World War Two: An Overview Causes of World War Two TThe Treaty of Versailles EEconomic Depression AAppeasement of Axis aggression/Imperialism FFascist

World War Two:

An Overview

Causes of World War TwoCauses of World War Two

The Treaty of Versailles Economic Depression Appeasement of Axis aggression/Imperialism Fascist Doctrine: Opposition to Peace Weakness of the League of Nations Militarism Nationalism/Racism

Bracero ProgramBracero Program

Bracero ProgramBracero Program

Japanese InternmentJapanese Internment

Lone Pines Japanese ArriveLone Pines Japanese Arrive

Camp H: Japanese InternmentCamp H: Japanese Internment

Japanese InternmentJapanese Internment

Rosie the RiveterRosie the Riveter

Rosie the RiveterRosie the Riveter

Women at BoeingWomen at Boeing

Women Ordnance WorkersWomen Ordnance Workers

Women Ordnance WorkerWomen Ordnance Worker

Women Shipyard WorkersWomen Shipyard Workers

Women FarmingWomen Farming

Women’s Recruitment PosterWomen’s Recruitment Poster

WAACWAAC

WAVESWAVES

Women’s Auxiliary Air ForceWomen’s Auxiliary Air Force

CORECORE

Tuskegee AirmenTuskegee Airmen

Tuskegee AirmenTuskegee Airmen

Navajo Code TalkerNavajo Code Talker

Navajo Code TalkerNavajo Code Talker

Holocaust SurvivorsHolocaust Survivors

Ike at the GallowsIke at the Gallows

Concentration CampConcentration Camp

Financing the WarFinancing the War

German Aggression:German Aggression:

1936: Remilitarizes the Rhineland

1936: Anschluss with Austria

1938: Annexes the Sudetenland

Munich Conference 1938Munich Conference 1938

Neville Chamberlain “Peace in our Time?”Neville Chamberlain “Peace in our Time?”

Did Appeasement Work?Did Appeasement Work?

NO! In 1939, despite Hitler’s promise, he annexed the remainder of Czechoslovakia

Third Reich 1939Third Reich 1939

Nazi-Soviet PactNazi-Soviet Pact

Franklin Delano RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt

Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill

Josef StalinJosef Stalin

Emperor HirohitoEmperor Hirohito

Benito MussoliniBenito Mussolini

Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler

“Don’t Vote For Roosevelt”“Don’t Vote For Roosevelt”

British PosterBritish Poster

RAF PosterRAF Poster

Italian Recruitment PosterItalian Recruitment Poster

German Propaganda PosterGerman Propaganda Poster

German Propaganda PosterGerman Propaganda Poster

German Air Force PosterGerman Air Force Poster

German Recruiting PosterGerman Recruiting Poster

Hitler Youth PosterHitler Youth Poster

Japanese Propaganda PosterJapanese Propaganda Poster

Recruitment PosterRecruitment Poster

Propaganda PosterPropaganda Poster

American Recruiting PosterAmerican Recruiting Poster

American Propaganda PosterAmerican Propaganda Poster

American Recruiting PosterAmerican Recruiting Poster




American Wartime PosterAmerican Wartime Poster


Victory GardenVictory Garden





“Any European Youth”“Any European Youth”

Nazi Invasion of PolandNazi Invasion of Poland

German OccupationGerman Occupation

Polish Children in GhettoPolish Children in Ghetto

After Poland….After Poland….

Blitzkrieg was “tested” in Poland

“Phony War” or “sitzkrieg”

April 1940: Denmark, Norway

Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg

May 1940: France, allies escape at Dunkirk

The Battle of Britain and the Blitz

British Air Raid PosterBritish Air Raid Poster

Gas Mask EducationGas Mask Education

Subway Used as Bomb ShelterSubway Used as Bomb Shelter

Air Raid SheltersAir Raid Shelters

Rudolf Hess’s FlightRudolf Hess’s Flight

America Enters the WarAmerica Enters the War

America aided Britain: I.e. Lend Lease

Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor

Pearl HarborPearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor PosterPearl Harbor Poster

