World War II-PDF

Contents:
World War II
Conclusions. & A brief post test.
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SNEAK ATTACK
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GERMANY
• OUST INFERIOR
PEOPLE
• BITTER DEFEAT IN
WWI
• GERMAN WORKERS
PARTY
• BLAMES “OLD ONES”
• PROMISES TO END
DEPRESSION
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‘WORK AND BREAD”
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RE-ARMED
1933=ENABLING ACT
1935+REARMAMENT
1935=NAVAL AGREEMENT
1936=LIMIT JEWISH RIGHTS
BY 1938 SHORTAGE OF LABOR
STANDARD OF LIVING UP 20%
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MORE EXPANSION
• 1938=ANNEX AUSTRIA
• 1938=INVADE CZECH.
– MUNICH AGREEMENT
• 1939=SOVIET PACT
• 1939=POLAND
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Seeds of hate…
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ELSEWHERE
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1931=JAPAN INVADES MANCHURIA
1935=ITALY TAKES ETHIOPIA
1937=JAPAN INVADES CHINA
ATROCITIES COMMON
"I hung a Chinese man by rope-handcuffs from
a crossbeam and beat him with a bamboo
sword until blood gushed out from all over his
body.”
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U.S. SUGGESTS “Quarantine “
• Axis Powers clear threat by 1937
• 1937— FDR called for “quarantine of
aggressor nations”
• Japanese apologize for sinking of “Panay”
• 1939—FDR’s request for embargo defeated by
Congress
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IN THE U.S.
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1940=“SHORT OF WAR”
INCREASED WAR PLANE PRODUCTION
SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT
LEND LEASE ACT, 1941
– ANTAGONIZED MANY
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London Bombed for Ten Months
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FOUR FREEDOMS (Jan’41)
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OF RELIGION
OF SPEECH
FROM WANT
FROM FEAR
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August 1951, FDR and Churchill meet at sea near New Foundland
& produce the Atlantic Charter…
Setting eight goals for the post war world…
…freedom from want….
… general security
Pearl Harbor
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Torpedo Attack
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Cars to Tanks
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Chrysler tests new tanks….
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Women Built the War Machine
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Every Aspect of Production
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Making M5 guns…………….
Giant tire vulcanizer
To work at Naval bases, government provided day care facilities…
Navy wives…
140,000 WAC’S
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Office of Price Administration
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TECHNOLOGY
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VACUUM TUBE
FROZEN FOOD
PENICILLIN
DDT
SYNTHETIC RUBBER
NYLON
BUTTER SUBSTITUTE
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President Roosevelt, pushed by the War Department
and California politicians Issued Executive
Order 9066, February 1942…
…evacuated Japanese-Americans.
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African American enlistment was the highest ever
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Yet race riots plagued
several war industries.
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Navaho Code Talkers
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Pacific
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Midway, 1942
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Guadalcanal, 8-42
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Africa, Nov. 42
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Eisenhower gains attention in North Africa…
Italy, Aug. 43
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USO Formed
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Joan Blondell & Others
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Teheran, 1943
Nov. 28-Dec 1 the first
conference of the big three.
FDR and Churchill worked to get
Stalin to agree to war aims. And
Stalin agreed only after getting
assurances that his reign
would not be challenged.
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D Day June 6 1944
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Final Assault
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Remagen 1945
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Europe
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FDR Dies
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Atlee, Truman, & Stalin at Potsdam. Hopes for a peaceful
post-war Europe were difficult.
77,000 DIE IN BULGE
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Hitler’s retreat.
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Holocaust--revealed
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MacArthur returns to the Philippines.
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A Brief Post Test! Read the question, then click on the best answer to see feedback.
Hitler rose to power blaming the old ones and world war one. True. False.
England agreed to the Munich Pact to stop German aggression. True. False.
FDR’s Quarantine speech had a major impact in stopping WWII. True. False.
The Lend Lease act was very popular in the U.S.. True. False.
FDR’s four freedoms became famous posters for the war. True. False.
The 9066 Executive Order placed Japanese Americans in concentration camps. True. False.
Women became the war production work force in WWII. True. False.
Americans accepted rationing on goods as a reasonable way to win the war. True. False.
Military technology in WWII had little impact at home. True. False.
American forces stopped Japanese advancement at Midway. True. False.
More African Americans enlisted in WWII than ever before . True. False.
The Allied invasion of Europe was called D Day. True. False.
The Holocaust was dramatically exposed as Allied troops invaded German. True. False.
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