World War II

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World War II

• Chapter 26, Section 4

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WWII

• When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the war
  officially began
• Great Britain and France declared war on Germany
• Because of alliances, the war began as Germany,
  Italy and Japan against Britain and France

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Axis Advances

• Hitler used a tactic called Blitzkrieg, or
  lightning war
• By 1941, Germany had taken over Denmark, Norway,
  the Netherlands, Belgium, and France
• Italy had seized the Balkans and parts of North
  Africa
• Japan had taken French, British and Dutch
  colonies in Southeast Asia

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• Germany bombed British cities to wear them down
  for an eventual takeover
• The British invasion never happened because of
  Germanys defeat in Russia
• In 1941, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, bringing the
  United States into the war

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Turning the Tide

• In 1942, Allied troops began pushing back the
  Axis powers in North Africa
• The Allies were able to defeat the Axis powers in
  Italy and in The Soviet Union
• On June 6, 1944 (D-Day) Allies landed on the
  coast of France and liberate France
• On May 7, 1945, Germany surrenders

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The Holocaust Revealed

• With the defeat of Germany, the Allies were able
  to liberate the concentration camps
• Gas chambers were used to kill about 6 million
  Jews, Poles, Gypsies, political enemies, and
  undesirables

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Effects of the War

• WWII ended when Japan was defeated in 1945 by the
  United states
• The United states dropped the atomic bomb on
  Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• WWII was the most destructive war in history
• 30 million people in Europe died, 60 million
  people in the world died
• Millions of homeless wandered the streets because
  of bombed out homes

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• Because of WWII, both the United States and The
  Soviet Union became new superpowers
• A new international agency was formed to help
  prevent future wars
• The United Nations