Great Depression

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Great Depression

• Aggressors emerged as democratic societies were
  unstable

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The Great Depression

• ____ economy was holding up the rest of the
  world, but it weakened
• Uneven ____________ of wealth
• _______________ of business and agriculture
• Lessen demand for consumer goods most only make
  ______/year and Agriculture increased due to
  __________ thus a surplus occurred

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Depression

• Black Tuesday October 29, 1929- Stock Market
  Crashes
• Banks failed
• ¼ population was unemployed
• World trade drops 65

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Prices during the Great Depression

• Prices then and now

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Fascism

• Italy Benito ___________Il duce
• Fascism centered on private ownership with
  ____________ rules
• Dictator
• Focus ______________ and militarism
• No opposing political parties, _____________,
  controlled peoples lives

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Adolf Hitler der fuhrer

• 1933 Disbanded the Reichstag
• Passed Enabling Acts
• 1935 ____________ Laws
• 1939 concentration camps and ________(Heinrich
  Himmler)
• Rewrote history, rationed food, built _________
  and stockpiled weapons

• Born in _________ in 1889
• Hated the ________ Government
• 1920 _____ Party or National Soviet Socialist
  German Workers Party
• 1923 Led failed Revolution wrote _____ Kampf
  and preached of master race and living space
  (lebensraum)

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Hitler

• Appealed to _______ class
• Totalitarian society used _______ secret police
• Put Germans to work building factories, highways,
  weapons
• Hitler ______ and League of German Girls
• Propaganda (Joseph __________)

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League of Nations Weaknesses

• October 1935 Mussolini invade Ethiopia
• 1935 _______ builds up army
• March 7, 1936 Hitler invades the Rhineland
• October 1936 _____________Axis, November adds
  Japan
• Mussolini and Hitler help ________ in Spain

• Britain and France have policy of ______________
• September 1938_________ Conference gives
  Hitler Poland
• August 23, 1939 _________________ Pact between
  Russia and Germany
• Hitler takes _____________, thus annex Austria
  and Czechoslovakia

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Hitlers Lightning War

• September 1, _____ attacks Poland with Luftwaffe
  and infantry (Herman Goering)
• September 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war,
  but too slow
• Blitzkrieg ___________ ____ was successful
• November 1939-March 1940 ________ takes E.
  Prussia, Estonia and defeats Finland

• The Phony War
• French on the _________ Line
• Germans on the Siegfried Line
• Called the _____________ until Hitler surprises
  Denmark and Norway

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Maginot Line
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Holocaust

• Approximately 5-6 million ______ were killed

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World War II
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European Theatre (front)

• ___________ Campaign- Germany and Soviet Union
• Western Campaign- Germany vs. Great Britain,
  United States and France
• _______________ Campaign (North Africa and
  Italy)- Germany, Italy vs. United States and
  Great Britain

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Allied Leadership in Europe

• Dwight _____________ Supreme Allied Commander
• George C. Marshall United States Chairman of
  the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• FDR ___________ ______, Isolationist,
  Lend-Lease
• Churchill Atlantic Charter w/ FDR
• Generals Bernard L. Montgomery and George Patton

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Obstacles to overcome for Allies in Europe

• ___________ warfare in the Atlantic (wolfpacks)
• German __________ and the blitzkrieg
• Distance
• Atlantic defenses

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The Battle for France

• Hitler sweeps through Holland,_________ , and
  Luxembourg towards France
• May 26, ____ Belgium surrenders
• Hitler marches through the ________ (dense
  forest)
• Beaches of ________ rescue the French

• ______ enters war on June 10, 1940
• France Falls June __, 1940
• Henri _______ heads puppet govt in s. France
• Charles ___ ________ flees to London for govt in
  exile

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The Battle of Britain

• Britain faces Germany alone under Winston
  ___________
• Britain Royal ____ ______ (RAF)outnumbered
• Operation Sea _____
• Bombed airfields and night raids to break
  ________
• Britains advantages radar and ______

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United States Enters the War

• President___________
• wanted to stay isolated and neutral
• 1937 __________ Acts
• 1939 Cash and Carry
• ____________ Act pay at the end of the war for
  weapons

• Japan brings US into the War
• December 7, 1941 ______ ______, Hawaii
• Most U.S. aircraft carriers out at sea
• Japanese not get the fuel depot
• 2hrs 2,400 died and 1,000 wounded

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Operation ______ (1942-43)

• Fought in North _____.
• Allies believed this was the best location to
  begin assault on the Axis powers.
• Largest _______ wars in history would be fought
  here

• Great Britain- Gen. Bernard Montgomery (Monty)
• Germany- General Erwin _______ (Desert Fox)
• United States- General George S. _______Blood and
  Guts)

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Results of Torch

• British defeat Germans at the Battle of El
  Alamein. Protect the ___________ from Axis
  control.
• US/British drive Germans out of North _______
• Attention turns to ______- considered the soft
  underbelly of the Axis defense in Europe.

