The Iron War

Causes of the war

• Treaty of Versailles  
• Widespread economic downturns
• Aggression 
• Civil War 
• Appeasement 

Causes of the war

• Nationism 
• Rise of Dictatorships 
• Failure of League  of Nations

Treaty of Versailles

• Italy & Japan dissatisfied with treatment 
• Germany enraged by harsh treatment

Widespread ECONOMIC Downturn

• Great depression 1929-1941 
• High Unemployment 
• Labor unrest
• World Trade flatlined 

Aggression

• Germany Invaded Poland (1939) 
• Italy Invaded Ethiopia (1935-1936) & Albania  (1939-1940)
• Japan Invaded China

Civil War of SPain

• Germany & Italy helped a dictaotship in Spain rise to power 

Failure of Appeasement

• Germany hungered for more land
• Wary England & France relented land  

FAILURE of APPEASEMENT

• Germany wanted even more 
• Later invaded other countries

Extreme NATIONALISM

• Blind Loyalty 
• Militarism 
• Military pride 
• Increased form WWI
• Totalitarian States 

Extreme NATIONALISM

• Blind Loyalty 
• Militarism 
• Military pride 
• Increased form WWI
• Totalitarian States 

Rise of Fasism

• dictatorships & Totalitarian 
• Adolf Hitler (Germany)
• Benito Mussolini (Italy) 
• Hirohito (Japan)

FAILURE OF League of Nations

• Failed to stop aggression 
• without armed forces
• little real powerr

Cause of U.S Invovlement

Attack of Pearl Habor

• Japanese bombard U.S Navy Base
• Many U.S causalities/Ships Destroyed   
• U.S Declares War on Japan

Results of Allied Victory

Results

• America a superpower
• 20,000,000 jobs created
• "Baby Boom"
• U.S Economy  is stronger

Results

• America with the strongest Military & infrastructure 
• Helped create United Nations 

PROPAGANDA

• major impact 
• played on people's emotions
• "Rosey the Riveter" (behind) 

Battle ofF Samar

U.S Wins strategic Battle

• Major mismatch   
• U.S Badly Outgunned/outmanned 
• U.S Ships damage many Japanese vessels
• Many U.S losses  

CONTROVERSIAL American Issue

Pros

• Saved  U.S Soldiers' lives
• Ended WWII
• prevented additional deaths of Japanese civilizations 

Cons

•  innocent Japanese killed 
• War crime
• radiation still harms many peaple 

The Holocaust

Death Camps

• Over 6 million jews slaughtered 
• Minorities targeted
• victims gassed, shot, & experimented  

Japanence-american Interment camps

Japanese- American Internment camp

• Japanese- Americans unconstitutionally held 
• 300,000 temporaliy imprisoned 
• reasoning was"Military necessity"  

Roles of Native Americans during WWII

Roles Played

• secret code speaker
• fought/served  in Military  
• served in factories 
• Patriots 

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