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What Was World War II??

Created by Mr. Raponi

Definitely A WORLD War!

What Started World

War II?

At First Germany and the Soviet

Union Were Teammates and invaded Poland

together! However, the broke up after

Germany tried to invade the Soviet

Union too!

World War II was fought between two sides

Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of

England

Franklin D. Roosevelt: President of the United States

Joseph Stalin: Dictator of the Soviet

Union

Adolf Hitler: Chancellor of Germany

Benito Mussolini: Dictator of Italy

Hirohito: Emperor of Japan

World War II had already been going on for two years before the United States joined the fighting. They had originally had no intention of joining the war. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 changed that.

Any Questions About the War?

Let’s Talk A Little About Propaganda

Propaganda are “Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.” (Merriam Webster Dictionary)I want to look at some of these actual World War II posters and have you guys tell me what you see, and why try to explain why they show what they do.

Example of PropagandaKnown as “Rosie the Riveter” she represented the millions of women who began working in factories all around the United States taking the place of all of the men being sent to fight in the war. Women around the U.S. quickly responded to Rosie the Riveter, who convinced them that they had a patriotic duty to enter the workforce. In this picture, Rosie represented strength, not only for the United States, but for all women within the country who were doing everything possible at home to help the men across the ocean.

Some propaganda is VERY negative and show the opposing side as horrible creatures. Sometimes propaganda posters rely on stereotypes.

A couple of stereotypes that are around that are completely NOT TRUE include:

Girls are not as good at sports as men. Everyone from the Middle East is a terrorist.All blond people are not intelligent.

Who can tell me what a stereotype is?To believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. Whether that characteristic be by race, gender, or culture.

Even Disney Got Involved