World War II Overview
Rise of Hitler New parliament created 450, 000 members Nazi Party organized, 1920s Nazi party largest in Germany, 1932 Hitler voted as chancellor, 1933 New parliament created 450, 000 members Larger than German army
ALLIES THE GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES CANADA SOVIET UNION Winston Churchill UNITED STATES Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman CANADA SOVIET UNION Joseph Stalin
CHANGE IN AMERICAN POLICY ISOLATIONISM Legacy of WWI Great Depression ECONOMIC AID TO THE ALLIES DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR
MAJOR EVENTS OF WWII September 1, 1939 – Germany invades Poland Germany invades France (captures Paris) Battle of Britain begins (bombing London) US aids Britain in return for bases Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, HI Germany declares war on US US declares war on Germany & Japan Battle of Midway – turning point against Japan Germany invades Soviet Union Battle of Stalingrad (turning point in Europe) D-Day (Doomsday) – invasion of Normandy Atomic Bombs dropped: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Japan surrenders (V-J Day)
Pearl Harbor is attacked on Dec. 7, 1941
D-Day June 6, 1944 - Landing on Normandy Beach
Normandy Invasion, D-Day June 6, 1944
Allies United: U.S.S.R, England and The U.S. Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, & Winston Churchill
EFFECTS OF WWII End to the Great Depression (war boom) Women took jobs (Rosie the Riveter) Conservation and Rationing of goods Racial barriers broken down (temporarily) Japanese Americans put in internment camps