PREMIER UNIVERSITYFACULTY OF BUSINESS STUDIES

19th Batch, 6th Semester, Section: A

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SUBMITTED BY:

NAME ID AHMED SHAZED SULTAN 0919113072 KALPITA PRASUN TALUKDER 0919113067 MD ISMAIL SOHEL 0919113048 ASHRAFUL HOQUE SHOHEL 0919113059

CONTENT:SECOND WORLD WAR

Summary Entry into Politics Causes of Second World

War Religion of German Why did Hitler start

Second World War ? Involving Country’s Legal Rise to Power Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” Convince The People Controlling People’s

Minds Hitler’s Army “Wehrmacht”

Hitler’s Final Solution “Holocaust”

The Role of Women Hate Jews Theater’s War The “Phony War” Dunkirk “Operation

Dynamo” Battle of Britain

“Operation Sea Lion” Russia “Operation

Barbarussa” Deaths of War And Finally

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The Second World War was the most deadly, destructive and consequential war in history. It began in September 1, 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following Germany's invasion of Poland. Seventeen million military personnel died in the war, it cost more money and damaged more property. Civilian deaths in the Soviet Union and China alone totaled 30 million. All of the countries directly involved in Second World War were Germany, Italy, Japan, France, Great Britain, China, Russia, and America. And the Second World War finished on September 2, 1945.

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HITLER “ENTRY INTO POLITICS• After World War I Hitler returned to Munich. Having

no formal education and career plans or prospects, he tried to remain in the army for as long as possible. In July 1919 he was appointed Verbindungsmann (intelligence agent) to influence other soldiers and to infiltrate the German Workers' Party (DAP). While monitoring the activities of the DAP, Hitler became attracted to the founder Anton Drexler's anti-Semitic. Drexler is a strong active government, a "non-Jewish" version of socialism, and solidarity among all members of society. Drexler invited him to join the DAP. Hitler accepted on 12 September 1919, becoming the party's 55th member.

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Adolf Hitler's German Workers' Party (DAP)

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CAUSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

• It has been said that Second World War was just a continuation of First World War, yet there are some specific causes was in possible without the rise of Hitler and his Nazis.

The rearmament of Germany was a cause for war because it broke the Treaty of Versailles (28th June, 1919)

RELIGION OF GERMAN

• The German census of May 1939 indicates that 54 percent of Germans considered themselves Protestant and 40 percent considered themselves Catholic, with only 3.5 percent claiming to be neo-pagan "believers in God," and 1.5 percent unbelievers. This census came more than six years into the Nazi era.

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WHY DID HITLER START SECOND WORLD WAR?• Adolf Hitler did so,

because he wanted to take revenge on France and England for winning the first war.

• He felt that Germany was shamed after the First World War and tried to prove that their country was also a great superpower.

• He believed in racial purification and wanted to take over Europe and re-model it the way he wanted.

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INVOLVING COUNTRIY’SSecond World War involved most of the world's nations which fought for either of two military alliances - the Axis Powers and the Allies.

• The Axis powers were a group of countries led by Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan. They were considered the aggressors of the conflict.

• The Allies, led by the United Kingdom, its Commonwealth and France were joined in the European theatre by the Soviet Union in June 1941 and by the United States in December 1941.

The Axis PowerGermanyAustriaJapanItalyUSSR (Until 1941)

The Allies Power•Great BritainFranceCanadaChinaUnited States (From 1941)USSR (from 1941)

LEGAL RISE TO POWER

• Used popularity from failed revolution and book to seize power legally.

• Spoke to mass audiences about making Germany a great nation again.

• Nazi Party:– 1930 = 18% of vote– 1932 = 30% of vote

• Hitler becomes Chancellor in 1933.

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Nazi Party Election Result

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• While in jail for previous government up rise attempts, Hitler wrote a book: "Mein Kampf"- My Fight or more specifically My Struggle. In this book Hitler told of his plans to better Germany, many people read this and became slightly interested. Later on when Hitler was freed from jail he began came back into politics.

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HITLER’S “MEIN KAMPF”

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CONVINCE THE PEOPLE

• Hitler was a very charismatic man and the people liked what they heard from him.

• Hitler wrote a book “Mein Kempf”. In this book he told of his plans to better Germany. the people red this book and interested.

• He promised the people jobs and happiness.

Hitler assured them that the Aryan race was superior and that all of the problems that Germany now endured were because of the Jewish community.

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CONTROLLING PEOPLE’S MINDS

• Once Hitler had complete control of the government, he began to control all aspects of life. Germany became a police state.

• 2 million Nazis now made up the Salvation Army, Hitler’s army of Storm troopers.

• He also had his SS (Schutzstaffel). These men had sworn eternal life to Hitler as the protectors of his Aryan race. They were trained, ruthless killers who did whatever Hitler asked.

• Hitler used propaganda to instill fear in his people.

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HITLER’S ARMY• Hitler had been

building his army, navy and air force since he became Chancellor of Germany in 1933

• When Germany invaded Poland on September 1st, 1939 he used a method called “Blitzkrieg” (lightning warfare) in which he attacked the country very quickly using all his resources.

WEHRMACHT

• The military of the Third Reich – the Wehrmacht – was the name of the unified armed forces of Germany from 1935–1945 with Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (navy), Luftwaffe (air force) and a military organization Waffen-SS (military branch of the SS, which was, de facto, a fourth branch of the Wehrmacht).

