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World War II Overview of WWII 1939-1945 Who was on whose side? Axis Allies Occupied Neutral Bulgaria Finland Germany Hungary Italy Japan Romania 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 Albania Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark Estonia Ethiopia France Greece Luxemburg Netherlands Norway Philippines Poland Yugoslavia Andorra Ireland Liechtenstein Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (until Feb 1945) Uruguay Vatican City Leaders of Countries Country Leader France Charles de Gaulle (Free French forces) Henri-Phillipe Petain - Vichy France Germany Adolf Hitler Italy Benito Mussolini Japan Emperor Hirohito Russia Josef Stalin United Kingdom Neville Chamberlain to 1940 Winston Churchill from 1940 United States Franklin Roosevelt died 1945 Harry Truman 1945 Causes of WWII Treaty of Versailles Adolf Hitler Appeasement Failure of the League of Nations Treaty of Versailles 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 After Treaty of Versailles http://historywarsweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/image/VersaillesTreaty1.jpg Adolf Hitler In 1924, Adolf Hitler was already letting his intentions be known though his writing in Mein Kampf which stated his plans – Destroy the Treaty of Versailles – Create a powerful German Army and unite German people – Conquer Eastern Europe land for Germany Adolf Hitler Cont. 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 Appeasement 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/PatBuchanan-comes-to-Hitlers-defence-Prepping-2012-run-Scrape-TV-TheWorld-on-your-side.html League of Nations 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 Maps of Where WWII Took Place http://www.wrvmuseum.org/journal/images/WWII_in_Europe.jpg Maps Cont. www2.needham.k12.ma.us/.../fmb.html Maps Cont. www.mapsofworld.com/.../world-war-ii-map.html Main Battles of WWII 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 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 Dropping the atomic bomb – Hiroshima August 6, 1945 92,000 people ended up missing or dead – Nagasaki August 9, 1945 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 Atomic Bomb Pics http://www.mctv.ne.jp/~bigapple/Skulls.gif http://whyfiles.org/020radiation/images/mushroom.jpg Main Battles of WWII 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 Lend-Lease Act 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 Works Cited 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