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WWII Review
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Opponents in World War II
Axis powers
1.Germany
Capital: Berlin
Leader: Hitler
2.Italy
Capital: Rome
Leader: Mussolini
3.Japan
Capital: Tokyo
Leader: Hirohito
Opponents in World War II
Allied powers (before Pearl Harbor)
1.England
Capital: London
Leader: Churchill
2.France
Capital: Paris
Leader: De Gaulle
3.U.S.S.R.
Capital: Moscow
Leader: Stalin
Mein Kampf
Front cover of “Mein Kampf”
A page in "Mein Kampf" where Hitler
discusses the Jewish religious community
The First Solution
1933-39
•Loss of citizenship
•Dismissal from government service
•Banning of kosher butchering
•Jewish lawyers disbarred
•Jewish doctors forbidden to practice medicine
The Second Solution
1939-41
•Transfer of Jews to ghettos outside Germany
•Wealthy Jews had to pay for the eviction of
Jews from Austria and Czechoslovakia
•Most were moved to concentration camps in
Poland
The Final Solution
1941-45
•Mobile killing units in the Soviet Union
•“A more efficient method is needed.”
•Gas chambers to kill Jews; crematoria or open
pits to burn the dead bodies
•Shoes, gold teeth, hair, tattoos were harvested
off the Jews.
Early Highlights of World War
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Germany invades Poland (Sept. 1, 1939)
Germany takes D__________, N_______,
B________, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Germany moves into Paris (June 14, ’40)
German bombers attack Britain
(Aug. – Dec., ’40)
Germany invades Soviet Union
(June 22, ’41)
Japan attacks P
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(Dec. 7, 1941)
Battleship, U.S.S. Arizona
U.S. Propaganda from World War II,
Depicting Hitler as foolish.
From Wikipedia.com
A series of American propaganda
posters during World War II appealed to
servicemen's patriotism to protect
themselves from venereal disease. The
text at the bottom of the poster reads,
"You can't beat the Axis if you get VD".
War on the homefront
• Turn to a neighbor
and tell them
1. A reason America got
involved in WWII
2. Something
Americans did on the
homefront to support
the war effort
3. What day America
declared War on
Japan
Fighting in Europe
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Two theaters of war – Europe and the Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
The Battle of Britain
– Blitzkrieg
• The Soviet Union
– Stalin and the Battle of Stalingrad
• The Battle of the Bulge
– SS and Gestapo
• Occupation of territories
– Resistance movements (France, Netherlands, Germany, Soviet Union)
• Fighting in North Africa
– Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia
– Erwin Rommel and Bernard Montgomery
The D-Day Invasion
Codename: Operation Overlord
Japanese
Kamikaze
Pilots.asf
Island Hopping
US Pacific
Campaign Strategy
Kamikaze attack on
USS St. Louis
The_Manhattan_Project_and_the_Atomic_Bomb_Attacks_on_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.asf
Truman_Drops_A_Bomb_Japan_Surrenders.asf
10. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 ~ killed
80,000 people & level 42 square miles
Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 ~ killed
40,000
Three Options to End War
(1) Use Nuclear Bomb
(2) Invade Mainland Japan
(3) Blockade Japan
Cold War Positioning
 End war before Soviets invade
 Minimize Soviet influence in
peace treaty
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Defeating the Axis Powers
D-Day (June 6, 1944)
Battle of the Bulge (December, 1944)
FDR’s Death (April 12, 1945)
V-E Day (May 8, 1945)
Potsdam Ultimatum— “Japan: surrender, or
else!”
August 6, 1945—Hiroshima
August 9, 1945—Nagasaki
V-J Day (September 2, 1945)
Nuremburg War Crimes Trials
U.S. World War II Production
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Planes = 300,000
Tanks = 61,000
Trucks = 87,000
Firearms = 17,900,000
Heavy artillery = 2,400,000
Shells, bombs, etc. = millions of tons
Profile of U.S. Servicemen
• 39% were volunteers
• 61% were draftees
• Combat survivability: (out of 1,000) 8.6 were
killed in action, 3 died from other causes, and
17.7 received non-mortal combat wounds.
• Average base pay: enlisted, $71.33 per month;
officers, $203.50 per month
• Total number in all military branches: 4 million
• Number of World War II veterans dying per day
since 2002—one thousand
Dates to Know…
Sept. 2, 1939
Dec. 7, 1941
June 6, 1944
Aug. 6, 1945
May 8, 1945
Aug. 9, 1945
Sept. 2, 1945