WWII Quick Notes

Introduction: World Leaders

DICTATOR A person with complete control of a country FASCISM Racist, nationalist government led by a dictator TOTALITARIAN A Government with complete control (oppression) DEMOCRACY A Government by the people (votes and liberty)

AXIS POWERS Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Adolf Hitler

ITALY JAPAN GERMANY

ALLIED POWERS Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill Franklin D. Roosevelt

SOVIET UNION (USSR) GREAT BRITAIN UNITED STATES

Harry S. Truman takes over after FDR dies in 1945.

WORLD WAR II TIMELINE

Part 1 “Rise of the Dictators” 1922: Mussolini becomes dictator of Italy 1933: Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany 1936: Germany and Italy create Axis Powers 1940: Japan joins Axis Powers

Part II “The Beginning of War” 1938: Hitler annexes Austria 1938: Hitler takes Czechoslovakia 1939: Hitler and Stalin make secret treaty, but Britain forms an alliance with Poland 1939: September 1st - Germany invades Poland…WWII begins! September 3rd - Britain declares war on Germany 1940: Hitler conquers France 1940: Battle of Britain. Held on to beat Germany, but Britain is crippled.

Part III “War in the Pacific” (USA enters the War) 1941: December 7th. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. USA declares War 1941: Hitler invades Soviet Union. Surprises Stalin. 1942: Executive Order 9066. Japanese Americans put in internment camps. 1942: June 3rd . USA wins Battle of Midway. This is the turning point in war with Japan.

Part IV “Back in Europe and the End of War” 1942: Allies defeat Rommel in North Africa 1943: Allies invade Italy. Italy surrenders. Mussolini dismissed from office. 1943: Soviets defend Stalingrad. Soviets begin to push Germans back. 1944: June 6th. D-DAY! Allies invade France on beaches of Normandy. 1945: FDR dies. Harry Truman takes over as president. 1945: Allies bomb Berlin. Hitler commits suicide. Germany surrenders. May 8, 1945- V.E. Day 1945: Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1945: Japan surrenders. WWII is over! August 14, 1945- V.J. Day