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The World Divided… Again: World War II By: Chanel Bradshaw Timmy Swatski Ryan Hocker Tara Doherty Causes of the War Adolf Hitler- Dictator of Germany German MilitarismDisobeying the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler built up military Appeasement- France and Britain didn’t want any confrontation with Hitler Adolf Hitler Connection To WWII: Extremely anti-Semitic (prejudice against Jews) Blamed them for loss of WWI Goal: Make Germany most powerful empire in Europe How: Used power as Chancellor of Germany Took control of Nazi Party Built up German military Convinced people Jews were an inferior race Think About It: Do you think the artist of this picture was against Hitler or supported him? Why? Nazi Party Started 1919 Hitler became leader 2 years after Main Belief: Jews ruining Germany; needed nation of their own Goal: exterminate Jews from Germany Think About It: If the Nazi Party had a different leader other than Adolf Hitler, do you think it would have been so powerful? Admiral Yamamoto Who? War Experiences Commander-In-Chief Imperial Japanese Navy In Russo-Japanese and WWII Why is he important to WWII? He was the reason U.S. got involved Planned bombing of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor What? U.S. naval base in Hawaii Uses Help navy in Pacific Help trading in Pacific Pearl Harbor contd. When? Where? December 7, 1941 Oahu, Hawaii (Pearl Harbor) Japan didn’t want the U.S. involved in the pacific theater Surprise attack Began at: Why? How it happened Attack planes came in two waves First: 7:53am Second: 8:55am End: 9:55 By 1:00 in the afternoon Think about it: If Japan never bombed Pearl Harbor, do you think that the United States would still have gotten involved? 6:00am on December 7th Attack planes were headed back to Japan Pearl Harbor Contd. How? Japan’s side Japanese carriers’ started training Attack force and 181 fighter planes 6 heavy aircraft 24 supporting vessels Separate group of submarines = sink any American warships that escape Japanese force Pearl Harbor’s Result United States Military casualties 2,280 soldiers killed Wounded 19 naval vessels destroyed 8 battleships sunk 1,109 soldiers Civilians 68 killed Japanese People Loses were light Fewer than 100 killed Planes 21 destroyed Concentration Camps Auschwitz Bergen Belsen Established by Heinrich Created by Nazi’s Himmler Weak prisoners Most European Jews shipped here to die of were killed in this camp starvation Mass gassing of Jews Ex: Anne Frank died began here here Used Zyklon-B gas Lack of Food Conditions Forced Labor Gas Chambers Liberation of Jews 50,000-100,000 survivors lived in three zones American, British, and Soviet Many Jews couldn’t return home Bad memories and prejudice neighbors DP camps were set up until emigration Last DP camp closed in 1957 First Battle Who: Japan VS U.S. When: June 4, 1942 Where: Midway Key American Military Base What: US sank 4 Japan aircraft carriers 228 Japan aircraft destroyed Results Of First Battle Japan loses Reduced Japan’s supply of highly trained pilots Led to Japan using kamikazes Japan’s navy no longer rules Pacific Manhattan Project What: Organization in creating the atomic bomb When: Began Sept. 23, 1942 Who: Colonial Leslie Groves = director Why: Fear of Nazi Germany developing nuclear weapons Atomic Bomb Who: What: America dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Why: President Truman made plans to invade Japan See effects bomb would have on city U.S. didn’t want to continue war Why Not: Military advisor warned = half million American casualties Think About It: Do you think it was wise for the United States to use the atomic bomb? Atomic Bombs First Bomb: Second bomb: Both August 6th American plane dropped bomb on Hiroshima Nothing like the world has ever seen Within mins, blasts and heat killed= 200,000 people cities die from slower deaths from radiation poisoning August 9th Nagasaki was bombed 40,000 died Japan’s Surrender At last, August 14th Emperor of Japan announced nation would surrender Day was known as VJ Day September 2, 1945 MacArthur accepted Japan’s surrender aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay World War II Death Toll Axis Forces Germany: Civilians: 700,000 Troops: 3,500,000 Japan: Allied Forces Civilians: 350,000 Troops: 2,000,000 Civilians: 10,000,000 Troops: 10,000,000 Poland: Think About It: Why do you think the U.S had the least amount of casualties in the war? Soviet Union: Civilians: 5,700,000 Troops: 100,000 United States Civilians: not known Troops: 400,000 BIG QUESTION! Was World War II necessary? If so, which was the worst event that happened during this time? Why do you think so? Video! In this video, you will see what happened at Pearl Harbor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBexLJbVPA