WWII
Objective:
Adolf Hitler
revenge for Germany’s defeat in WWI & Treaty of Versailles (which punished
Germany)
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________________________________– French & British leaders met with him to
discuss “peace in our time”
____________________ =giving in to an aggressor – Hitler – to preserve peace
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The Fighting Begins
Hitler promised to not take over any more land
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Germany (Hitler) & Russia (Stalin) agree not to fight one another and split Poland in
half; Hitler lies: Nonaggression Pact
Britain & France vow to defend Poland
Allied Powers
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declare war on Germany
the Big Three: ___________________________________________________
Axis Powers
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Totalitarianism
political system in which govt. _____________________________________
denies human rights, and opposition to international law
new form of govt. evolves around WWII
Germany & Italy
U.S. Neutrality
Americans didn’t want to fight in a European war, even though they didn’t like Hitler
(isolationism)
________________________ – gave financial & weaponry aid to Allied powers
FDR wins 3rd term & assures neutrality
U.S. pushed for peace in between WWI & WWII by ______________________
America Enters the War
The Battle of the Atlantic – German U-boat sank many Allied & U.S. cargo ships 
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___________________ – Japan wanted SE Asia (including Hawaii)  plan to attack
U.S. forces in HI & then dominate Pacific islands
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December 7, 1941 – air attack on U.S. troops
kamikazes – crashing piloted planes into Allied ships
economy recovers from Great Depression
Mobilizing for War on the
Front
Home
_________________________________! Building quantities of tanks, liberty ships
(carries troops & supplies), jeeps, guns, and ammo
employment & wages increase
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Farmers make money again – they feed the troops & the country
Selective Training & Service Act – __________ between 18 & 38 & deferments granted
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Rosie the Riveter
Women help in military effort
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nurses
typists – military communications
Minorities – discriminated against but were granted some aid
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Fair Employment Practices Committee – prevent discrimination in war effort
& govt. jobs
Zoot suit Riots – Mexican Americans killed by U.S. sailors (believed clothing
material should be used for war efforts, not personalized rebellious
expression)
_________________________________ – forced relocation & imprisonment of
Japanese Americans – Germans & Italians also but on smaller scale
happened because of fear, racism, and protection (not extermination)
Internment Camps = site to put “bad” civilians & forced to relocate; ex. Japanese
Internment = ______________________________________________
Arizona Contributions & the War
Effort
_________________________ – Native American & Arizonan in Iwo Jima (famous
picture & statue)
____________________________ created: Luke, Williams, & Davis-Monthan (open
land for training)
__________________________________ – Navajo radio operators
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used native language as a spy language
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POW Camps
camp for enemy combatants captured by the enemy in time of war
treatment should be “adequate” – lodging, food, conditions of labor
camps for both sides (Allied & Axis)
War in North Africa – Egypt
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______________ – the Germans (headed by General Rommel) wanted the area
Why North Africa?
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_______________ – access to trade & a vital Allied supplied route
Middle Eastern _____________
Battle of ________________ – fight to control Egypt; between the British/Americans
& Germans
Germans ran out of supplies (in the desert)
Allies won
Ended German hopes of occupying Egypt & conquering distant lands
General Patton
American tough warfare General = ________________________
brilliant, but ruthless, military leader; responsible for numerous victories
Iwo Jima
island located near Japan (Allies wanted for midway base)
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War in the Pacific & the islands = Battle for the Pacific
Battle of ________________ – battle in the air, sinking each other’s
aircraft carriers
_____________________ - strategically located island in the Pacific
Okinawa
Japan vs. U.S…. U.S. WINS!
Island closest to Japan
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65,000 U.S. casualties (14,000 dead) in 82 days
Battle of Stalingrad
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the ___________________________________; Soviets saved their nation
Axis Powers lost
major turning point in the war Hitler’s attempt to conquer the Soviet Union were
crushed
D-Day
Battle on the _________________________________________________; marked the
beginning of the end of WWII
June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied soldiers swarmed the beaches
Allied warships tried to protect them with gunfire
Heavy resistance by German forts
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The Battle of the Bulge
the _____________________________________________ in Belgium
77,000 U.S. casualties but U.S. prevailed
ended Germany’s ability to wage offensive war
FDR – 4th term & death
1932 -1945 = Presidential term
___________________________________ right before atomic bomb dropping
VP __________________________________________
the Atomic Bomb
the _________________________ – Allied scientists working on a secret program to
create bomb; led by _________________________
Japan refused the Allies’ demands for an unconditional surrender = Postdam
Conference (ultimatum)
U.S. President Truman used the bomb
Why did Truman do it?
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___________________________ – Enola Gay, B-29 bomber, dropped the bomb on
the Japanese city; “Little Boy”
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killed between 70,000 – 80,000 people in an instant; 140,000 died over
the next few months
1,000s more died because of serious burns and radiation poisoning
_______________________ – 2nd bomb dropped; “Fat Man”
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killed roughly 40,000 people in an instant; 80,000 casualties over the next
few months
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Almost a 3rd bomb was dropped, finally Emperor Hirohito surrendered
The Costs of WWII
approximately _______________________________ (more than ½ civilians)
U.S. economy better than ever (war not fought on American soil = no devastation).
But ______________________________________!
_____________________________: China, Poland, the Soviet Union, Germany, Japan,
and European nations
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the Holocaust
food shortages, disease, homelessness, malnutrition
ancient buildings ruined
Hitler & the Nazis attempt to _____________________________ (genocide)
Working camps (Dachau) vs. Death camps (Auschwitz)
gas chambers & furnaces
“_____________________________” = 6 million Jews were killed
The Birth of Israel
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UN ordered Palestine be divided into 2 states – one Arab, one Jewish
___________________________________________… still angry to this day
The War Crimes Trials
Allies will hold these in Nuremberg, Germany… ________________________
held to try Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity
21 Nazi leaders found guilty, 12 put to death
Post WWII
______________________ – Congress passed this law to help the transition from
military to civilian life & _______________________________________
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does NOT guarantee vet they will get their old job back
______________________________ – the Big 3 met at Yalta in the Soviet Union to
discuss the postwar world
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met before Hiroshima
meeting supported:
creation of a ______________________________________________ 50
nations met in San Francisco in 1945 &
a democratic governments in Axis controlled nations…
______________________________________ (ex. Poland)  the Cold War
The Cold War… the beginning
2 major world powers after WWII:
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“Cold War” – the 2 nations’ struggle for global power
The End
Hitler committed suicide
Mussolini (beaten by his own people) & Tojo hanged (tried to commit suicide)
Emperor Hirohito surrendered
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