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The Versailles TreatyThe Versailles Treaty


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A Weak League of NationsA Weak League of Nations


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The Ineffectiveness of the

League of Nations

The Ineffectiveness of the

League of Nations

No control of major conflicts. No progress in disarmament.

No effective military force.


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The Stab-In-The-Back TheoryThe Stab-In-The-Back Theory

German soldiers are dissatisfied.


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Decadence of the Weimar RepublicDecadence of the Weimar Republic


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France False Sense of Security?France False Sense of Security?

The MaginotThe MaginotLineLine


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France False Sense of Security?France False Sense of Security?


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International AgreementsInternational Agreements

Locarno Pact 1925 France, Germany, Great Britain,

Italy Guarantee existing frontiers

Establish DMZ 30 miles deep on Eastbank of Rhine River

Refrain from aggression against eachother

Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 Makes war illegal as a tool of

diplomacy No enforcement provisions


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The Great DepressionThe Great Depression


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Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931


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Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935

EmperorHaileSelassie


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Germany Invades the

RhinelandMarch 7, 1936

Germany Invades the

RhinelandMarch 7, 1936


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U. S. Neutrality Acts:1934, 1935, 1937, 1939U. S. Neutrality Acts:1934, 1935, 1937, 1939


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America-First CommitteeAmerica-First Committee

Charles Lindbergh


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Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936

The Pact of Steel


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Carlists [ultra-Catholicmonarchists].

Catholic Church.

Falange [fascist] Party. Monarchists.

Anarcho-Syndicalists.

Basques.

Catalans.

Communists.

Marxists.

Republicans.

Socialists.

The

National

Front[Nationalists]

The

National

Front[Nationalists]

The

Popular

Front[Republicans]

The

Popular

Front[Republicans]

The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939

The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939


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The Spanish Civil War:

1936 - 1939

The Spanish Civil War:

1936 - 1939


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The Spanish Civil WarThe Spanish Civil War


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The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939

TheA

merican Lincoln Brigade


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The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939

F

ranciscoF

ranco


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The Spanish Civil War:ADress Rehearsal for WW II?

The Spanish Civil War:ADress Rehearsal for WW II?

Italian troops inMadrid


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Guernica by Pablo PicassoGuernica by Pablo Picasso


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The Japanese Invasionof China, 1937

The Japanese Invasionof China, 1937


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The Austrian Anschluss, 1938The Austrian Anschluss, 1938


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The Problem of the

Sudetenland

The Problem of the

Sudetenland


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Appeasement: The MunichAgreement, 1938

Appeasement: The MunichAgreement, 1938

Now we have peace in our time! Herr

Hitler is a man we can do business with.

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain


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The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939

The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939

Foreign Ministers

von Ribbentrop & Molotov


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Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939

Blitzkrieg [Lightening War]


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German Troops March into WarsawGerman Troops March into Warsaw


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Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940

The Tripartite Pact


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European Theater of OperationsEuropean Theater of Operations


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The Phoney War Ends:

Spring, 1940

The Phoney War Ends:

Spring, 1940


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Dunkirk EvacuatedJune 4, 1940

Dunkirk EvacuatedJune 4, 1940


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France SurrendersJune, 1940

France SurrendersJune, 1940


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ADivided FranceADivided France

Henri Petain


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The French ResistanceThe French Resistance

The Free French

General CharlesDeGaulle

The Maquis


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Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union..........................$11 billionFrance..................................$3 billionChina..................................$1.5 billionOther European......................$500 millionSouth America.......................$400 million

The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

U. S. Lend-Lease Act,

1941

U. S. Lend-Lease Act,

1941


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Lend-LeaseLend-Lease


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Battle of Britain:

The Blitz

Battle of Britain:

The Blitz


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Battle of Britain:

The Blitz

Battle of Britain:

The Blitz


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The London Tube:Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

The London Tube:Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz


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The Royal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force


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Operation Barbarossa:Hitlers Biggest MistakeOperation Barbarossa:Hitlers Biggest Mistake


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Operation Barbarossa:June 22, 1941

Operation Barbarossa:June 22, 1941

3,000,000 German soldiers. 3,400 tanks.


