Economic and political trouble in Europe lead to FASCISM

FACIST LEADERS

FASCIST governments… Lead by dictator Ruled with violence and fear Extreme nationalism Had a strong military Had total control over government

Adolf Hitler- Germany Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini- Italy Benito Mussolini

Hideki Tojo-Japan Tojo

Winston Churchill- Great Britain Winston Churchill

Joseph Stalin- U.S.S.R. Joseph Stalin

Churchill, FDR (U.S), Stalin Yalta

The Holocaust a planned attempt to rid the world of Jewish people Kristallnacht

Anti-Semitism a feeling of hatred towards the Jews Kristallnacht

Germany saw Jews… Germany saw Jews as being “unfit for society”. They were a problem that had to be solved

pogroms killing of Jews in certain towns as a way to embarrass, torture and punish the Jews

Kristallnacht “The Night of Broken Glass” Nazi soldiers destroyed the stores and synagogues of the Jewish people

Concentration camps like Auschwitz and Buchenwald 6 million Jews were killed 1 ½ million Jewish children were killed Millions of blacks, gypsies, homosexuals and people with physical and metal handicaps were killed

Germany Begins WWII Invades Poland Invades France Attacks London in the Battle of Britain

U.S. stays out of the war… ISOLATIONISM U.S is not involved

Bombing of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor

U.S. declares war against Japan Dec. 7, 1941

Internment camps Japanese-Americans either served in the army or were sent to live in “camps” that were only for the Japanese- U.S. was afraid of Japanese spies Japanese Internment Camps

Turning Point in Pacific US beats Japan in Battle of Midway Midway

U.S.S.R beats Germany at the Battle of Stalingrad Germany becomes weaker and weaker

Turning Point in Western Europe D-Day Allied forces land to take back Normandy, France D-Day

Women Go to Work with Rosie the Riveter

Women took jobs in the war factories WWII women

Harry Truman becomes U.S. president after FDR dies Truman gives the order to drop the two atomic bombs on Japan

Atomic Bomb Destruction atomic bomb destruction

Japan surrenders ending WWII Japan surrenders

After the War Marshall Plan  Provided money to help rebuild Europe  Attempted to prevent the spread of communism

Germany gets split  East piece is run by U.S.S.R. and is communist  Western piece is democratic

Japan & U.S. become allies Democratic government is set up U.S. and Japan are friends

United Nations is Created Organization where countries can talk about problems and try to avoid war United Nations