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Invasion of Italy (1943-44)

• US/British making initial landing at ______.
• Large-scale __________ landings begin
• Major invasion on the mainland is in Salerno

• Allies capture control of Italy.
• Monty and ______ lead the assault.
• Attention focuses on _______.

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Eastern Front

• Hitler wanted to take control of the _______
  ______. June 22, 1941
• He sent massive numbers of troops deep into
  Soviet Union.
• Their drive was halted at ______________
• The ________had caused much of the Nazi Army to
  halt its surge.
• Hitler missed opportunity for Soviet citizen
  support.

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Homefront

• _______ War rationing food, reduced speed limit
• 1944 18 million working (lots of women)
• ________ Riveter
• 1941-1946 ___________Americans Imprisoned
  totaling 31,275 _____________Order 9066

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Operation OverlordD-Day

• The Big _______ Allies had agreed to put this
  mainland assault off until they had better hold
  in Europe.
• Cross-Channel invasion is planned for
  ___________(Germans thought it would be Calais)

• The largest number of naval, air and land force
  is assembled on the coast of Great Britain.
• Invasion is to take place at ___________(designate
  d June 6, 1944).

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D-Day

• German _______________ was long prepared for
  this assault. Hitler guessed wrong on its
  location, however.
• _________commanded Nazi army, Eisenhower
  commanded the AEF.
• The assault was fought on 5 beachheads- Utah,
  ________(Saving Private Ryan), Gold, ______ and
  Sword.
• ____million troops landed

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Results of D-Day

• German army was overrun at Normandy.
• Allies broke out and reclaimed Paris.
• Nazi army/air force is in shambles.

• The western front and eastern front are
  strangling the German army.
• A major defense will be prepared by Hitler.
• August 25, 1944 _______liberated

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The last days of fighting

• Battle of the ______ (December 1944)- last
  major offensive by German army attacking Allied
  defenses in Western France. Unsuccessful
• _______ Army closes in from the West,
  British/French/American armies close in on the
  East.
• _______ commits suicide April 30, 1945
• May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders (_____________ )

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War in the Pacific Theatre

• Japan captures much of _____________ islands
  before the United States was prepared to fight.
• United States will use a _________________
  strategy of island hopping on its way to mainland
  Japan.
• The cost of fighting is going to be _____________
  in terms of lives lost.

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Leaders in the Pacific campaign

• United States
• General Douglas MacArthur- commander of Army
• Admiral Chester _________- commander of Naval
  forces

• Lt. Col. James _____________attacks Japan after
  Pearl Harbor
• Japan
• Admiral _____________Isoroku

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Key Events in war with Japan

• Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942)- first major
  engagement that stopped Japanese aggression
• Battle of Midway (1942)- turning point of war for
  America. We gained a foothold in the Pacific
  theatre.
• Battle of Guadalcanal (Aug. 7, 1942) Island of
  Death

• Battle of the Philippines (June 1944)- regained
  control after initial defeat
• Iwo Jima (Mar. 1945)- location of heavy fighting
  and casualties.
• Okinawa (April 1945)- very hard fighting and many
  lives lost.
• US became convinced that millions could die in
  land fight in Japan

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The last days of fighting

• ______had become desperate. Supplies were
  running out because of embargo. They were using
  young teenage boys to fight. ___________
  missions were taking place.
• US develops a weapon of mass destruction.
  Warnings were given earlier in the year that this
  existed. (_____________ Project)
• __________ decides to use the atomic bomb.
  (August 1945)- 200,000 deaths by end of year

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Atomic Bomb
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The End

• ___________(B-29) drops the bomb
• August 6,1945 Hiroshima
• August 9, 1945 Nagasaki
• August 14, 1945 ________Surrenders

• September 2, 1945 on the ship, _________,
  Hirohito signed peace agreement
• ___years and one day after the beginning of WWII
• 16 million soldiers dead,___ million civilians
  died

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Famous Quotes during WWII

• I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears
  and sweat.
• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
• Today Europe! Tomorrow the world!
• Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will
  live in infamy

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Pictures of World War II

• Photos of the War