Transcript WWII Notes - mrsramsell

Warm-up
Purple books pg. 812-819
1. pg. 814 Define Appeasement2. Explain Japan’s argument or reason for
invading China (Manchuria). Pg. 811-812
3. Name one challenge that Japan was
facing because of a growing population.
4. Southeast Asia was called __________
until the end of WWII.
WWII Notes
1939-1945
The war in Europe
The war in the East: Japan
The Different Sides of WWII:
• Axis Powers:
•Allies
• Germany (Hitler)
• Italy (Mussolini)
• Japan (military
leaders)
• Great Britain
• France
• United States
Causes of WWII:
• The countries in the Axis Powers wanted
more land, power, and resources…
• The Allies wanted to stop the war or
invasions.
The Last Straw:
• In 1939, Germany took Poland, Britain had
no other choice now then to declare war.
• Germany then invaded Denmark, Norway,
Belgium, Netherlands, over half of France,
Romania, Bulgaria Slovakia, Yugoslavia
and Greece. (Mostly Eastern Europe)
• Around the same time, Japan is taking
over Manchuria (parts of China) and
French-Indo China (Southeast Asia)
What about the United States?
• U.S. was officially
neutral but helping
out the Allies (Britain)
when they could.
• U.S. did not get
involved until the
attack on Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii in
1941.
Pearl Harbor
• December 7, 1941
• Japan attacks Pearl
Harbor
•First
attack ever
on U.S. soil
• Why????????
Photos and Map of Pearl Harbor
Why did Japan attack U.S.?
• The U.S. was throwing
their support behind
Britain who was being
heavily attacked by the
Axis Powers.
• Japan had A LOT of
money stored in U.S.
banks and the U.S.
choose to cut off Japan’s
access to their money
and trade.
• This stopped them from
having the resources and
supplies they needed for
the war.
• Japan attacked the
U.S.
• Two days later U.S.
declared war with
Japan
• And Germany and
Italy declared war
with the U.S.
D-Day-June 6, 1944
• The Battle of
Normandy• The U.S. (western
allies) began the
battle to liberate or
free mainland Europe
from Nazi take over.
In August 1945, the U.S. dropped
two atomic bombs on the cities of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Atomic Blasts end war
• Days after the atomic
bombs were dropped
on Japan the war
ended.
• First and only time
nuclear weapons
were used on
PEOPLE.
• WWII re-arranged the
map of Europe.
• Germany became 2
nations (East/West)
• The two powers that
came out of WWII still
strong were the U.S.
and Soviet Union.
Explain the role of the U.S. in
the re-building of Japan after WWII.
Standard:
• Brief overview of WWII, in order to
understand what happened at the end.
• Major points of interest for CRCT:
*Japan’s side, Why was Japan upset with
U.S.?, Why did U.S. bomb Japan?, Why
did U.S. help re-build Japan?