Jul 07, 2015
Treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s Rise in Power
Failure of Appeasement
WWII Began September 1939
1919 Italy & U.S. meet
Plans for Germany to pay off WWI
Italy & U.S. disagree
Germany angrily signed it
Versailles Terms
War guilt clause
Reparations
Disarmament
Territorial Clause
Vowed to “tear apart” V. Treaty
Became Chancellor of Germany Jan 1933
1934 began building army
1936 started invasions
Give Sudetenland back to Germany
Previous Czech gov’t land
Agreement meant “peace in our time”
Hitler invaded Czech 1939 (broke agreement)
Would not trade with countries @ war
1941 repealed Neutrality Act
Could work W/ any country who provided defense
Japan invades Manchuria
U.S cuts off trade
Japan invades British/Dutch colonies
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Sunday, December 7th, 1941
Japan surprise attacks the U.S
2,335 Servicemen killed
68 Civilians killed
1,104 wounded
Hesitant to enter
Pearl Harbor attack launched U.S into WWII
U.S arrived Jan 1942
Didn’t see action till July 1942
President Roosevelt, Churchill and Joesph Stalin
Discussed D-Day Strategy
Concluded December 1st
August 6th & 9th, Hiroshima & Nagasaki
1945 first Atomic Bomb Attack
Nagasaki bombing ended war w/ Japan
Evacuation of big cities
Rationed food & clothes
Women enter the work force
Teenagers enter work force
Called to take over jobs done by men
Same jobs, less money
Going from kitchen to the factory
Also had military jobs
Mussolini’s Death April 1945
Hitler’s Death April 1945
German Forces Start to Surrender May 1945
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