1. What were the Nature and Impacts of World War II?
Global History and Geography
10th Grade Boys/Girls
1 June 2019

2. Nature of the War: Modern Warfare
Sonar to Detect
Submarines
Improved
Airplanes
Machine
guns
Improved
submarines
Modern Warfare
Radar to detect
airplanes
Walkie-
talkies
Aircraft
carriers
Deadlier
bombs
Fast-moving
armored tanks
Medical
Advances

3. Nature of the War It was a total war
All resources of different nations were mobilized.
Democratic governments directed economy by telling factories to produce what they wanted
Fixed prices, wages and rationed consumer goods

4. Nature of the War Holocaust War of Atrocities
Nazis blamed minorities for German problems
Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, & physically or mentally disabled people were targeted
Jews were sent to concentration camps
Genocide was committed systematically
War of Atrocities
Japanese killed & raped Chinese, Korean, Filipino civilians.
Soviets targeted a lot of Poles for death

5. Impacts of the War Human Losses Economic Losses
Americans used atomic bombs in Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
75 million killed
Economic Losses
Throughout Europe and parts of Asia cities and factories were completely destroyed
It took many years before the economies of these nations could be recovered.

6. Impacts of the War War-Crimes Trial Occupied Nations
Nuremberg Trial: Trial of Nazi leaders for crimes against humanity
Trials in Italy and Japan for their fascist leaders
Occupied Nations
Germany and Japan were occupied by western nations and democracy established
U.S.S.R. occupied Eastern Europe and established communist governments

7. Impacts of the War Establishment of the U.N.O. Literature and Art
To provide for a venue to discuss the problems of the nations of the world
General Assembly and Security Council with some nations’ veto power.
Literature and Art
Examination of totalitarianism: Animal Farm by Orwell
Examination of human evil: Lord of the Flies by Golding
Impact of Nuclear War: On the Beach by Shute.

8. Homework
1, 4, 5, 7 on page 836