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Title: Great Depression


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Great Depression
  • Aggressors emerged as democratic societies were
    unstable

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The Great Depression
  • ____ economy was holding up the rest of the
    world, but it weakened
  • Uneven ____________ of wealth
  • _______________ of business and agriculture
  • Lessen demand for consumer goods most only make
    ______/year and Agriculture increased due to
    __________ thus a surplus occurred

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Depression
  • Black Tuesday October 29, 1929- Stock Market
    Crashes
  • Banks failed
  • ¼ population was unemployed
  • World trade drops 65

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Prices during the Great Depression
  • Prices then and now

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Fascism
  • Italy Benito ___________Il duce
  • Fascism centered on private ownership with
    ____________ rules
  • Dictator
  • Focus ______________ and militarism
  • No opposing political parties, _____________,
    controlled peoples lives

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Adolf Hitler der fuhrer
  • 1933 Disbanded the Reichstag
  • Passed Enabling Acts
  • 1935 ____________ Laws
  • 1939 concentration camps and ________(Heinrich
    Himmler)
  • Rewrote history, rationed food, built _________
    and stockpiled weapons
  • Born in _________ in 1889
  • Hated the ________ Government
  • 1920 _____ Party or National Soviet Socialist
    German Workers Party
  • 1923 Led failed Revolution wrote _____ Kampf
    and preached of master race and living space
    (lebensraum)

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Hitler
  • Appealed to _______ class
  • Totalitarian society used _______ secret police
  • Put Germans to work building factories, highways,
    weapons
  • Hitler ______ and League of German Girls
  • Propaganda (Joseph __________)

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League of Nations Weaknesses
  • October 1935 Mussolini invade Ethiopia
  • 1935 _______ builds up army
  • March 7, 1936 Hitler invades the Rhineland
  • October 1936 _____________Axis, November adds
    Japan
  • Mussolini and Hitler help ________ in Spain
  • Britain and France have policy of ______________
  • September 1938_________ Conference gives
    Hitler Poland
  • August 23, 1939 _________________ Pact between
    Russia and Germany
  • Hitler takes _____________, thus annex Austria
    and Czechoslovakia

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Hitlers Lightning War
  • September 1, _____ attacks Poland with Luftwaffe
    and infantry (Herman Goering)
  • September 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war,
    but too slow
  • Blitzkrieg ___________ ____ was successful
  • November 1939-March 1940 ________ takes E.
    Prussia, Estonia and defeats Finland
  • The Phony War
  • French on the _________ Line
  • Germans on the Siegfried Line
  • Called the _____________ until Hitler surprises
    Denmark and Norway

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Maginot Line
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Holocaust
  • Approximately 5-6 million ______ were killed

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World War II
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European Theatre (front)
  • ___________ Campaign- Germany and Soviet Union
  • Western Campaign- Germany vs. Great Britain,
    United States and France
  • _______________ Campaign (North Africa and
    Italy)- Germany, Italy vs. United States and
    Great Britain

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Allied Leadership in Europe
  • Dwight _____________ Supreme Allied Commander
  • George C. Marshall United States Chairman of
    the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • FDR ___________ ______, Isolationist,
    Lend-Lease
  • Churchill Atlantic Charter w/ FDR
  • Generals Bernard L. Montgomery and George Patton

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Obstacles to overcome for Allies in Europe
  • ___________ warfare in the Atlantic (wolfpacks)
  • German __________ and the blitzkrieg
  • Distance
  • Atlantic defenses

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The Battle for France
  • Hitler sweeps through Holland,_________ , and
    Luxembourg towards France
  • May 26, ____ Belgium surrenders
  • Hitler marches through the ________ (dense
    forest)
  • Beaches of ________ rescue the French
  • ______ enters war on June 10, 1940
  • France Falls June __, 1940
  • Henri _______ heads puppet govt in s. France
  • Charles ___ ________ flees to London for govt in
    exile

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The Battle of Britain
  • Britain faces Germany alone under Winston
    ___________
  • Britain Royal ____ ______ (RAF)outnumbered
  • Operation Sea _____
  • Bombed airfields and night raids to break
    ________
  • Britains advantages radar and ______

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United States Enters the War
  • President___________
  • wanted to stay isolated and neutral
  • 1937 __________ Acts
  • 1939 Cash and Carry
  • ____________ Act pay at the end of the war for
    weapons
  • Japan brings US into the War
  • December 7, 1941 ______ ______, Hawaii
  • Most U.S. aircraft carriers out at sea
  • Japanese not get the fuel depot
  • 2hrs 2,400 died and 1,000 wounded

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Operation ______ (1942-43)
  • Fought in North _____.
  • Allies believed this was the best location to
    begin assault on the Axis powers.
  • Largest _______ wars in history would be fought
    here
  • Great Britain- Gen. Bernard Montgomery (Monty)
  • Germany- General Erwin _______ (Desert Fox)
  • United States- General George S. _______Blood and
    Guts)

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Results of Torch
  • British defeat Germans at the Battle of El
    Alamein. Protect the ___________ from Axis
    control.
  • US/British drive Germans out of North _______
  • Attention turns to ______- considered the soft
    underbelly of the Axis defense in Europe.

