WORLD WAR II REVIEW

**Leaders during WWII: **American Involvement in Homefront continued... **Despite initial Axis success in both Europe Allied Powers: WWII went fron isolation to *While many Japanese Americans served and the Pacific, the Allies preserved and Churchill: Great Britain direct involvement: in the armed forces, others were treated ultimately defeated Germany and Japan. Stalin: USSR Isolationism: Great Depression with distrust and prejudice, and many Major Battles/Events of WWII: F. Roosevelt & Truman: U.S. and legacy of WWII were forced into internment camps in the *Germany invaded Poland, setting off war in Axis Powers: United States. Europe. The Soviet Union also invaded Poland Hitler: Germany Economic and military aid to *Americans at home supported the war by and the Baltic nations. Sept. 1, 1939 Mussolini: Italy Allies (Lend-Lease program) conserving and rationing resources (e.g., *Germany invaded France and captured Paris. Tojo and Hirohito: Japan victory gardens, ration books, scrap Britain is the only democracy left to fight the Axis ______Direct involvement in the war: drives). Powers. June, 1940 __ Japanese bombing of Pearl *The need for workers temporarily broke *Germany bombed London, England nightly for Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 down some racial barriers (e.g., hiring in weeks. The Battle of Britain began. Britain never **Causes of WWII: defense plants), although discrimination surrendered to the Germans. July-October, What events led to American against African Americans continued. 1940 ✤Economic devastation in Europe resulting from World involvement in the war? The Holocaust is an example of *The United States gave Britain war supplies War I: Worldwide prejudice, discrimination, and and old naval warships in return for military depression High war debt • Rising tensions developed genocide taken to the extreme. It was bases in Bermuda and the Caribbean (Lend- owed by⇒ Germany High between the U.S. and Japan the systematic attempt to Lease). March 1941-Sept. 1945 inflation Massive⇒ because of Japanese aggression rid Europe of all Jews. *Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Dec. 7, 1941 The unemployment ⇒ in East Asia and the Pacific Hitler and his followers believed in Aryan United States declared war on Japan and ⇒ region. supremacy—the superiority of a pure Germany. Dec. 8, 1941 After Japan bombed ✤Political instability marked by the rise of Fascism: political • On December 7, 1941, Japan white race. The Nazis were also anti- Pearl Harbor, Germany & Italy declared war on philosophy in which total attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor. Semites, so they began to persecute the United States. Dec. 11, 1941 power is given to a dictator; • The U.S. declared war on people of the Jewish faith. Some tactics *The United States was victorious over Japan in individual freedoms are Japan. used during the Holocaust include: the Battle of Midway. This victory was the denied; and nationalism and, • Germany declared war on the Boycott of Jewish stores • Discriminatory turning point of the war in the Pacific. June 4-7, often, racism are emphasized. U.S. laws • Segregation • Ghettos • 1942 World War II affected every Imprisonment and killing of Jews and *Germany invaded the Soviet Union. This Appeasement: policy of ✤ aspect of American life. others in concentration camps and death violated the Soviet-German Non Aggression Britain & France in which they Americans were asked to make camps Pact June 1941 The Soviet Union defeated gave it to Hitler to avoid war sacrifices in support of the war The Night of Broken Glass: A night of Germany at Stalingrad, marking the turning point ✤Japanese Expansion & effort and the ideals for which terror against Jews including violence and of the war in Eastern Europe. Aug. 1942-Feb. Aggression in the Pacific Americans fought. (Life on the vandalism 1943 and Asia Homefront) Kindertransport: removal of thousands of *American and other Allied troops landed in *Brought an end to the Great German children from Germany to safety Normandy, France, on D-Day, to begin the Some countries invaded by Depression. Factories and in Britain. liberation of Western Europe. June 6, 1944 Germany: workers were needed to produce *Allied forces liberated the Jews and *The United States dropped two atomic bombs Austria, goods to win the war. others who survived in concentration on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in 1945, Hungary,Czechoslovakia, *Thousands of American women camps. forcing Japan to surrender and ending World Poland, Belgium, France, (Rosie the Riveter) took jobs in War II. Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945 USSR, Denmark, Norway, The defense plants Netherlands