WORLD WAR II

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WORLD WAR II

• HOW DID WE END UP IN WORLD WAR AGAIN?

THE STEPS TO WAR 1. THE GREAT DEPRESSION -
AMERICA WAS NOT THE ONLY DEPRESSED NATION IN THE
1930S. THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS WORLD WIDE.
LIKE AMERICANS, OTHER COUNTRIES TURNED TO THEIR
GOVERNMENTS FOR HELP. WHEN SOME GOVERNMENTS WERE
UNABLE TO HELP, THEY TURNED TO THE PROMISES OF
MEN WHO SAID THEY HAD THE ANSWERS THESE MEN WERE
DICTATORS.
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DICTATORS
THE GERMANS SEARCH FOR ANSWERS TOOK THEM TO A
MADMAN NAMED ADOLF HITLER.
THE ITALIANS TURNED TO THIS MAN, BENITO
MUSSOLINI.
EVEN THOUGH RUSSIA WOULD FIGHT ON OUR SIDE, THEY
TOO HAD A DICTATOR NAMED JOSEPH STALIN.
JAPAN WAS USED TO LIFE UNDER STRICT RULE BY AN
EMPEROR. HIS NAME WAS HIROHITO.
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NATIONALISM
STEP 2 2. DICTATORS GAVE THE PEOPLE SOMEONE TO
BLAME. THEY TOLD THE PEOPLE OF THEIR COUNTRIES
THAT THE HARD TIMES THEY WERE EXPERIENCING WERE
THE FAULT OF VARIOUS GROUPS, JEWS, COMMUNISTS,
CAPITALISTS, ETC. AND THAT IF THEY WOULD FOLLOW
THEIR LEADER- SHIP THEIR NATION WOULD BE GREAT
AGAIN. NATIONALISM WAS USED AS A TOOL FOR
DISREGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY.
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HITLERS RISE TO POWER
I. THE DEPRESSION OPENS THE EARS OF MILLIONS TO
IDEAS THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED IN
BETTER TIMES.
II. THE NAZI PARTY (HITLERS POLITICAL PARTY)
BECOMES APPEALING TO MANY GERMANS. THE NATIONAL
SOCIALISTS HAD A DYNAMIC YOUNG LEADER WHO WAS AN
ENTHRALLING SPEAKER, ADOLF HITLER.
III. ONCE THE NAZIS OBTAINED TOTAL CONTROL IN
GERMANY, THEIR POLICIES OF HATRED, AND FALSE
BLAME LED TO THE REARMING OF THE GERMAN ARMY AND
THE DEATH OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
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GERMANY ON THE MOVE!!
AT THE END OF WORLD WAR I, GERMANY HAD BEEN
FORCED TO AGREE THAT THEY WOULD NEVER TAKE UP
ARMS AGAINST THEIR NEIGHBORS AGAIN, AND THEY
WOULD MAKE HUGE CASH PAYMENTS TO THOSE THEY HAD
LOST THE WAR TO IN REPAYMENT FOR HAVING STARTED
THE WAR TO BEGIN WITH.
THE DEPRESSION MADE GERMANYS ABILITY TO DO THAT
IMPOSSIBLE. HITLER AND THE NAZIS BLAMED JEWS AND
OTHER MINORITIES FOR GERMANYS TROUBLES, AND
REFUSED TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE TREATY THAT
HAD ENDED WORLD WAR I.
THE NAZIS PUSHED FOR A REUNITED GERMANY ON THE
MOVE TO REGAIN WORLD PROMINENCE AND RESPECT.
HITLER REBUILT THE ARMED FORCES ILLEGALLY AND
BEGAN TO TAKE OVER COUNTRY AFTER COUNTRY.
BECAUSE OF THE DEPRESSION, OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS
COULD NOT AFFORD TO STOP HIM. WHILE THEY STOOD
BY AND DID NOTHING, HITLER KEPT ON MOVING. THEY
FINALLY DREW THE LINE AT POLAND SAYING THAT IF
GERMANY INVADED POLAND IT WOULD BE AN ACT OF WAR.
HITLER INVADED ANYWAY GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY IN SEPTEMBER OF 1939.
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GERMANY TAKES MOST ALL OF MAINLAND EUROPE
BY 1941, HITLER AND THE GERMANS HAD CONTROL OF
ALL OF MAIN- LAND EUROPE. HITLER HAD TRIED TO
AVOID THE MISTAKES OF WWI BY NOT FIGHTING A 2
FRONT WAR. HE SIGNED A NON-AGRESSION PACT WITH
RUSSIA. HE TRIED FOR MONTHS TO TAKE GREAT
BRITAIN BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. HE BROKE HIS
WORD AND TURNED EAST AND ATTACKED RUSSIA.
MILLIONS WOULD DIE, BUT IT WOULD TURN OUT TO BE
