Download World War II – 1939-1945

World War II – 1939-1945
• Causes
• 1. Treaty of _________ – 1919 – punished Germany for
World War I
• 2. Great Depression – 1929-1940 – world-wide economic
problems
• 3. ____________
• 4. Rise of ______________ – government has complete
control
• 5. ________ – one person controls the government –
_____________
Europe
• Italy
• 1922 – Benito _________ becomes dictator of _____ – “Il
Duce” (the leader)
• Promised to bring order and prosperity to _____
• 1935 – invaded ________
• Wanted to create a new _____ Empire
• Germany
• _____ – National Socialist German Workers’ Party
• 1923 – ____________ attempts to overthrow
government – he is arrested and jailed – writes
________________ (My Struggle)
• 1932 – Hitler elected __________ of Germany - Der
__________( the leader)
• Third ______ – set up dictatorship over Germany
• 1. rebuilt ________
• 2. Began massive ____ programs
• 3. took back Rhineland - 1936
• 4. began discrimination against ____
• ______________ – night of broken glass – Nov. 9,
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Europe
• ____ – Germany and Italy formed _____ Powers – both
desire more living space, resources, and power
• ____ – Germany takes over ________
• 1938-39 – Germany takes over ______________
• September 1938 – _______ Conference –
• ________________ – Neville Chamberlain
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Japan
Japan needed natural resources, especially ___
_____ – Japan invades ____________ in China
By 1937, Japan controls most of Northern China
Franklin Roosevelt cuts off the sale of ______ and
___ to Japan to punish them for their aggression
Japan decides that America is a threat and begins
planning an attack
Emperor _________
Military Dictatorship – General Hideki ____
Japan joins Axis Powers in ____
War Begins
September 1, ____ – Germany invades ______ –
France and England (______ Powers) declare war
on Germany (______ War)
Winston ___________ – British Prime Minister
____________ – lightning war
April _____ – Denmark and _______ conquered
May-June 1940 – _______ conquered – England is
alone
U.S. President–Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933-1945
_____________ Act - 1940 – U.S. loans weapons
and supplies to England
Atlantic _________ - 1940
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• December 7, _____ - Japanese bomb U.S. naval
base at ___________________, Hawaii
Mobilizing for War
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1940 – Selective Training and Service Act
___ million Americans joined military
War _____________ Board
Women and Minorities
Japanese-Americans – many faced ___________
(imprisonment) in 1942 – over ________ lost their
possessions and stayed in prison camps until the war is
over
Battles in North Africa and Europe
• Battle of the Atlantic – 1940-44
• Battle of ________ - 1940
• Africa – fighting was for control of oil fields and
______________
• El Alamein – November _____
• 1. Bernard __________ – British General
• 2. Erwin _______ – German General
European Battles
• Eastern Front
• June 22, _____ - Germany invades
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• Sept. 1942-February 1943 – ____________ turning point of the war
• August 1943 – Kursk
• Joseph _______ – Dictator of Soviet Union
• Western Front
• November 1942, Allies invade North Africa
• September _____ – Allies invade ______
• June 6, 1944 – ______ – Allies invade Germanoccupied France
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• December _____ – Battle of the _______
• Roosevelt dies on April 12, ____ – Harry ______
becomes President
• Hitler commits suicide on April __, 1945
• Germany surrenders on May 7, _____
Japanese Battles
• Philippines – December 1941-May ____
• _______ – June 1942 – turning point in Pacific
• Guadalcanal – August 1942- February 1943
• Battle of Leyte Gulf – October _____
• Iwo Jima – February 1945 – _________ (Divine
Wind)
• _________ – April – June 1945
• August 6, 1945 – U.S. drops atomic bomb on
___________ – “Fat Man”
• August 9, 1945 – second bomb dropped on
__________ – “Little Boy”
• August 15, 1945 – Japan surrenders
Cost of the War
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50 to 60 million dead – maybe as many as ____ million
Cost between 1 to 2 ________ dollars
Europe devastated
__________ – genocide (murder) of Jews in Europe
6 ________ dead – two-thirds of all Jews in Europe
Death Camps
___________ Trials – Nazi leaders tried for war crimes in
1945-46 – 12 executed
• International Military Tribunal for the Far East – war crimes
trials for Japan – ____ executed
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