World War 2

Economic problems

• Both the winners and losers came out of WW1 in debt
• The defeated powers had a hard time paying reparations to the victors
• WW1 damaged the economics of European countries

Treaty of versailles

• Italy, Japan, and Germany left unhappy
• Germany was forced to take responsibility for WW1

Nationalism

• Nationalism-Extreme form of patriotism
• Supporters put their nation first before anything else

Rise of dictatorships

• Dictators came to power in the Soviet Union, Italy, and Germany

Aggression

• The aggression to take other territories started in the 1930's
• Germany, Italy, and Japan followed the policy of aggression
• Countries invaded weak lands that could easily be conquered

Spanish civil war

• lasted from 1936-1939
• Spanish army officers revolted against the government 

fAILURE OF APPEASEMENT

• Germany wanted the region of Bohemia 
• Czechoslovakia gave the region to Germany 
• After they received Bohemia, they decided to take the whole country! 

American involvement in war

• Pearl Harbor caused the US to declare war on Japan
• Germany and Italy declared war on the US after declaring war on Japan 

I want you for u.s. army

• U.S. wants people to join the army

Holocaust

• 6 million jews were murdered by nazis
• Nazis also murdered millions of other races

Role of women

• Women joined the workforce in large numbers to  make military supplies

Native americans in world war 2

• About 25,000 native americans were in the army
•  About 40,000 native americans worked in factories and war industries

Japanese Internment

• The U.S. government ordered the internment in 1942 after  Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
• 62% of the japanese internees were American citizens

uSE of atomic bomb

• U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Hundreds of thousands of people died instantly after the bomb 

Result of Allied Victory

• Millions of civilians died
• Allies punished leaders of the opposing side with war crimes
• Opposing nations had to pay for the victor's damages

Post-War life in u.s.

• America becomes a super power
• Citizens produce 50 million babies in the following 15 years
• Great Depression ends and economy starts to recover

We can do it

• Government wants women to join the workforce

United We will win

• U.S. expects every citizen to take a part in the war

Battle of normandy

• Known as "Operation Overlord"

Pros/cons of atomic bomb

• Pro-saved a lot of American lives
• Con-killed a lot of Japanese civilians