WORLD DEPRESSION &WORLD WAR II

Chapter 34

WWII Vocabulary1. Fascism2. Benito Mussolini3. Civil Rights4. Totalitarianism5. Credit Financing6. Currency Devaluation7. Black Tuesday8. Tariffs9. Axis10. Appeasement

11. Munich Conference12. Maginot Line13. Winston Churchill14. Franklin D. Roosevelt15. Final Solution16. Holocaust17. D-Day18. Dwight D. Eisenhower19. Yalta20. Harry S. Truman

World War II Map1. France2. Great Britain3. Germany4. Poland5. Czechoslovakia6. Italy7. Soviet Union8. French Indochina9. Atlantic Ocean10. India11. Iraq12.Syria13.Manchuria14.Japan15.China16.Philippines17.Australia18.Arabia19.Egypt20.Pacific Ocean

The World EconomyBroke Down

Section I Page 636

World Depression

Problem: The prosperity of a nation relied on other nations to buy their goods.

No Nation •Possessed all materials needed •Produced all the goods its people wanted

Pg. 639 – Which country was affected most by unemployment?

AGGRESSION DESTROYED AN UNEASY PEACE

Section 2: Page 640

Imperialism Grows!

Japan, Italy and Germany attack.

•Aggression challenges League of Nations•Democratic countries continue neutrality

•Allowing aggressive behavior•Allowing dictators to rise

Direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles

Germany’s up to NO GOOD!Hitler’s Goal: Control ALL of Europe

Britain & France’s Goal: Avoid another war.•Follow Appeasement policy = Satisfy Hitler•Munich Conference = Hitler would not take more land

Look at map Pg. 642

Axis Powers• Germany• Italy• Japan

Allied Powers• France• Great Britain

Neutral• Soviet Union

(Nazi-Soviet Pact)• United States

• Supplied materials to Allies

• FDR will try to change isolation policy • 2 Ocean navy• Air force• Pass Selective

Service Act

TOTAL WAR ENGULFED THE WORLDSection 3: Pg. 645

Germans and Soviets conquer EASTERN EUROPE

Attack Poland•Blitzkrieg = “lightning war”

•Armored divisions & Luftwaffe (air force)

•Took 3 weeks!Nazi-Soviet Pact•Stalin moved into

•East Poland•Latvia•Lithuania•Estonia•Finnish occupations

what will become satellite nations in 1941.

Germany conquers Western EuropeInvaded for the following reasons:•Resources•Belgium = Allowed Hitler to bypass Maginot Line

•Forces France to surrender

Axis Powers• Germany• Italy• Japan

Allied Powers• France

(Surrendered)• Great Britain• Belgium

Neutral• Soviet Union

(Nazi-Soviet Pact)• United States

Land Conquered by Axis• Belgium• Netherlands• France• Manchuria• Egypt

• Poland• Latvia• Lithuania• Estonia• Finish land around

Stalingrad

Germany v. Soviet Union??

America

Neutral!

• Japan Attacks– Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor– Philippines (U.S. possession)– Malaya (British colony)– East Indies (Dutch colony)– French Indochina

• Attacked in order to create a Great Empire– Supply Japan with resources:

• Oil• Rubber• Tin• Rice• Market for Japanese goods

Only write BLUE statements.

Axis Powers• Germany• Italy• Japan

Allied Powers• France

(Surrendered)• Great Britain• Belgium

• Soviet Union (Nazi-Soviet Pact)

• United States

Land Conquered by Axis• Belgium• Netherlands• France• Manchuria• Egypt

• Poland• Latvia• Lithuania• Estonia• Finish land around

Stalingrad

Internment =

Imprisonment!

• Look at the map on Pg. 650• In pairs:

– List areas held by Axis Powers– Develop a method to defeat the Axis Powers

Japan & Germany•Both conquered people slaves

Nazi Attitudes•“New Order”•Many groups were “inferior”•“Master Race”

Final Solution•Program to kill all European Jews•Death camps•Holocaust

THE ALLIES ARE VICTORIOUSSection 4: Pg. 648

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Yalta Conference

Feb. 1945: Discussed peace terms

– Who was there?• Great Britain• United States• Russia

• Control Eastern Europe

• How to keep peace

Allies Won Against Germany!

Death of Franklin D. RooseveltApril 12, 1945: The president's attending cardiologist, Dr. Howard Bruenn, diagnosed a massive cerebral hemorrhage (stroke). At 3:35 p.m. that day, Roosevelt had just finished attending the Yalta conference. He then met with Egyptian leader and even wrote an upsetting letter against Stalin for not abiding by the Yalta

commitments over Poland. Vice President

Harry S. Truman has already been sworn

in as the President of the United States.

Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin at the Yalta Conference.

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Germany Surrenders!May 8, 1945: Soviet troops entered Berlin. Germany forces in Italy gave up in late April. A few days ago, Hitler committed suicide. Mussolini has already been captured and shot by Italians. See story on AI

Victory in Europe Day

Victory in Japan!

• General Douglas MacArthur “island hopping”

• Plans laid out to attack Japan

• Truman against attack– Wanted to avoid

invasion– Atomic bomb

Atomic Bomb Video

World War II OVER!

An ATOMIC Bomb was used to end the war.August 6, 1945: 20,000 tons of dynamite destroyed most of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. More than 160,000 people are either dead or wounded.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Destroyed!!August 9, 1945: Another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

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Japan SurrendersAugust 10, 1945: The Japanese surrendered after the Soviets invaded the Japanese-held areas of Korea and Manchuria the day before. Japan did not surrender because of this Soviet action, but we feel this will have implications for years to come.

Victory in Japan Day

Human Costs*30 Million civilian lives lost*50 Million lost overall*More deaths than any war in history so far

Economic Costs*Armament and military coststotaling $1 trillion*More property destroyed than in any war in history so far

Economic Costs*Armament and military coststotaling $1 trillion*More property destroyed than in any war in history so far