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The Big ThreeThe Big Three

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin


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Axis Powers in 1942Axis Powers in 1942


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Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

German Army Russian Army1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men

10,290 artillery guns 13,541 artillery guns

675 tanks 894 tanks

1,216 planes 1,115 planes

Th N h f i C iTh N h f i C i


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The North Africa Campaign:The Battle of El Alamein, 1942

The North Africa Campaign:The Battle of El Alamein, 1942

Gen. Ernst Rommel,The Desert Fox

Gen. Bernard

LawMontgomery(Monty)


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The Battle for Sicily:

June, 1943

The Battle for Sicily:

June, 1943

GeneralGeorge S. Patton

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George C. ScottPlaying General Patton in the

1968 Movie, Patton

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1968 Movie, Patton

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The Battle of Monte Casino:February, 1944

The Battle of Monte Casino:February, 1944

Th Alli Lib t RTh Alli Lib t R


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The Allies Liberate Rome:June 5, 1944

The Allies Liberate Rome:June 5, 1944

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Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Ordersfor D-Day [Operation Overlord]Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Ordersfor D-Day [Operation Overlord]

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D-Day (June 6, 1944)D-Day (June 6, 1944)

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Normandy Landing(June 6, 1944)

Normandy Landing(June 6, 1944)

Higgins Landing Crafts

German Prisoners


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July 20, 1944 Assassination PlotJuly 20, 1944 Assassination Plot

Major Claus vonStauffenberg

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July 20, 1944 Assassination PlotJuly 20, 1944 Assassination Plot

1. Adolf Hitler2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel3. Gen Alfred von Jodl4. Gen Walter Warlimont5. Franz von Sonnleithner6. Maj Herbert Buchs7. Stenographer Heinz Buchholz8. Lt Gen Hermann Fegelein9. Col Nikolaus von Below10. Rear Adm Hans-Erich Voss11. Otto Gunsche, Hitler's adjutant12. Gen Walter Scherff (injured)13. Gen Ernst John von Freyend14. Capt Heinz Assman (injured)


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TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944

De Gaulle inTriumph!


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U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

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French Female CollaboratorsFrench Female Collaborators

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The Battle of the Bulge:Hitlers Last Offensive

The Battle of the Bulge:Hitlers Last Offensive

Dec. 16, 1944to

Jan. 28, 1945


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Yalta: February, 1945Yalta: February, 1945

FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacificwar.

FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needsbuffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of

influence and a weak Germany. Churchill wants

strong Germanyas buffer

against Stalin. FDR argues

for a UnitedNations.


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US & R i S ldi MUS & R i S ldi M


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US & Russian Soldiers Meet atthe Elbe River: April 25, 1945US & Russian Soldiers Meet atthe Elbe River: April 25, 1945

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Horrors of the Holocaust ExposedHorrors of the Holocaust Exposed

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Crematoria

atMajdanek

Entrance toAuschwitz:

Work Makes YouFree



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Slave Labor at Buchenwald

Eli Wiesel

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Mass Graves at Bergen-Belsen


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Hitler Commits SuicideHitler Commits Suicide


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Hitler Commits SuicideApril 30, 1945

Hitler Commits SuicideApril 30, 1945

The Fhrers Bunker

Cyanide & Pistols

Mr. & Mrs. Hitler

V E D (M 8 1945)V E D (M 8 1945)


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V-E Day (May 8, 1945)V-E Day (May 8, 1945)

General Keitel

V E D (M 8 1945)V E D (M 8 1945)


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V-E Day (May 8, 1945)V-E Day (May 8, 1945)

The Code Breakers of WW IIThe Code Breakers of WW II


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The Code Breakers of WW IIThe Code Breakers of WW II

Bletchley Park

The German EnigmaMachine

The JapanesePurple [naval]Code Machine


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Pearl HarborPearl Harbor


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Pearl HarborPearl Harbor

Admiral Isoroku YamamotoAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto


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Admiral Isoroku YamamotoAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto


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P l H b D 7 1941P l H b D 7 1941


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Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941

A date which will live in infamy!

President Roosevelt Signs thePresident Roosevelt Signs the


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President Roosevelt Signs theUS Declaration of War

President Roosevelt Signs theUS Declaration of War

USS Arizona Pearl HarborUSS Arizona Pearl Harbor


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USS Arizona, Pearl HarborUSS Arizona, Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor MemorialPearl Harbor Memorial


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Pearl Harbor MemorialPearl Harbor Memorial

2,887 Americans Dead!

