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WORLD WAR II SOLs USII.6A-C USII.6A CAUSES OF WWII • Political instability & economic devastation – – – – Depression High war debt owed by Germany High inflation Massive unemployment • Rise of Fascism – Fascism = “total power is given to a dictator” – Germany – Adolf Hitler – Italy – Benito Mussolini – Japan – Hideki Tojo *Became the Axis Powers (Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis) Rise of Hitler • Nazi Party organized, 1920s • Nazi party largest in Germany, 1932 • Hitler voted as chancellor, 1933 • New parliament created • 450, 000 members • Larger than German army USII.6B • • • • THE HOLOCAUST Anti-Semitism Aryan supremacy Rid Europe of all Jews Tactics – – – – Boycott of Jewish stores Threats Segregation Imprisonment and killing (concentration camps) • Liberation by Allied forces USII.6A THE ALLIES • GREAT BRITAIN – Winston Churchill • UNITED STATES – Franklin D. Roosevelt – Harry S. Truman • CANADA • SOVIET UNION – Joseph Stalin USII.6A CHANGE IN AMERICAN POLICY • ISOLATIONISM – Legacy of WWI – Great Depression • ECONOMIC AID TO THE ALLIES • DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR USII.6B • • • • • • • • • MAJOR EVENTS OF WWII September 1, 1939 – Germany invades Poland Germany invades France (captures Paris) Battle of Britain begins (bombing London) US aids Britain in return for bases Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, HI Germany declares war on US US declares war on Germany & Japan Battle of Midway – turning point against Japan Germany invades Soviet Union – Battle of Stalingrad (turning point in Europe) • D-Day (Doomsday) – invasion of Normandy • Atomic Bombs dropped: Hiroshima & Nagasaki • Japan surrenders (V-J Day) USII.6A WAR IN THE PACIFIC • Japanese aggression in the East (China) • December 7, 1941 – Pearl Harbor – U.S. attacked without warning • U.S. declared war on Japan • Germany declared war on the United States Pearl Harbor is attacked on Dec. 7, 1941 U. S. Involved In War D-Day June 6, 1944 - Landing on Normandy Beach Normandy Invasion, D-Day June 6, 1944 Allies United: U.S.S.R, England and The U.S. Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, & Winston Churchill USII.6C EFFECTS OF WWII • End to the Great Depression (war boom) • Women took jobs (Rosie the Riveter) • Conservation and Rationing of goods • Racial barriers broken down (temporarily) • Japanese Americans put in internment camps