared war on Japan
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Battle for Midway
– June 4, 1942
– US was ready and nothing really happened
Main Battles of WWII
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Dropping the atomic bomb
– Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
 92,000 people ended up missing or dead
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– Nagasaki
August 9, 1945
 40,000 people were killed
**August 14, 1945 Japan accepted surrender
agreement. September 2, 1945 signed
surrender agreement.
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http://tangibleinfo.blogspot.com/2007/08/hiroshima-nagasaki-end-war-myth.html
Atomic Bomb Pics
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http://whyfiles.org/020radiation/images/mushroom.jpg
Main Battles of WWII
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html
Main Battles of WWII
http://www.battleforaustralia.org/index2.html
Main Battles of WWII
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Lend-Lease Act
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Program outlined by Neutrality Acts
Allowed US to provide Allied Powers
with defense supplies without actually
going to war against Axis Powers
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_lendleas_1.html
Works Cited
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http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/statistics.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/lend-lease.htm
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1635039/the_four_major_causes_o
f_world_war.html?cat=37
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html