Pacific Theater of OperationsPacific Theater of Operations


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Pacific Theater of OperationsPacific Theater of Operations

Tokyo RoseTokyo Rose


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Tokyo RoseTokyo Rose


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Paying for the WarPaying for the War


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Paying for the WarPaying for the War

Betty Grable: Allied Pinup GirlBetty Grable: Allied Pinup Girl


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Betty Grable: Allied Pinup GirlShe Reminded Men What They Were Fighting

For

Betty Grable: Allied Pinup GirlShe Reminded Men What They Were Fighting

For

Singapore SurrendersSingapore Surrenders


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U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,


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U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,the Philippines [March, 1942]

U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,the Philippines [March, 1942]

Bataan Death March: April, 1942Bataan Death March: April, 1942


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Bataan Death March Apr l, 9Bataan Death March Apr l, 9

76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans]Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to POW

camps in the Philippines.

Bataan: British SoldiersBataan: British Soldiers


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Bataan: British SoldiersBataan: British Soldiers

AALiberatedLiberatedBritishBritish

POWPOW

The Burma CampaignThe Burma Campaign


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The Burma CampaignThe Burma Campaign

The Burma RoadThe Burma Road

General StilwellGeneral StilwellLeaving Burma, 1942Leaving Burma, 1942

Allied Counter-Offensive:Allied Counter-Offensive:


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Island-HoppingIsland-Hopping

Island-Hopping: US TroopsIsland-Hopping: US Troops


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pp g U pon Kwajalien Island

pp g U pon Kwajalien Island

Farthest ExtentFarthest Extent


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of Japanese Conquestsof Japanese Conquests

Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:


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yFirst U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942

yFirst U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea:Battle of the Coral Sea:


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May 7-8, 1942May 7-8, 1942

Battle of Midway Island:Battle of Midway Island:


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yJune 4-6, 1942

yJune 4-6, 1942

Battle of Midway Island:Battle of Midway Island:


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yJune 4-6, 1942

yJune 4-6, 1942

Japanese Kamikaze Planes:Japanese Kamikaze Planes:


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pThe Scourge of the South Pacific

pThe Scourge of the South Pacific

Kamikaze Pilots

SuicideBombers

Gen. MacArthur Returns toGen. MacArthur Returns to


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the Philippines! [1944]the Philippines! [1944]

US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,


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U M r n n Mt. ur ,Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

U M r n n Mt. ur ,Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

Potsdam Conference:Potsdam Conference:


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ots m onf r ncJuly, 1945

ots m onf r ncJuly, 1945

FDR dead, Churchill out of office as PrimeMinister during conference.

Stalin only original.

The United Stateshas the A-bomb.

Allies agree Germanyis to be divided into

occupation zones Poland moved

around to suitthe Soviets.

P.M. Clement President JosephAtlee Truman Stalin

The Manhattan Project:The Manhattan Project:


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Los Alamos,

NM

Los Alamos,

NM

Dr. RobertOppenheimer

I am becomedeath,

the shattererof worlds!

I am becomedeath,

the shattererof worlds!

Major GeneralLesley R. Groves

Tinian Island, 1945Tinian Island, 1945


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Little Boy Fat ManLittle Boy Fat Man

Enola Gay Crew

Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-BombCol. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb


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70,000 killedimmediately.

48,000 buildings.destroyed.

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Nagasaki August 9, 1945Nagasaki August 9, 1945


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40,000 killed

immediately. 60,000 injured. 100,000s died of

radiation poisoning& cancer later.


