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The War in the United States

The War in the United States

IntroducingWorld War II

How do societies react to

adversity?

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The Road to War

• Most of the countries of the world were effected.

• Industrial countries, like Germany, Italy, and Japan were especially hurt.

• People were desperate.

The Great Depression upset the world.

The Great Depression in America

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The Road to War

• Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term to continue as president of the United States.

• Dictators came to power in other countries.– Hitler came to power in Germany.– Mussolini came to power in Italy.– The military seized power in Japan and

set up a military dictatorship.

People were looking for leaders to help them recover

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The Road to War• Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet

Union became allies-Axis Powers.

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War Begins in Europe

• Italy and Germany attacked and conquered their neighbors.

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Great Britain Fights

• Great Britain was attacked once most of Europe had fallen.

• This period of the war was known as the “Battle of Britain.”

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Trouble Brews in the Pacific

• Japan attacks its neighbors.

• Invades French Indo-China.

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America’s Position

• America followed a policy of isolationism or neutrality.

• Most people felt that the U.S. should not get involved.

• Laws were passed to help friendly nations by providing military aid to the Allied Powers.

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War Becomes Inevitable

• German submarines sink American military ships.

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Pearl Harbor News Reel

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War is Declared!

• America declared war on Japan.

• Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

• War efforts in America

helped pull it out of

The Great Depression

Factory Jobs in America

Choiceboard Section:Compare/Contrast the causes of World War I to the causes of WWII

World War I Same WWII

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The Tide Turns• The Allies (England,

US) beat the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) at the Battle of Midway in June of 1942

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Battle of Midway

The Beginning of the End

• German troops surrender in Stalingrad, USSR (Russia)

• Axis troops in Northern Africa surrender

• Italy surrenders

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The Beginning of the End

• D-day: June 6, 1944 the Allies invaded Normandy, France in the largest land-water assault in history

The Beginning of the End

• German soldiers fight back at Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, but fall back to Germany

• Allied troops capture Iwo Jima in March, 1945

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Iwo Jima

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Victory in Europe• Important battles weaken

Germany.

• President Roosevelt dies in office.

• Germany surrenders in May, 1945

• V-E day was the end of the war in Europe.

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Atomic Bomb Hastens the End in Japan

• The hydrogen bomb was developed during the war.

• It was first dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.

• It was next dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

• Unprecedented destruction brought surrender.

Atmoic Bombs in Japan

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Victory in Japan

• V-J day was the end of the war in the Pacific.

• Japan signed a formal surrender on September 2nd 1945.

Lasting Effects

• Hitler escaped trial by committing suicide

• Germany was divided in 4 zones to be controlled by Allied Powers

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Lasting Effects• Japan temporarily

placed under U.S. military control

• England was devastated by German bombings and gave up most of it’s colonies

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Lasting Effects• The U.S. economy

and military dominated the world

• New medicine created during WW2 decreased death rates and increased population growth

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Lasting Effects

• October 1945: United Nations was officially created

• World entered a new time of international cooperation

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