World War II
What Happened? Economic and Political conditions in Europe after World War I led to fascism and World War II Fascism: power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied. Spread of communism threatened peace in Europe and Asia
Benito Mussolini: Italy Hideki Tojo: Japan Dictators… Adolf Hitler: Germany Benito Mussolini: Italy Hideki Tojo: Japan
World War One caused… Political instability Economic devastation Great Depression High war debt by Germany High inflation rates Unemployment
Axis Powers Germany - Adolf Hitler Japan - Hirohito Italy - Mussolini
Allies Great Britain France (Winston Churchill) Russia (Joseph Stalin)
Conquering the World Axis Powers conquered smaller nations. Allied powers warn to not invade Poland. Germany invades Poland. Germany conquered most of Europe with the exception of Great Britain and Russia.
What is the US doing? Remained neutral during the beginning of the war. 1941: Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act which allowed President Roosevelt to lend weapons, supplies, and equipment to any country whose defense was critical to US security. US hoped to help the Allies win the war without sending in troops Program gave over $50 billion in supplies
What is the US doing? 1941: US establishes bases on Greenland and Iceland to protect ships from German submarine attacks Japan starts invading near by nations and starts looking at land in the US Ration books are given to us families that can’t afford food
ATTACKS Italy attacked North Africa Japan attacked the Pacific area of the USA (Honolulu, Hawaii)
The United States declares war the next day. DECEMBER 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor receives a surprise attack conducted by the Japanese. Over 2,400 U.S. servicemen lost their lives The United States declares war the next day.
Georgia and World War II Manufacturing Plant: Bell Aircraft in Marietta makes B-29 bombers Shipyards in Savannah and Brunswick: Liberty ships are built here Military bases: Richard Russell and Carl Vinson help to create military bases in Georgia
Georgia and World War II Texas was the only state to have more military bases Fort Benning Robins Air Service Command Fort Gordon Hunter Air Field
Tuskegee Air Men America's first black military airmen Had thousands of successful missions in North Africa and Italy
Holocaust 6 million Jews are murdered by Germany Directed by Adolf Hitler because of Anti-Semitism Jews were sent to extermination camps – bodies were burned in huge ovens and killed with posioned gas
Georgia and the Holocaust Governor Joe Frank Harris established the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust. Goal is to teach about the Holocaust and the danger prejudice can cause Spread awareness by coming to schools, making educational materials, setting up at museums.
June 6, 1944 AKA D-Day Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France & by early1945 troops had pushed the German army out of France!
V-E Day May 8, 1945 Day celebrated for the ending of World War II Germany surrenders
Germany would be divided into four zones The Yalta Conference Germany would be divided into four zones Britain, Russia, France & U.S. would each occupy & govern a zone B
Japan refused to surrender… August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Japan still refused to surrender. August 9, 1945: A second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
V-J Day August 14, 1945 Day celebrated for Japan surrendering and leaving the war