1. World War II Review Direct Causes: Indirect Causes
European Entry into the war:
-Germany invaded Poland
American Entry into the war:
-Pearl Harbor
Direct Causes:
Indirect Causes
Nationalism
Treaty of Versailles too harsh and Hitler violated it
Policy of Appeasement failed
League of Nations failed
Imperialism (expansion) and militarism (aggression) of Axis powers
Democratic nations were passive

2. World War II Review Allies: Axis: Britain – Winston Churchill
France – Charles De Gaulle
Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin
USA – FDR, Harry Truman
(Plus many other smaller nations)
Allies:
Axis:
Germany – Adolph Hitler
Japan – Hideki Tojo
Italy – Benito Mussolini
(Plus Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania)

3. World War II Review New Technology Atomic Bomb “Blitzkrieg Warfare”
Radar and sonar, as well as rubber coating to protect against sonar
Jet engines
Bomb sight
Computers and code breaking
Aircraft carriers
Amphibious landing vehicles (D-Day)
Canned food
Gas chambers
Jeep
Radio-direction finders

4. World War II Review Key Battles Battle of Britain Pearl Harbor
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Invasion of Sicily
Battle of Stalingrad
El Alamein
Leningrad
Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Nagasaki/Hiroshima

5. World War II Review Holocaust 11 million people killed
6 million of those people were Jewish
2/3 of the Jews in Europe were exterminated
Nuremberg laws, Kristallnacht and Ghettos were just the beginning
Concentration and Extermination camps
Gas chambers, among many other unimaginable atrocities against human beings

6. World War II Review World War II Review Leaders Axis: - Germany
Allies:
- United Kingdom:
Winston Churchill
- France:
Neville Chamberlain
-Soviet Union:
Joseph Stalin
-USA:
Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Harry S. Truman
Axis:
- Germany
Adolf Hitler
- Italy:
Benito Mussolini
- Japan:
Hideki Tojo

7. World War II Review Outcomes Allies defeated Axis powers
U.S. Emerges as a Superpower
Division of Communist/Capitalist Nations led to the Cold War