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HITLER’S FINAL SOLUTION “HOLOCAUST”

• Adolf Hitler announced at many occasions the "annihilation of the Jews" living in the territory under his control.

• In his mind, murdering millions of Jews could only be accomplished under the confusion of war - from the beginning he was planning a war that would engulf Europe.

• Second World War caused the greatest loss of life and material destruction of any war in history, killing twenty-five million military personnel and thirty million civilians.

• Approximately 11 million people were killed because of Hitler's genocidal policy.

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Gas Chamber• In August 1943 a Gas

Chamber was installed in this building, seen here after the liberation of the camp, in the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. France, 1945

• Piles of shoes that belonged to prisoners killed in the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Poland, wartime.

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THE ROLE OF “WOMEN”

• Women in Nazi Germany were to have a very specific role. Hitler was very clear about this. This role was that they should be good mothers bringing up children at home while their husbands worked. Outside of certain specialist fields, Hitler saw no reason why a woman should work. Education taught girls from the earliest of years that this was the lifestyle they should have.

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WHY DID HITLER AND NAZI’S HATE JEWS

• Many of the 'theories' about Hitler's hatred of the Jews, especially those claiming to be based on a single experience early in his life, are no more than fanciful guesswork.

• The reasons given by Hitler in 'Mein Kampf' should be treated with caution. The book is not a reliable source.

• Blamed for Germany’s defeat in First World war.

• Blamed for the death of Christ.• Blamed for spreading black death, the

Bubonic Plague that killed 1/3 of all Europeans

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THEATER’S WAR

• The main war with Germany was known as the EUROPEAN THEATER. (1939-1945)

• The other theater was the PACIFIC THEATER (1940-1945). This war was fought against Japanese aggression in the Pacific Ocean

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THE PHONY WAR• From September,

1939 when war was declared on Germany to April 1940 there was no fighting.

• All the countries were preparing for war.

• Britain sent troops to Europe

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DUNKIRK “OPERATION DYNAMO

May 26 – June 3, 1940

• German troops chase the British to the English Channel. Hitler wanted his air force to come in for the “kill”, but they were unable because of fog.

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN “OPERATION SEA LION”

• July 1940 - Hitler orders his “Luftwaffe” (air force) to attack Britain to knock out airfields and supply factories .

• After a German aircraft accidentally bombs London, the British RAF retaliates by bombing Berlin.

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RUSSIA “OPERATION BARBARASSA”• Operation

Barbarossa was the name given to Nazi Germany’s invasion of Russia on June 22nd 1941.

• June 22, 1941 Surprise “blitzkrieg” attack launched by 3 million German troops on Russia which had 8 million men on the eastern front.

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DEATH OF WAR

• Germany- 3 million combat deaths (3/4ths on the eastern front).

• Japan – over 1.5 combat deaths; 900,000 civilians dead.• Soviet Union - 13 million combat deaths.• U.S. – 300,000 combat deaths, over 100,000 other

deaths.• When you include all combat and civilian deaths,

World War II becomes the most destructive war in history with estimates as high as 60 million, including 25 million Russians.

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AND FINALLYAND FINALLY

• It ended with the unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.

• Germany surrendered on May 7th to the Western Allies, and May 8th to the Soviet Union, 1945, about a week after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide.

• The surrender was signed on Sept. 2, 1945 aboard the battleship A.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. President Truman officially declared an end to hostilities by Presidential Proclamation on December 31, 1946.

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AFTER THE WAR:

• The Dutch economy prospered by leaving behind an era of neutrality and gaining closer ties with neighboring states. The Netherlands was one of the founding members of the Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) grouping, was among the twelve founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and was among the six founding members of the European Coal and Steel Community, which would later evolve into the EEC (Common Market) and then the European Union.

NOW I LIKE TO SHOW THE SOME PICTURE OF

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Members of a Jewish family walking along a Berlin street wear the compulsory Star of David. Berlin, Germany

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German Jews crowd the Palestine Emigration Office in an attempt to leave Germany. Berlin, Germany, 1935.

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German Jews try to emigrate to Palestine; long lines in front of the Palestine and Orient Travel Agency. Berlin, Germany, January 22, 1939.

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Children eating in the ghetto streets. Warsaw, Poland, between 1940 and 1943.

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German soldiers lead Jews captured during the Warsaw ghetto uprising to the assembly point for deportation. Poland, May 1943.

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Family members say goodbye to a child through a fence at the ghetto's central prison where children, the sick, and the elderly were held before deportation to Chelmno. Lodz, Poland, September 1942.

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Interior of a gas chamber at the Majdanek Camp in Poland

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German soldiers taken into custody after Allied forces free Paris

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American soldiers find bodies in concentration camp located in Buchenwald, Germany

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Survivors of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany

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Starvation was a leading cause of death in Nazi concentration camps.

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August 9, 1945:  A U.S. plane drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

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• Nagasaki after the bomb.

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• IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF –6 MILLION JEWS, 6 MILLION JEWS, –20 MILLION RUSSIANS, 20 MILLION RUSSIANS, –10 MILLION CHRISTIANS10 MILLION CHRISTIANS

• MURDERED – GASSED, MURDERED – GASSED, SLAUGHTERED, RAPED, STARVED, SLAUGHTERED, RAPED, STARVED, ABUSED, BURNT, HUMILIATED.ABUSED, BURNT, HUMILIATED.

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Never to forget