2.  Why does a war start?
 Countries disagree
 Fight for power
 Fight over money or land

3.  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

4.  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.

5.  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)

6.  UK
 France
 United States
 Canada
 India
 Poland
Clipart from Microsoft.

7.  Germany
 Italy
 Japan
Clipart from Microsoft.

8.  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

9.  German Nazi’s kill Jews
 Concentration Camps
 Extermination Camps
 Auschwitz
 Gas Chambers

10.  Troubled Childhood
 Abusive father
 Alcoholic
 Role in WWI
 Soldier, was devastated when Germany lost
 Rise to power
 Fall out of power

11.  The Battle of Britain
 The attack on Pearl Harbor
 Battle of Stalingrad

12.  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/

13.  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

14.  Population
 Dawn of the Atomic age
 The Occupation of Germany and Japan
 Release of concentration camps

15.  Becomes a Superpower
 Out of the Great depression
 Problems with Russia
 Cold War
 Problems in the middle east
Clipart from Microsoft.

16.  Becomes a Superpower
 Cold War
 Problems with the U.S.
 Gorbachev
 U.S. likes him as a leader

17.  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- 200,000
ww2db.com/country