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World War Two: Events & Impact

Explore key events of World War Two including German aggression, the Holocaust, U.S. involvement, and the aftermath of the war. Learn about the Manhattan Project, Battle of Stalingrad, and the establishment of the United Nations.

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World War Two: Events & Impact

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  1. World War Two

  2. German Aggression Continues • The Czech Crisis • Munich Conference 1938 • What did England, France and Germany agree to? • Nonaggression pact-(pg 743) • Terms: ? • Blitzkrieg in Poland (1939) WW2 begins-why does this invasion start WW2?

  3. German Aggression Continues Who is the ‘appeaser’ and who is being appeased?

  4. The United States Aids Its Allies • 1935-1937 Congress passed the Neutrality Acts- • Arguments for and against neutrality: • Cash and carry- 1939 • Lend and Lease- 1939

  5. Japan’s Pacific Campaign • Hideki Tojo, launched an invasion into China (1937) • Advancement to U.S. territories- • Japan took over military bases in Indochina (French territories). • Result?

  6. The Holocaust • How did Hitler convince the German people to turn against the Jews? • In 1933 Hitler ordered the removal of all “non Aryans”. • Nuremberg Laws-

  7. Kristallnacht • Nazis blamed Jews for destruction • Herschel Grynszpan shoots Vom Rath

  8. A Flood of Jewish Refugees “We all want to get rid or our Jews. The difficulty is that no country wishes to receive them.” • “Final Solution” • Genocide-

  9. The Condemned • Communists, socialists, liberals, gypsies, freemasons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, mentally deficient, disabled, and incurably ill. • Ghettos-

  10. Concentration Camps • Originally set up for political opponents. Here “non Aryans” worked as slaves until they were killed.

  11. Concentration CampsWhere are the concentration camps located?

  12. The Final Stage • Gas chambers • Separated, some used for medical experiments in order to test disease and sterilization. • An estimated ____ million were murdered during the Holocaust, ___ million Jewish.

  13. Battle of Stalingrad (1942) • Germany controlled 90% of the city, until _______. • Result:

  14. War Limits Civil RightsU.S.A • Segregation in military • All non whites were segregated. African Americans could not fight until the end of the war. • Asa Philip Randolph v. Franklin Roosevelt

  15. Internment Camps • Over ________ Japanese Americans held from 1942 until the end of war. • How was this hypocritical on the part of the U.S.? • Why were Japanese Americas held in internment camps?

  16. Defeat for Japan • What was the Manhattan Project about? • Why did President Truman August 6th 1945, order the atomic bomb to be dropped on __________, on August 6th 1945 and the again, 3 days later, order a second to be dropped on ________.

  17. Establishing the United Nations • United Nations (UN) was established in _________. What was its purpose?

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