Overview of WWII
1939-1945

Axis
Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Romania
Allies
Argentina
Australia
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
China
Chile
Columbia
Costa Rica
Cuba
France
India
Iraq
Lebanon
Mexico
New Zealand
Paraguay
South Africa
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
Occupied
Albania
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Estonia
Ethiopia
France
Greece
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Philippines
Poland
Yugoslavia
Neutral
Andorra
Ireland
Liechtenstein
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey (until Feb 1945)
Uruguay
Vatican City

Country
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Russia
Leaders of Countries
Leader
Charles de Gaulle (Free French forces)
Henri-Phillipe Petain - Vichy France
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Josef Stalin
United Kingdom
United States
Neville Chamberlain to 1940
Winston Churchill from 1940
Franklin Roosevelt died 1945
Harry Truman 1945

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Treaty of Versailles
Adolf Hitler
Appeasement
Failure of the League of Nations

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Basically blamed Germany for WWI
By signing the treaty, Germany had to admit responsibility for the war and it’s damages
Germany had to pay for the damages
Property was taken away from
Germany

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In 1924, Adolf Hitler was already letting his intentions be known though his writing in his plans
which stated
– Destroy the Treaty of Versailles
– Create a powerful German Army and unite German people
– Conquer Eastern Europe land for
Germany

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In 1933, Hitler started to put his plan into action
– He left the League of Nations
– Gradually he started to increase the size of the military
– He tested to see if France and Britain would stop Germany from using their military
– 1939 he invades Czechoslovakia and
Poland

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France and Britain underestimated
Germany’s power
Hitler refused to listen to any request for peace http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Politics/pages-2/Pat-
Buchanan-comes-to-Hitlers-defence-Prepping-2012-run-Scrape-TV-The-
World-on-your-side.html

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Failed at keeping peace
– Had no military to back it up
– All the countries in League of Nations did not agree at how to keep the peace
– United States was not a member

http://www.wrvmuseum.org/journal/images/WWII_in_Europe.jpg

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www.mapsofworld.com/.../world-war-ii-map.html

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D-Day Invasion-June 6, 1944
– Also known as Battle of Normandy
– 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beach on the coast of France
Battle of the Bulge
– Began December 1944
– Last major battle for the Germans on the
Western Front
– Largest Battle for US Army has ever fought to date

Main Battles of WWII
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Pearl Harbor Attack
– December 7, 1941
– Negotiations were taking place between
Japanese and American Diplomats when attack took place
– 2,300 Americans were killed
– December 8, 1941 FDR declared war on Japan
Battle for Midway
– June 4, 1942
– US was ready and nothing really happened

Main Battles of WWII
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Dropping the atomic bomb
– Hiroshima
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August 6, 1945
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92,000 people ended up missing or dead
– Nagasaki
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August 9, 1945
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40,000 people were killed
**August 14, 1945 Japan accepted surrender agreement. September 2, 1945 signed surrender agreement.
http://tangibleinfo.blogspot.com/2007/08/hiroshima-nagasaki-end-war-myth.html

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http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html

Main Battles of WWII http://www.battleforaustralia.org/index2.html

Main Battles of WWII http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/CarrierChartE.jpg

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Program outlined by Neutrality Acts
Allowed US to provide Allied Powers with defense supplies without actually going to war against Axis Powers http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/wwii/jb_wwii_lendleas_1.html

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 http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/statistics.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/data/encyclopedia/lend-lease.htm
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1635039/the_four_major_causes_o f_world_war.html?cat=37 http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html