World war ii

Causes of world war 2

Failure of appeasement

• Germany breaks Munich agreement with UK; seizes Czechoslovakia
• Spanish Civil War served asmilitary proving ground for weapons used in WWII

peace of paris/treaty of versailles

• nations dissatisfied 
• Germany retaliates because of harshness of treaty

Aggression

• Japan, Italy, Germany invade weaker lands to expand territory

The spanish civil war

• served as military proving ground for weapons used in WWII

cause(s) of american involvement

• Japan bombs Pearl Harbor  
• America declares war on Japan 

result of allied victory & use of atomic bomb in america

• bomb saved  many American lives
• money saved

effects on post-war life in america

• more jobs 
• baby boom
• oil production
• people made more money

use of propaganda

• convinced people
• got people to participate in war or contribute

uncle sam

• persuaded people (men) to join war

rosie the riveter

• proves women's strength and capabilities
• got women to work 

victory gardens

• got people to plant gardens to supplement food

key battle(s)/event(s)

• Midway 
• Iwo Jima- 6,000 American deaths
• Okinawa- 12,000 American deaths

use of atomic bomb (pros)

• ended war
• saved American lives
• didn't cause war to continue

use of atomic bomb (cons)

• cost more than 135,000 lives
• destroyed Japanese homes 
• children orphaned

Japanese internment

• 110,000 Japanese-Americans interned during war
• forced to sell possessions

Role of women

• worked in factories/shipyards
• became bus drivers, police officers, etc.

holocaust

• Jews used as scapegoats for economic crisis and losing WW1
• Hitler

holocaust continued...

• 6 million Jews killed
• Poles, Slavs, mentally/physically disabled targeted

Extra pictures

Italian invasions

German invasions

Japan invasions

Midway battle

Iwo jima

okinawa

japanese internment