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World War II (1941-1945) Players Axis Expansion: Japan, Germany, Italy Axis Powers 1942 • 1933 Hitler elected Chancellor of Germany • 1939 Germany invades Poland; Italy invades Albania • 1939 Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand declare war on Germany • 1940 Italy joins Germany • 1941 US & Britain declare war on Japan Germany declares war on US • 1942 Air Attack on Germany • 1943-44 Allied push into North Africa & Sicily • Sept 1943 Italy surrenders • June 1944 D-Day at Normandy • May 1945 VE German surrenders • Aug 1945 A-Bombs dropped on Japan • Sept 1945 VJ Japan surrenders Japanese Holdings Allied Pacific Plan Guadalcanal Burials in Pacific Marine Equipment Peleliu Peleliu Marine Artists Peleliu Night The Stare Marine 1st Division Patch Humor in the Military Bill Mauldin Stars & Stripes “I already got a Purple Heart. Just give me some aspirin!” WWII Toll • • • • Total Deaths % Prewar Pop US 500,000 .4 France 810,000 1.9 Germany 6,805,000 9.5 Russia 20,000,000 10.4% Overall dead: 52,199,262