WWII - Introduction:Most devastating war in human history55 million dead1 trillion dollars

Began in 1939 as strictly a European ConflictWidened to include most of the world

Remember: Celebration TimeCheering the end of world war I, on Nov. 11, 1918. The long, horrible war had taken the lives of nearly 10 million soldiers.

Germany After WWI

Third Reich

NationalistimperialismContinental empireAutarkyElimination of non-GermansElimination of enemies

The Empire of Japan

AutarkySecurityExpanding buffer zonesAnti-imperialist imperialismNationalist destinyAsia for the Asians

How It BeganLots of factors

WWI leftoversGermany defeated in and had to pay cost of war. In huge economic depressionItaly victorious but wanted more territoryJapan victorious but wanted China

Outside factors

What Were These Outside Factors?Germany reduced size

Organized League of Nations

French and Britain unsure

U.S. isolationist

Fascism in EuropeMussolini - Il Duce: 1922Invasion of Ethiopia - 1935Hitler - Fuhrer: Chancellor of Germany - 1933Nazi Third Reich replaces Weimar Republic.Promise of German economic recovery.Beginnings of the Holocaust.German rearmament begins.Spanish Civil War - 1930sGeneralissimo Francisco Franco supported by fascists.Agreement permits Germany to rebuild Navy - 1935.Remilitarization of the Rhineland - 1936German rejection of the Treaty of Versailles.

Rise of HitlerNazi Party organized, 1920sNazi party largest in Germany, 1932

Hitler voted as chancellor, 1933

New parliament created450, 000 membersLarger than German army

Adolf HitlerFuhrer

Hitler Gets BusyGestapo Created -- April, 1933Jewish Boycott April, 1933Jewish Books Banned & Burned May, 193327,000 People in Camps July, 193360,000 People in Camps 1938Illegal to Leave Germany October, 1941

German Territorial GainsAustria March, 1938Border of Czechoslovakia Sept., 1938All of Czechoslovakia March, 1939Poland Sept., 1939By Summer of 1940, Germany Controlled Most of EuropeWorld shocked as France falls to Germans

Beginnings of War in EuropeGerman annexation of Austria (Anschluss) - March 1938.Munich Crisis - September 1938. Czechoslovakias German-speaking Sudetenland.Appeasement of Hitler by Western leaders. British Prime Minister Chamberlain: Peace in our time.German occupation of Czechoslovakia - March 1939.Italian occupation of Albania - April 1939.Guarantee of protection of Poland: Britain and France.March 1939 (Also Holland and Belgium.)Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact - August 1939Non-aggression treaty between Soviet Union and Germany.

Start of World War II Germany's dictator, Adolf Hitler, had built Germany into a powerful war machine. World War II began on Sept. 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland.

War in EuropeInvasion of Poland: Blitzkrieg - September 1939Tanks and Stuka dive bombers.Soviet occupation of eastern Poland..May 1940 - Invasion of Netherlands, Belgium, and France.Maginot Line proves ineffective to maneuver warfare.Chamberlain yields office of Prime Minister to ChurchillBattle of Britain - Summer 1940.Operation Sea Lion - planned German invasion of England.Soviet annexation of Baltic States: June 1940.Soviet invasion of Finland - November 1940.German invasion of Soviet Union - June 1941.Operation Barbarossa

Germany AlliesStalin and the Soviet Union, 1939Betrayed by 1941Mussolini and Italy, 1939Off and on betrayed until Italian defeat in 1943

Axis PowersGermany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance known as the Axis. Six other nations eventually joined the Axis.

Alliance That Changes WarGermany allies with Japan

Japan was China Hungry

Japanese angry over U.S. support of China

Agreed to peace negotiations with U. S.

Japanese Imperialism in AsiaExpansion - Natural ResourcesFormosa (Taiwan) - Annexed: 1895Korea - Protectorate: 1905 Annexed: 1910Invasion of Manchuria - 1931War with China - 1937USS Panay sunk on Yangtze River.Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung.Occupation of French Indochina - 1940Embargo of oil and other natural resources - July 1941.U.S., Great Britain, and the Netherlands. General Tojo: Military government installed - October 1941.

HirohitoEmperor of JapanWorld War II

Pearl HarborDec. 7, 1941

Damages

Allies United:U.S.S.R, England and The U.S.

Normandy Invasion, D-Day

General Eisenhower SpeaksTalking to his men, general Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of the Normandy invasion, wished paratroopers luck before they dropped behind German lines in France on d-day.

D-Day - June 6, 1944 Landing on Normandy Beach

It was the largest sea borne invasion in history.

The Air WarDuring world war II the B-24 bombers were used to strike factories, railroads, and other industrial targets.

Some Casualties of World War IIPrisonersHomeless

Germany SurrendersMay 7, 1945

Germany At The End Of WWII