WWII

Introduction:

• Most devastating war in human history• 55 million dead

• 1 trillion dollars

• Began in 1939 as strictly a European Conflict

• Widened to include most of the world

How It Began

• Lots of factors

• WWI leftovers• Germany defeated in and had to pay cost of war. In

huge economic depression

• Italy victorious but wanted more territory

• Japan victorious but wanted China

• Outside factors…

What Were These Outside Factors?

• Germany reduced size

• Organized League of Nations

• French and Britain unsure

• U.S. isolationist

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

Hitler Gets Busy

• Gestapo Created -- April, 1933

• Jewish Boycott – April, 1933

• Jewish Books Banned & Burned – May, 1933

• 27,000 People in Camps – July, 1933

• 60,000 People in Camps – 1938

• Illegal to Leave Germany – October, 1941

German Territorial Gains

• Austria – March, 1938

• Border of Czechoslovakia – Sept., 1938

• All of Czechoslovakia – March, 1939

• Poland – Sept., 1939

• By Summer of 1940, Germany Controlled Most of Europe

• World shocked as France falls to Germans

Those Dumb Enough To Ally

• Stalin and the Soviet Union, 1939• Betrayed by 1941

• Mussolini and Italy, 1939• Off and on betrayed until Italian defeat in 1943

Alliance That Changes War

• Germany “allies” with Japan

• Japan was “China Hungry”

• Japanese angry over U.S. support of China

• Agreed to peace negotiations with U. S.

Pearl HarborDec. 7, 1941

Damages

U. S. Involved In War

Allies United:U.S.S.R, England and The U.S.

Normandy Invasion,D-Day

D-DayLanding on Normandy Beach

Germany SurrendersMay 7, 1945