1. World War II 1939 - 1945 Student S U.S. History Online
2. Who was involved? Allied power: Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, and other allies Together they defeated the Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan.
3. What started it? Germans attack on Poland- 1939 U.S. became involved when Japan invaded Pearl Harbor- 1941 Majority of countries involved by early 1942 Most vicious war in history The great depression
4. FOR or AGAINST? Isolationist were against conflict and wanted to stay out of the war. Interventionists wanted the U.S. to aid the allies in dire need of help.
5. Time for CHANGE in the U.S. Civilian factories quickly converted to making military products Companies such as vacuum cleaner firms stopped business and started making war weapons Women moved from homemakers to outside working women Rationing of consumer goods Boosted the economy
6. Truman Doctrine “To support free people who are resisting attempted subjugated by armed minorities of by outside pressures.” - Truman
7. Marshall Plan Joint economic recovery Between the U.S. and Western European allies
9. Holocaust 1941 – 1945 Lead by Hitler and his men Goal on an industrial scale: Kill as many people as possible Concentration camps Mass executions They believed their should be one religion and if you weren’t part of that religion they killed you. Jews were the first to die Succeeded in killing around 6 million innocent people
10. Atomic Bomb Italian scientist Enrico Fermi successfully split the first atom Robert J. Oppenheimer built the first atomic bomb First dropped in Alamogordo, NM part of the Manhattan Project Used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in hopes to scare Japan into surrender
12. MAJOR Battles Battle of Britain- First one of WWII Normandy- Dwight D. Eisenhower commander and chief, biggest battle known to happen in the sea the Bulge- last major attack on the W. front by the Germans.
13. The Surrender of Japan 1945 Japan accepted terms of allies Took place on naval battleship 2 weeks after agreement with allies
14. Aftermath Ended depression Advancements in scientific inventions and discoveries Halt to communism Took many lives U.S. end conflict with Germany
16. Test Your Knowledge! What started WWII? Who were the axis powers? What were isolationist? What had to be rationed during WWII? What was the United Nations? Approximately how many died from the holocaust? Who split the first atom? Why were merchant ships important to WWII? What was one good outcome of WWII? How many U.S. civilians died during WWII?
17. Bibliography U.S. History online text. http://www.answers.com/topic/world-war-ii http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html http://www.angelfire.com/ct/ww2europe/stats.html
