World War II Overview: Causes, Holocaust, and US Involvement
Explore the causes of World War II, including appeasement and the rise of fascism, learn about the devastating Holocaust, and understand the start of the war with Hitler's actions. Delve into the US preparations for war, including the Pearl Harbor attack and internment camps, as it entered the conflict and contributed to the Allied efforts.
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CAUSES OF WWII APPEASEMENT Italy-Ethiopia-Rommel-Desert Fox Japan Manchuria Nazi-Soviet Pact Chamberlain-Gr. Britain achieves peace for our time Rhineland Austria Sudetenland-Munich Pact allowed this ISOLATIONISM FDR-Quarantine Speech Neutrality Act-No arms sold to countries at war Cash-and-carry-Buy from US in cash & came to US ports to transport Lend Lease Act-US to send weapons to Britain-don t have to pay Atlantic Charter-US & Britain oppose Hitler together WORK FOR PEACE TREATY OF VERSAILLES France-Germany not punished harsh enough Italy-felt ignored in treaty Germany-Humiliated Democratic Gov. est. Weimar RISE OF FASCISM-Glory of State total control Italy Mussolini Germany Hitler Spain Franco Soviet Union Stalin Japan Hideki Tojo
THE HOLOCAUST Killing of 6 million Jews HITLER-Blames Jews for Germany s problems Aryan Race Perfect Race Anti-Semitism-Prejudice against Jews Nuremberg Laws-Strips Jews of German citizenship, civil & economic rights ATTACKS ON JEWS: Kristallnacht Night of Broken Glass - Goebbels Concentration Camps and Ghettos WANNSEE CONFERENCE Final Solution-Extermination Camps GENOCIDE-Deliberate killing of a race with purpose to exterminate the particular ethnic group
HITLER AND START OF WWII Chamberlain APPEASEMENT-gives in to Ger. Ger. Sends troops into Rhineland, Austria, Czech. Churchill Opposes appeasement Reichstag Law-enables Hitler to establish one- party Nazi State-acts without consent of Ger. Gov. Nazi-Soviet Pact-Hitler & Stalin agree not to fight each other if the other went to war Hitler invades Poland Allies (Br. & Fr) declare War on Germany Axis Powers Germany, Italy, Japan
U.S. PREPARES FOR WAR PEARL HARBOR FDR A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY Selective Service Act Women s Role Rosie the Riveter Rationing National War Labor Board-to avert strikes-not hinder war effort MANHATTAN PROJECT OPPENHEIMER-ATOMIC BOMB INTERNMENT CAMPS Executive order 9066- Japanese forced to leave military zones (West. U.S)
U.S. IN WWII- PACIFIC PACIFIC MacArthur I shall return Bataan Death March Philippines Doolittle's Raid Tokyo & other cities Midway Land, air and sea Guadalcanal Solomon Islands Battle of Iwo Jima Mount Suribachi Okinawa Caves & tunnels Island Hopping Atomic Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki Truman Leyete Gulf 1944 Philippine Islands Elbe River- U.S. & Russians 1945-cut Ger. Army in two Battle of the Bulge
THE U.S. IN EUROPE 1944 YALTA CONFERENCE ROOSEVELT, STALIN, CHURCHILL- Dealing with Germany and Europe after the War D-Day Allies invade beaches in Normandy France Battle of the Bulge Final Offensive of German against the allies in the Ardennes Hitler commits suicide V-E Day Victory in Europe U N created to prevent future wars Potsdam Conference Truman,Stalin,Churchill Nuremburg Trials
