Transcript SS6H7: b* Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the

SS6H7: b
Explain the
impact of WWII
in terms of the
Holocaust, the
origins of the
Cold War and
the rise of
Superpowers
WWII-The causes
 WWI-the
way it ended. The Treaty of
Versailles-placing all blame upon
Germany
 Appeasement: No European country
wanted to get involved in another war
 Therefore, they “appeased” (which
means to keep peace, or avoid war)
Hitler in Germany
 Rise of Totalitarianism: Dictators were on
the rise and wanted MORE power and
land (EX: Hitler or Joseph Stalin)
WWII: The Alliances
Allied Powers
Great
Britain
France (only
involved for 6
weeks)
Soviet Union
U.S. (later)
Axis Powers
Germany
Italy
Japan
WWII: How it started
Germany
BROKE treaty of Versailles
Started building army
INVADED POLAND in 1939
Allies then declare war on Germany
Germany then invades France,
Belgium, and several other countries
Germany uses BLITZKRIEG tactic
“Blitzkrieg” means lightning war
WWII: How did the US get involved?
 December
7, 1941 the Japanese BOMBED
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
 It
was a Sunday morning - U.S. military was
taken off guard
 2 full blown attacks on Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
 Impact/Damage
on U.S.
o 2,400 U.S. military and civilians lost their
lives
o 1,178 U.S. military and civilians wounded
o 18 ships and 350 planes sunk or damaged
US bombs Japan w/Atomic BOMB
Hiroshima
 August 6, 1945
 In 43 seconds, the city collapsed to
dust
Nagasaki
 August 9, 1945
 Leveled half of the city
How did WWII end?
OPERATION
OVERLOAD: allied
invasion of France (called D-Day)
Within 1 month 1 million Allied soldiers
occupied Europe
Germany surrounded with Allied
soldiers on west and Soviet soldiers on
East
Germany surrenders in 1945 AFTER
Hitler commits suicide
WWII OVER now what to do with
Germany-the trouble maker??
 Allied
powers wanted to disarm Germany
COMPLETELY
 US, France, and Great Britain wanted GER to
establish a Democratic economy
 Soviet
Union wanted GER to establish a
COMMUNIST ECONOMY like they had
 People
in GER and Japan were put on trial
for being responsible for war
WWII is over
Allied
powers
decide to divide
Germany
East
Germany=Soviet
control
West Germany=
US
France
Great
Britain
What was the Holocaust?
The
Holocaust occurred DURING
WWII in Germany and several
concentration camps throughout
Europe
It was the systematic killing of 6
million Jews (genocide=the killing of
a specific group/race in an area)
5 million others were killed (gypsies,
mentally ill, homosexuals)
WWII=OVER…what now?
The challenges facing Post War Europe
were daunting (huge):
 Rebuild an entire continent devastated
by total war
 Agreement between two rival ideologies:
Capitalism and Communism
 The future of Germany

 Guarantee
peace & prosperity for
citizens
 Protection of the Jews
Establishment
of Israel
After
World War II MASSIVE REFUGEE
CRISIS
Jews not allowed to or were unwilling
to return to Eastern Europe because
of continued anti-Semitism.
Homes taken over=no where to live
UN CREATED 2 states were created;
one Jewish and one Arab. The Arabic
countries did not accept this.
The United Nations (UN)
Created in June
1946
Headquartered in
NYC
GOAL: promote
peace among the
world
What about the “winners?”
US
& Soviet Union are“Superpowers”
Other countries (GB, France, Japan)
suffered too much damage POST
WWII to be a “superpower”
Dividing GER and not agreeing on
what type of gov’t to establish led to
a “war” between the allied powers
and Soviet Union.
Superpowers led to Cold War
 Time
of great political tension between
the United States and the Soviet Union.
 Berlin (city in Germany) was divided into
two parts by Berlin Wall-known as the
“Iron Curtain”
 It was not a real curtain but meant that
one side could not cross to the other
 East-controlled
by S.U. (communist)
 West-controlled by U.S (democratic)
Check point Charlie
Cold War
It
was not an actual WAR but rather
a race of the superpowers
Both U.S. and Soviet Union created
nuclear weapons
Both superpowers knew that using
these against each other would
result in world-wide destruction
Cold War continued
In
1949 Western European
countries, Canada, and the United
States formed created the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO)
NATO was an alliance to protect
each other
Eastern European countries signed
the Warsaw Pact
Wrap Up Questions:
 What
were the 3 causes of WWII?
 Who were the two alliances? Who was in
each?
 Who was the Nazi party? Who was in
charge?
 What is the Holocaust?
 What term means “hatred towards Jews?”
 Who was in charge of the Soviet Union
during WWII and the Cold War?
 What 2 countries were “superpowers?”
Wrap up Questions continued:
What
 Who
What
 Who
What
is NATO?
was involved?
is the Warsaw Pact?
was involved?
was the Berlin Wall?
 Who
controlled the EAST?
 Who controlled the WEST?
What
was the Cold War?
End of Soviet Union
Spending
money CONSTANTLY
 Ending
Revolts
 Protecting Borders
 Keeping up with the U.S.
By
1985 country was SO UNSTABLE
that Mikhail Gorbachev took over
 Reduced
gov’t control
 Increased freedoms
FALL OF SOVIET UNION &
Reunification of Germany
 November
1989 Berlin Wall TAKEN DOWN
 Germany was beginning the process of
REUNIFICATION
 EAST & WEST GER became one country in
1990
 SOVIET UNION fell  people wanted
independence
 Several countries created, but RUSSIA was
the largest