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Hiroshima MemorialsHiroshima Memorials


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V-JDay (September 2, 1945)V-JDay (September 2, 1945)


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WW II Casualties: EuropeWW II Casualties: Europe


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Each symbol

indicates 100,000

dead in theappropriate theater

of operations

WW II Casualties: AsiaWW II Casualties: Asia


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Each symbolindicates 100,000

dead in the

appropriate theater

of operations

WW IIWW IICountryCountry Men in warMen in war Battle deathsBattle deaths WoundedWounded

AustraliaAustralia 1,000,0001,000,000 26,97626,976 180,864180,864

AustriaAustria 800,000800,000 280,000280,000 350,117350,117

B l iB l i 625 000625 000 8 4608 460 55 51355 51311


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CasualtiesCasualtiesBelgiumBelgium 625,000625,000 8,4608,460 55,51355,51311

BrazilBrazil22 40,33440,334 943943 4,2224,222

BulgariaBulgaria 339,760339,760 6,6716,671 21,87821,878

CanadaCanada 1,086,3431,086,34377 42,04242,04277 53,14553,145ChinaChina33 17,250,52117,250,521 1,324,5161,324,516 1,762,0061,762,006

CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 6,6836,68344 8,0178,017

DenmarkDenmark 4,3394,339

FinlandFinland 500,000500,000 79,04779,047 50,00050,000

FranceFrance 201,568201,568 400,000400,000

GermanyGermany 20,000,00020,000,000 3,250,0003,250,00044 7,250,0007,250,000

GreeceGreece 17,02417,024 47,29047,290

HungaryHungary 147,435147,435 89,31389,313

IndiaIndia 2,393,8912,393,891 32,12132,121 64,35464,354

ItalyItaly 3,100,0003,100,000 149,496149,49644 66,71666,716

JapanJapan 9,700,0009,700,000 1,270,0001,270,000 140,000140,000

NetherlandsNetherlands 280,000280,000 6,5006,500 2,8602,860

New ZealandNew Zealand 194,000194,000 11,62511,62544 17,00017,000

NorwayNorway 75,00075,000 2,0002,000

PolandPoland 664,000664,000 530,000530,000

RomaniaRomania 650,000650,00055 350,000350,00066

South AfricaSouth Africa 410,056410,056 2,4732,473

U.S.S.R.U.S.S.R. 6,115,0006,115,00044 14,012,00014,012,000

United KingdomUnited Kingdom 5,896,0005,896,000 357,116357,11644 369,267369,267

United StatesUnited States 16,112,56616,112,566 291,557291,557 670,846670,846

YugoslaviaYugoslavia 3,741,0003,741,000 305,000305,000 425,000425,000

1. Civilians only.2. Army and navy figures.3. Figures cover period July 7,

1937 to Sept. 2, 1945,and concern only Chineseregular troops. They do notinclude casualties sufferedby guerrillas and localmilitary corps.

4. Deaths from all causes.5. Against Soviet Russia;

385,847against Nazi Germany.

6. Against Soviet Russia;169,822

against Nazi Germany.7. National Defense Ctr.,

CanadianForces Hq., Director ofHistory.

Massive Human DislocationsMassive Human Dislocations


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The U.S. & the U.S.S.R.Emerged as the Two Superpowers

The U.S. & the U.S.S.R.Emerged as the Two Superpowers


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Emerged as the Two Superpowers

of the later 20c

Emerged as the Two Superpowers

of the later 20c

The Bi-Polarization of Europe:The Beginning of the Cold War

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The Beginning of the Cold WarThe Beginning of the Cold War

The Division of Germany:1945 1990

The Division of Germany:1945 1990


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1945 - 19901945 - 1990

The Creation of the U. N.The Creation of the U. N.


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The Nuremberg War Trials:Crimes Against Humanity

The Nuremberg War Trials:Crimes Against Humanity


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Crimes Against HumanityCrimes Against Humanity

Japanese War Crimes TrialsJapanese War Crimes Trials


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GeneralGeneralHideki TojoHideki Tojo

BioBio--ChemicalChemicalExperimentsExperiments

7 Future American PresidentsS d in W ld W II

7 Future American PresidentsS d in W ld W II


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Served in World War IIServed in World War II

The Race forThe Race for


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The Race for

Space

The Race for

Space

Early Computer TechnologyCame Out of WW II

Early Computer TechnologyCame Out of WW II


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Came Out of WW IICame Out of WW II

Mark I, 1944

Admiral Grace Hooper,1944-1992

COBOL language

Colossus, 1941

The Emergence of ThirdWorld Nationalist Movements

The Emergence of ThirdWorld Nationalist Movements


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World Nationalist MovementsWorld Nationalist Movements

The De-Colonization ofEuropean Empires

The De-Colonization ofEuropean Empires


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