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

A page in "Mein Kampf" where Hitler discusses the Jewish religious community Front cover of “Mein Kampf”

The First Solution1933-39

•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 II

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 H (Dec. 7, 1941)

Battleship, U.S.S. Arizona

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".

U.S. Propaganda from World War II, Depicting Hitler as foolish.

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War on the homefront

• Turn to a neighbor and tell them1. 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

• 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

Japanese Kamikaze Pilots.asf

Kamikaze attack on USS St. Louis

Island Hopping

US Pacific Campaign Strategy

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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

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

• 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

The D-Day Invasion

Codename: Operation Overlord

Dates to Know…

Sept. 2, 1939

Dec. 7, 1941

June 6, 1944

Aug. 6, 1945

May 8, 1945

Aug. 9, 1945

Sept. 2, 1945