Pearl Harbor: The MoviePearl Harbor: The Movie

USS Arizona MemorialUSS Arizona Memorial

Massacres in RussiaMassacres in Russia

StalingradStalingrad

D-Day MapD-Day Map

Paratroopers En Route to D-DayParatroopers En Route to D-Day

Hitting The BeachesHitting The Beaches

D-DayD-Day

Sherman Landing on NormandySherman Landing on Normandy

Dresden FirebombingDresden Firebombing

Victims in DresdenVictims in Dresden

Buchenwald 1945Buchenwald 1945

HiroshimaHiroshima

Hiroshima AftermathHiroshima Aftermath

NagasakiNagasaki

NagasakiNagasaki

Atomic ScarsAtomic Scars

Attacking Iwo JimaAttacking Iwo Jima

Mt. SuribachiMt. Suribachi

New Technologies of WWIINew Technologies of WWII

Radar Heavy Bombers Aircraft Carriers Atomic Weapons Rocket Weapons Amphibious Assaults

Improved Technologies WWIIImproved Technologies WWII

Tanks Fighter Aircraft Submarines Machine Guns

FlamethrowerFlamethrower

Maxim Gun Used by Red ArmyMaxim Gun Used by Red Army

British 120mm Anti-tank GunBritish 120mm Anti-tank Gun

BazookaBazooka

The Panzer IVThe Panzer IV

Introduced in 1937, 230 horsepower, 18mph

This was used as the main tank in blitzkrieg

Replaced by the Panther after Russian campaign

German Panzer IVGerman Panzer IV

American TanksAmerican Tanks

Sherman was the main American tank: 500 horsepower, 26 mph

Pershing was produced in January 1945, used mainly in Okinawa (500 horsepower, 30 mph.)

Sherman TankSherman Tank

Pershing TankPershing Tank

German PlanesGerman PlanesMesserschmitt:

powered by Rolls Royce Engine

342 mph, 410 mile range

considered best in world until Battle of Britain

Stuka:

Dive bomber


Messerschmitt BF 109Messerschmitt BF 109

StukaStuka

American BombersAmerican BombersB-17 (1935): 3,000 mile range, 317 mph

9 man crew, 17,600 lbs of bombs

B-24 Liberator (1942): 2,850 mile range, 303 mph

8 man crew, 8,800 lbs of bombs

B-29 Superfortress (1942): 4,100 mile range

358 mph, 20,000 lbs of bombs

B-17B-17

LiberatorLiberator

B-29B-29

American FightersAmerican FightersHellcat (1942): carrier based fighter

376 mph, 1,090 mile range

proved to be superior to Japanese Mitsubishi A6M

Mustang (1940):


could also carry 1,000 lbs of bombs

used to escort bombers over Germany

HellcatHellcat

MustangMustang

British Planes:British Planes:Spitfire (1936): 1,030 horsepower Rolls Royce engine

Used as a fighter/bomber (500 lbs) mainly against German fighters

Hurricane (1935): 1,030 horsepower Rolls Royce engine

first fighter to break 300 mph barrier

Used against bomber squadrons of Luftwaffe

British SpitfireBritish Spitfire

British HurricaneBritish Hurricane

German V-2 RocketGerman V-2 Rocket

Japanese SubmarineJapanese Submarine

WWII SubmarineWWII Submarine

USS HornetUSS Hornet

USS YorktownUSS Yorktown

USS LexingtonUSS Lexington

Results of World War TwoResults of World War Two

60 Million Deaths 50 million “Displaced Persons” Billions of dollars in damage Disrupted industries and agriculture Nuremburg Trials Creation of the United Nations

Results Cont……..Results Cont……..

Rise of “superpowers”: U.S. and U.S.S.R. Relative Decline of England and France as world

powers Rise of nationalist movements: Africa, Asia Creation of Israel Soviet Control of Eastern Europe

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World War Two: An Overview Causes of World War Two TThe Treaty of Versailles EEconomic Depression AAppeasement of Axis aggression/Imperialism FFascist