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WORLD WAR II

WORLD WAR II. 1939-1945. Axis Powers and Leaders. Germany . Adolph Hitler Leader of Nazi political party Blamed Jews for all of Germany’s economic problems. Italy. Benito Mussolini Promised a new Roman Empire. Japan. Emperor Hirohito

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WORLD WAR II

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  1. WORLD WAR II 1939-1945

  2. Axis Powers and Leaders

  3. Germany • Adolph Hitler • Leader of Nazi political party • Blamed Jews for all of Germany’s economic problems

  4. Italy • Benito Mussolini • Promised a new Roman Empire

  5. Japan • Emperor Hirohito • Wanted full political and economic control of Pacific • Believed in militarism and military run society

  6. Japan • Prime Minister Hideki Tojo • Responsible for all military operations during the war

  7. AlliedLeaders

  8. Great Britain • Winston Churchill • Great orator and leader who kept British citizens from giving up

  9. France • Charles De Gaulle • Led opposition against Germany after they took over France

  10. Soviet Union (Russia) • Joseph Stalin • Great Purge – killed all people who opposed his rule or spoke against Soviet Union

  11. Soviet Union (Russia) • Did not join allies until Hitler double crossed him

  12. CAUSES OF WWII

  13. Axis Aggression • Axis Powers wanted to gain economic and political control of the World • Japan invaded Manchuria and China to force US to recognize their dominance

  14. Axis Aggression • US refused to recognize Japan and placed embargos of oil and steel • Germany wanted to gain all lands lost after the WWI in the treaty of Versailles

  15. Axis Aggression • Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935 to show its dominance

  16. Appeasement • Policy of giving into political pressure to avoid war • Allowed Germany to recapture some lands & rebuild their military

  17. War Breaks out in Europe

  18. Munich Pact • Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact agreeing not to attack each other

  19. September 1, 1939 • Germany and Soviet Union invade Poland after being warned not to invade by France and Great Britain • Official start of World War II

  20. US Isolationism • US did not want to be involved in another European War • US was still going through the Great Depression

  21. Lend-Lease Act • US gave military supplies to Great Britain in exchange for islands in the Caribbean • FDR compared it to “lending a garden hose to a next-door neighbor whose house is on fire”.

  22. Lend-Lease Act • US used the war to end the Great Depression

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