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Invasion of Italy (1943-44)
  • US/British making initial landing at ______.
  • Large-scale __________ landings begin
  • Major invasion on the mainland is in Salerno
  • Allies capture control of Italy.
  • Monty and ______ lead the assault.
  • Attention focuses on _______.

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Eastern Front
  • Hitler wanted to take control of the _______
    ______. June 22, 1941
  • He sent massive numbers of troops deep into
    Soviet Union.
  • Their drive was halted at ______________
  • The ________had caused much of the Nazi Army to
    halt its surge.
  • Hitler missed opportunity for Soviet citizen
    support.

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Homefront
  • _______ War rationing food, reduced speed limit
  • 1944 18 million working (lots of women)
  • ________ Riveter
  • 1941-1946 ___________Americans Imprisoned
    totaling 31,275 _____________Order 9066

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Operation OverlordD-Day
  • The Big _______ Allies had agreed to put this
    mainland assault off until they had better hold
    in Europe.
  • Cross-Channel invasion is planned for
    ___________(Germans thought it would be Calais)
  • The largest number of naval, air and land force
    is assembled on the coast of Great Britain.
  • Invasion is to take place at ___________(designate
    d June 6, 1944).

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D-Day
  • German _______________ was long prepared for
    this assault. Hitler guessed wrong on its
    location, however.
  • _________commanded Nazi army, Eisenhower
    commanded the AEF.
  • The assault was fought on 5 beachheads- Utah,
    ________(Saving Private Ryan), Gold, ______ and
    Sword.
  • ____million troops landed

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Results of D-Day
  • German army was overrun at Normandy.
  • Allies broke out and reclaimed Paris.
  • Nazi army/air force is in shambles.
  • The western front and eastern front are
    strangling the German army.
  • A major defense will be prepared by Hitler.
  • August 25, 1944 _______liberated

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The last days of fighting
  • Battle of the ______ (December 1944)- last
    major offensive by German army attacking Allied
    defenses in Western France. Unsuccessful
  • _______ Army closes in from the West,
    British/French/American armies close in on the
    East.
  • _______ commits suicide April 30, 1945
  • May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders (_____________ )

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War in the Pacific Theatre
  • Japan captures much of _____________ islands
    before the United States was prepared to fight.
  • United States will use a _________________
    strategy of island hopping on its way to mainland
    Japan.
  • The cost of fighting is going to be _____________
    in terms of lives lost.

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Leaders in the Pacific campaign
  • United States
  • General Douglas MacArthur- commander of Army
  • Admiral Chester _________- commander of Naval
    forces
  • Lt. Col. James _____________attacks Japan after
    Pearl Harbor
  • Japan
  • Admiral _____________Isoroku

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Key Events in war with Japan
  • Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942)- first major
    engagement that stopped Japanese aggression
  • Battle of Midway (1942)- turning point of war for
    America. We gained a foothold in the Pacific
    theatre.
  • Battle of Guadalcanal (Aug. 7, 1942) Island of
    Death
  • Battle of the Philippines (June 1944)- regained
    control after initial defeat
  • Iwo Jima (Mar. 1945)- location of heavy fighting
    and casualties.
  • Okinawa (April 1945)- very hard fighting and many
    lives lost.
  • US became convinced that millions could die in
    land fight in Japan

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The last days of fighting
  • ______had become desperate. Supplies were
    running out because of embargo. They were using
    young teenage boys to fight. ___________
    missions were taking place.
  • US develops a weapon of mass destruction.
    Warnings were given earlier in the year that this
    existed. (_____________ Project)
  • __________ decides to use the atomic bomb.
    (August 1945)- 200,000 deaths by end of year

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Atomic Bomb
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The End
  • ___________(B-29) drops the bomb
  • August 6,1945 Hiroshima
  • August 9, 1945 Nagasaki
  • August 14, 1945 ________Surrenders
  • September 2, 1945 on the ship, _________,
    Hirohito signed peace agreement
  • ___years and one day after the beginning of WWII
  • 16 million soldiers dead,___ million civilians
    died

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Famous Quotes during WWII
  • I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears
    and sweat.
  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
  • Today Europe! Tomorrow the world!
  • Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will
    live in infamy

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Pictures of World War II
  • Photos of the War
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