1. World War II Overview

9. 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

12. ALLIES THE GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES CANADA SOVIET UNION
Winston Churchill
UNITED STATES
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
CANADA
SOVIET UNION
Joseph Stalin

13. CHANGE IN AMERICAN POLICY
ISOLATIONISM
Legacy of WWI
Great Depression
ECONOMIC AID TO THE ALLIES
DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR

15. 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)

16. Pearl Harbor is attacked on Dec. 7, 1941

17. D-Day June 6, 1944 - Landing on Normandy Beach

18. Normandy Invasion, D-Day June 6, 1944

19. Allies United: U.S.S.R, England and The U.S.
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, & Winston Churchill

23. 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