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M ilitarism Dictators Nazi’s Mussolini – Facism Japan – military overthrew government A lliances Axis (Central) Powers – Germany, Italy, Japan Allied.

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Page 1: M ilitarism Dictators Nazi’s Mussolini – Facism Japan – military overthrew government A lliances Axis (Central) Powers – Germany, Italy, Japan Allied.
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Causes of World War II M ilitarism•Dictators•Nazi’s•Mussolini – Facism•Japan – military overthrew government

A lliances•Axis (Central) Powers – Germany, Italy, Japan•Allied Powers – England, France, USSR, USA, …

I mperialism•Italy – North Africa•Germany – Europe•Japan – Asia and Pacific Islands

N ationalismFacism – government that uses extreme form of nationalismNazi – German pride

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Causes of World War II• World War I resolutions:  Germany – had to take the blame, lost land, lost all their overseas colonies, had to disarm, had to pay for damages 

Italy – felt cheatedJapan – felt ignored by European powers

• World-wide Depression – Europe was devastated and left in debt, widespread unemployment

• ATTACKS!Hitler moves into Austria, then Czechoslovakia, then attacks Poland September 1, 1939

Italy moves into North Africa – EthiopiaJapan occupies Manchuria, then attacks Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941

 

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DictatorsBenito Mussolini Adolph Hitler Joseph Stalin

ItalyFascist

GermanyNazi

Soviet UnionCommunism

In Common: Imperialistic attitude – conquer other nationsRuthlessly crushed opponentsBelieved in an extreme form of nationalismBelieved government should control economic and social lifeRulers in Europe during World War II

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The mass murder of about 6 million European Jews (as well as Romas (gypsies), disabled, Communists, and  homosexuals, …) by Hitler’s Nazi Party.1938-1945

Holocaust

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The place where Jews were placed  to be persecuted by Nazis.  Originally used as a term to imprison political opposition, the Holocaust made the term synonymous with “extermination camps”.

Concentration Camps

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Pearl HarborThe Japanese

attacked a U.S. naval base on Dec. 7, 1941 causing the U.S. to

declare war on Japan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1niwxQgoYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX4sTBJ0tvA

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The next day, December 8, 1941, President Roosevelt addressed Congress and the nation in a broadcast heard worldwide.  He called December 7th as, “a date which will live in infamy”.  He then called for a declaration of war against Japan and its Axis allies in Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE

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An immensely powerful weapon of mass destruction whose violent energy 

comes from splitting the atom.  It was used to end World War II when one was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9.  Over 200,000 Japanese were killed by these two bombs.  No nuclear weapon has ever been used since, but has created world-wide controversy.

Atomic Bomb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE

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Special courts were set

up by the allies after the

war where Nazi leaders

were tried for “crimes

against humanity”.

Nuremburg Trials

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G.I. Bill Of Rights

     Law that provid

ed 

educational and 

economic help to

 

soldiers that fough

t in 

the war. Over 7 m

illion 

veterans went to 

college 

under this law.

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  An international peace 

organization created after 

World War II that included 

over 50 nations.

United Nations

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NC Contributions to World War IIMILITARY:

– soldiers– military training camps– POW camps– Torpedo Junction (battle with U-Boats @ OBX)

– hospitals– cemeteries– shipyards

HOMEFRONT:– victory gardens– ration books – shoes, gas, rubber, metal, and food items:  sugar, coffee, meat, butter

– recycling– war bonds – raised money

jobs

MANUFACTURED GOODS:– textile mills – sheets, tents, parachutes, uniforms, . . .

– military weapons and equipment – rockets, bombs, radar equipment, ships, submarine chasers, minesweepers, merchant ships, ammunition

NATURAL RESOURCES:– lumber – barracks, boxes, bunks– stone – roads– mica – insulation– tungsten – strengthens steel– agricultural products – wheat, potatoes, peanuts, hay

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NC Contributions to World War II

– jobs– Soldiers– military training camps– war bonds – raised money– POW camps– victory gardens– recycling– Torpedo Junction– Hospitals– Cemeteries– Shipyards

– ration books – shoes, gas, rubber, metal, and food items:  sugar, coffee, meat, butter

– textile mills – sheets, tents, parachutes, uniforms, . . .

– military weapons and equipment – rockets, bombs, radar equipment, ships, submarine chasers, minesweepers, merchant ships, ammunition

– lumber – barracks, boxes, bunks

– stone – roads– mica – insulation– tungsten – strengthens steel– agricultural products – wheat, potatoes, peanuts, hay