1. Aggression & Appeasement: The Seeds of World War II
Militarism in Asia
Russo-Japanese War
Japanese aggression targeted China & aimed for regional power
Territorial acquisition: Korea to Manchuria
Washington Conference
1937: Panay Incident, Rape of Nanking

2. The Rape of Nanking 1937 Japanese Military Ceremony

3. Aggression & Appeasement: The Seeds of World War II
Fascism in Europe
Italy & Mussolini
The Nazis Came to Power in Germany
Weakness of Weimar & Economic Collapse
Appeal of Nazi ideology
Hitler solidified Nazi gains
Internally
Foreign policy
Treatment of Jews

5. Hyperinflation & the Cost of Living
Source #1: The rising price of bread in post WWI Germany
1918
1922
January 1922
July 1923
Sept
Nov
.63 Marks
Marks
250 Marks
3,456 Marks
1,515,000 Marks
201,000, 000 Marks
Source #2: The Rising Price of one egg in post WWI Germany
1914
1921
1922
July 1923
Sept
1923
Nov
.90 Marks
1.60 Marks
7 Marks
5,000 Marks
4,000,000 Marks
320,000,0 00 Marks

6. Aggression & Appeasement: The Seeds of World War II
America struggled with Neutrality
The current of isolationism ran strong
Nye Committee, Neutrality Acts, Cash-and-carry
Building solid international relationships
Recognition of USSR & “Good Neighbor” policy
FDR led USA towards internationalism
“Quarantine” theory, Battle of Britain, Role of Churchill FDR’s response to Nazis: War prep., Four Freedoms, Lend-Lease, Atlantic Charter
PEARL HARBOR – December 7, 1941

7. Inspecting Damage During the “Blitz”
Winston Churchill
Inspecting Damage During the “Blitz”

9. FDR’s Four Freedoms

16. World War II: The Home Front
Internment of Japanese-Americans
West Coast Paranoia
Relocation camps
An American disgrace
Other Groups Saw Mixed Results
African-Americans
Women
Mexican-Americans, Native Americans

20. “Rosie the Riveter”

23. World War II: The Home Front
War Effort Ends the Depression
Production
Labor
Inflation & Government Response
Scientists Played a Key Role

24. World War II: Winning the War
BG: American Grand Strategy after Pearl Harbor
The Western Theater
Combating the “Wolf Packs” of U-Boats
First Allied Offensive: North Africa
The Generals: Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley (US), & Montgomery (UK)
El Alamein and amphibious assault on NW Africa
Casablanca meeting
Cornering the “Desert Fox” - Erwin Rommel

25. Gen. Eisenhower addressing troops before D-Day

26. Gen. Eisenhower
Gen. Omar Bradley
Gen. George Patton

27. World War II: Winning the War
I. (cont’d)
The Italian Campaign
Objectives & Results
The “forgotten men” of the war?
Victory in Europe
“Strategic” vs. “area” bombing (May ‘42 – Apr. ‘44)
“D-Day” – Operation Overlord (June 6, 1944)
Push to the Rhine (July – Sept. ‘44)
The Battle of the Bulge (December 1944)
Last Drive to Berlin (January – May ‘45)

28. D-Day = Operation Overlord

29. Cologne
Dresden

30. World War II: Winning the War
War in the Pacific
Significant Japanese gains
Japanese advances stopped (Coral Sea & Midway)
Fighting back (Guadalcanal)
“Leap-frogging” towards Japan
“Return” to the Philippines (MacArthur triumphant)
Iwo Jima and Okinawa

34. World War II: Winning the War
(cont’d)
An Atomic Ending
Einstein’s Letter
Manhattan Project – Oppenheimer & Groves
Summit meeting at Potsdam
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
V-J Day
A new era, not only in the history of warfare, but in the history of mankind

40. World War II The Summit Meetings: FDR/Churchill FDR/Churchill/Stalin
Atlantic Conference, August ’41
Casablanca, January ’43
FDR/Churchill/Stalin
Teheran, November ‘43
Yalta, February ‘45
Truman/Churchill/Stalin
Potsdam, July ’45

41. Images from Yalta, Feb 1945

42. World War II Total ≈ 60 million? Deaths (Military & Civilian):
Russia ≈ 20 million Germany ≈ 8 million China ≈ 20 million Japan ≈ 2 million
Holocaust ≈ 6 million Jews
6 million others (Gypsies, Poles, homosexuals, handicapped, etc.)
UK ≈ 400,000
USA ≈ 292,000
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Total ≈ 60 million?