World War 2
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Transcript of World War 2
Why does a war start?
Countries disagree
Fight for power
Fight over money or land
Aggression
Germany
Appeasement
the policy of giving in to the demands of a hostile or aggressive power in an attempt to keep the peace
Hitler
Tension after World War I
Important dates
July 7th 1937
Japanese invasion of China
Sept. 1st 1939
Germany Invades Poland
Most accepted date
Sept. 3rd 1939
France and Britain declared war on Germany.
New weapons
Advance in weapons cause more deaths
New strategies of fighting
New strategies for moving troops(cliff1066, The Jansville99 memorial May 23, 2009, sept 15, 2009 via flickr)
UK
France
United States
Canada
India
Poland
Clipart from Microsoft.
Germany
Italy
Japan
Clipart from Microsoft.
War of Attrition
Attrition- the act of weakening or exhausting by constant harassment, abuse, or attack
Fighting a war on both borders
What Germany wants
Short quick war, “lightning war”
The Blitzkrieg
German Nazi’s kill Jews
Concentration Camps
Extermination Camps
Auschwitz
Gas Chambers
Troubled Childhood
Abusive father
Alcoholic
Role in WWI
Soldier, was devastated when Germany lost
Rise to power
Fall out of power
The Battle of Britain
The attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle of Stalingrad
Japan attacks U.S.
Does not declare war
U.S. declares war
A-Bomb
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Flickr, darkly seen, November 9th, 2005
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darklyseen/61793697/
How Borders changed
Germany
Poland
France
San Jose, “map of countries of Europe, 02.04.2006 via Wikipedia, GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
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Population
Dawn of the Atomic age
The Occupation of Germany and Japan
Release of concentration camps
Becomes a Superpower
Out of the Great depression
Problems with Russia
Cold War
Problems in the middle east
Clipart from Microsoft.
Becomes a Superpower
Cold War
Problems with the U.S.
Gorbachev
U.S. likes him as a leader
UK
Military Deaths- 382,600
Civilian Deaths- 67,800
US
Military Deaths- 407,318
Civilian Deaths- 11,200
Germany
Military Deaths- 5,500,000
Civilian Deaths- 200,000ww2db.com/country