Evidence OutcomeHistorical Context

Political Interactions

Content ObjectiveIdentify Causes &

Effects of World War II

Language ObjectiveTake Useful 2- Column Notes

World War II

Time Frame

• 1939 - 1945

Treaty of Versailles

• Written at end of WWI

• Stated Germany could not have a military, could not pursue an empire

• Must pay reparations ($33 billion to Allies)

Germany invades Poland

• September 1, 1939

Allied Powers

• Great Britain

• Soviet Union

• France

• United States (eventually)

• 25 other nations

Axis Powers

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• Other nations in Eastern Europe

Famous/ Infamous Leaders

Winston Churchill

• Great Britain (Allies)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

• United States (Allies)

Joseph Stalin

• Soviet Union (not very trusted by other Allies)

Benito Mussolini

• Italy (Axis)

Adolph Hitler

• Germany (Axis)

United States enters War

• December 7, 1941

• "A Day That Will Live In Infamy"

Several Wars At Once

• Europe

• Northern Africa

• Pacific

D- Day

• June 6, 1944

• Allies invade Normandy, France

• Beginning of Allied defeat of Nazis

Atomic Bomb

• August 6, 1945

• United States dropped atomic bomb on Japan

War Ends

• 55 Million people died

• Creation of the United Nations