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World War II
1939-1945
This is the second total
war fought.
I. Causes of WWII
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A. Long Term Causes
1. Dissatisfaction with the terms of the
Treaty of Versailles
2. Extreme forms of Nationalism grow
justifying conquests and poor treatment of
minorities.
3. Rise of militarism & totalitarian states
4. Worldwide depression and economic
instability
B. Immediate Causes
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1. Expansion policies of Germany,
Italy, and Japan
2. Failure of French and British
appeasement policies
3. German invasion of Poland,
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
II. Hitler’s Lightening
War
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A. Stalin (Russia) signs a 10 year nonaggression pact and secret agreement
with Germany
B. Germany’s lightening attack or
blitzkrieg on Poland Sept. 1, 1939
C. Great Britain and France resist
1. Declare war on Sept. 3
2. France falls
3. Battle of Britain
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b.
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Germany’s vicious air attack on Great
Britain
Luftwaffe vs. Royal Air Force
Germany attacks U.S.S.R. June 22,
1941
(Now Germany is fighting a two front
war)
III.
America’s
Involvement in WWII
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A. Franklin Roosevelt is President
B. Isolationist
C. Lend-Lease Act with Great Britain:
could lend or supply arms to any country
that the U. S. deems vital
D. Pearl Harbor: brings the U. S. into
the war.
Pearl Harbor: Scenes of Destruction
IV. Japan Strikes in the
Pacific
Victories: Guam and Wake Islands,
Philippines, took Hong Kong in
Malaya, Burma, Dutch East Indies,
Thailand, northern part of New
Guinea
B. Bataan Death March
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V. Allies Strike Back
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A. Allies turn the tide of War
1. Japanese strike force
intercepted
2. Battle of Coral Sea is a draw
a. Allies lost more ships
b. Japanese advancement
stopped
B. Battle of Midway
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1. Led by the U. S. Pacific Fleet
Admiral Chester Nimitz.
2. U. S. attacked Japanese ships
which still had many airplanes still
on the decks of the ships.
3. Turned the tide of War in the
Pacific against the Japanese.
VI. The allies are
victorious
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A. The Tide turns on Two Fronts
1.North Africa
2. D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944
a. Fought on a 60 mile
stretch of beach
b. 3000 soldiers died on the
beaches
c. Allies force the German
retreat
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3. The Battle of the Bulge: The
Germans were pushed back
4. Germany’s unconditional surrender
a. 3 million allies approached Germany
from the west and 6 million Soviets
approached from the east
b. Hitler shoots himself after taking
poison
c. Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes
President
B. Victory in the Pacific
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1. Japanese retreat
a. Battle of Leyte: Japanese navy
destroyed
b. Kamikaze: Japanese suicide
pilots
c. Japanese lost 110,000 troops
Americans lost 12,500 troops
2. The Atomic Bomb Brings
Japanese Surrender
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a. Hiroshima August 6, 1945
b. Nagasaki August 9, 1945
c. Japanese surrender to General
Douglas MacArthur on September
2, 1945
VII. Effects
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A. Immediate Effects
1. Devastating loss of population
and property in Europe and
Japan
2. Holocaust
3. Use of the Atomic Bombs
4. Soviet control of Eastern
Europe
B. Long Range Effects
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4.
Cold War
Division of Germany
Founding of the United Nations
Formations of NATO and Warsaw
Pact alliances
5. Rise of Nationalism in colonial
territories
Citations
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Days That Shook the World: 1901–1954.
BBC. 1999.
unitedstreaming. 31 March 2008
<http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
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Days That Shook the World: Attack On Pearl
Harbor. BBC. 1999.
unitedstreaming. 7 April 2008
<http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
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