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Aggression Throughout the 1930s

Dictators throughout the 1930stook aggressive actions but

nothing was done.

Mussolini, Hitler and Tojo

(Japan) viewed the desire for

peace as weakness.

Japan desired an empire equal

to those of western countries.

In 1931, Japan invaded

Manchuria.

Mussolini also had imperialist

ambitions and invaded Ethiopia

in 1935.


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Appeasement Hitler began to defy the Treaty ofVersailles and militarized Germany

and sent troops into the Rhineland.

Western democracies denounced

his actions but took no real action.

They adopted the policy of

appeasement.

Appeasement= giving into the

demands of an aggressor in order

to keep the peace

Many countries sought to keep

peace at any price, this is know as

pacifism.


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Neutrality Acts

In the mid-1930s the

US Congress passed

the Neutrality Acts. One law forbade the

sale of arms to any

nation at war. Others outlawed

loans to nations


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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis Germany, Italy, and Japan

formed an alliance known

as the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo

Axis (a.k.a. the Axis

Powers)

The three nations opposed

communism at home and

abroad and agree to fight

Soviet Communism

They also agreed not

interfere with each others

plans for expansion.


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Invasion of Poland Hitler and Stalin signed the

Nazi-Soviet Pact agreeing

not to fight if the other went

to war and to divide up

Poland equally.

A week after the pact was

signed, on Sept. 1, 1939

Hitler invaded Poland.

Two days later Britain and

France declared war on

Germany. World War II had

started.


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Blitzkrieg

The invasion of Poland showed the power of

Hitlers Blitzkrieg, or lightning war

Blitzkrieg used improved tanks and airpower

technology to strike the enemy.

A year after the invasion of Poland Hitler

began his blitz on London in Sept. of 1940.

Throughout the night of Sept. 7th Germanyruthlessly bombed London and continued for

57 nights in a row.


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The Allies Turn the Tide

Who were the Allies?

What do you think the term turn the

tide means?

Think about what you have learnedabout WWII so far!


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The Allies Turn the Tide

The Allies were able to

pull things together at

home in order to startwinning the war.

They started using Total

War.

What does Total War

mean?


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Total War

Nations devoted all theirresources to the war effort.

In particular, the US and

GB stopped making cars

and started making

airplanes, tanks, and other

war machinery.

In order to raise money,governments would issue

war bonds.

What are war bonds?


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Japanese InternmentBecause of Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans

started losing their civil rights.

Many lost their jobs, businesses, and property.

Most were sent to interment camps away from

the Pacific coast.


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Women and War

Once men started joining the

military many jobs began to

open up.

Women who were not part of the

military began to work in these

factories producing war goods.

Women who did join the military

had jobs driving ambulances,delivering war goods, and

decoding messages.


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1942-1943The Allies began winning victory

after victory.

The war was now being fought in

four different places:

The Pacific

North Africa and Italy

The Soviet Union

France

They began pushing the Axis-

powers back.


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Air-Craft Carriers

Naval ships stopped seeing actual combat

Now they provided for a landing and launching

pad for aircrafts.


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The Big Three


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The Big ThreeAlthough these men came together, they didnot trust each other.

Churchill and Roosevelt felt that Stalin wanted

to dominate Europe.

Stalin believed they wanted to end

communism.

These men were united by their common goalof defeating Hitler.

They all knew this goal could not be met with

out each others help.


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Dwight Eisenhower

Eisenhower took

charge of a joint

British and Americancommand in North

Africa (Morocco and

Algeria).

What did he become

after the war?


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D-DayWhen was D-Day?Now that North Africa was under

control, the Allies wanted to

continue the front.

They wanted to invade the coast

of France to stop the Germans.

Thousands of British andAmerican soldiers landed on the

beaches of Normandy.

They Allies were successful in

driving out Hitler and the Nazis

The Allies continued to cripple the

Germans by incessantly bombing

their industries and destroying the

morale of citizens.


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Victory in EuropeBy March 1945, the

Allies had successfully

reached German

ground.

That same year

Mussolini was

executed by guerillas

and Hitler committed

suicide.

Victory in Europe (V-E

Day) commenced on

May 8, 1945.


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Pacific TheaterThe US lead the force in the

Pacific.

They embarked on an

island-hopping campaign.

What do you think this

means?

The Allies were able to pourmost of their energy and

resources into this

campaign. Why?


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Potsdam ConferenceIn 1945, the Big Three

met again in Potsdam,

Germany.

This time they discussed

the Pacific Theater.

A warning was issued to

Japan to surrender or face

utter destruction and

devastation.

What do you think this

meant? What was to

come?


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The Atomic BombJapan refused to surrender.

For years prior, the US had been working

on the Manhattan Project.

The goal of the Manhattan Project was to

develop a weapon of mass destruction.

On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay took

off from America toward Japan loaded

with the Atomic Bomb.

The Atomic Bomb was dropped on

Hiroshima, Japan and then later

Nagasaki.

With these bombings Japan was left

devastated and had no choice but to

surrender, thus ending WWII.


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