HIS WORST MISTAKE.
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AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR
AMERICA TRIES TO STAY NEUTRAL AT FIRST. AT
FIRST, WE TRIED TO BE A SUPPLIER FOR OUR ALLIES
IN FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN GIV- ING THEM WAR
MATERIALS BUT NOT FIGHTING OURSELVES.
EVEN TRYING TO REMAIN NEUTRAL, WE STILL ENACTED A
DRAFT IN 1940.
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THE ACT THAT FORCES US IN!!
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JAPAN AND GERMANY HAD AN ALLIANCE WITH ONE
ANOTHER. ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 JAPAN ATTACKED THE
U.S. NAVAL FLEET DOCKED IN PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII.
2,330 AMERICANS KILLED, 1,145 WOUNDED, HUNDREDS
OF AMERICAN SHIPS AND PLANES DESTROYED. UNTIL
SEPT. 11, 2001, IT WAS THE LARGEST AND MOST
SUCCESSFUL ENEMY ATTACK ON U.S. SOIL IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
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DEC. 8, 1941
THE DAY AFTER THE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR,
ROOSEVELT ASKS CONGRESS FOR A DECLERATION OF WAR
AGAINST THE EMPIRE OF JAPAN. EVERY CONGRESS
MEMBER BUT ONE VOTES FOR WAR. SHE WAS
CONGRESSWOMAN JEANETTE RANKIN OF MONTANA WHO WAS
A PACIFIST OR BELIEVER IN NON-VIOLENCE.
BECAUSE OF THEIR ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN, 3 DAYS
LATER GERMANY AND ITALY WOULD DECLARE WAR ON THE
U.S.. BEFORE IT WAS OVER 50 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE
WOULD BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN WWII EITHER ON THE
SIDE OF THE ALLIES (U.S., GREAT BRITAIN,
FRANCE, AND RUSSIA) OR THE AXIS (GERMANY, ITALY,
AND JAPAN)
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Georgias Role in World War II
320,000 Georgians volunteered or were drafted
into service. Great leaders came from Georgia
also General Lucius D. Clay - famous for being
able to keep troops and supplies going
to troops in Europe without delay. Marvin
Griffin - future governor of Georgia Herman
Talmadge - future governor Ernest Vandiver -
future governor Carl Sanders - future
governor Training Bases 2nd most in the
country good climate, cheap land, extensive
railroad network, deep water ports, and farms
and mills to feed and clothe soldiers. Rep. Carl
Vinson of Ga. And Senator Richard Russell of Ga.
Both were influential in building up Americas
armed forces.
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Herman Talmadge
Lucius D. Clay
Marvin Griffin
Carl Vinson
Richard Russell
Carl Sanders
Ernest Vandiver
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Carl Vinson was responsible for creating the
Army Air Corp. which would become the U.S. Air
Force. He also was influential in the creation
of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy.
Richard Russell was instrumental in building our
nations fighting force up from 174,000 in 1939
to 6,000,000 in 1945.
They both spearheaded efforts to bring active
military training bases to Georgia which in turn
created jobs for Georgians.
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Training Bases in Georgia
FT. BENNING IN COLUMBUS WAS A HUGE BENEFIT TO
THE WAR EFFORT. IT WAS THE LARGEST
INFANTRY TRAINING CENTER IN THE WORLD.
FT. GORDON U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORP
                                                
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WARNER ROBBINS AIR FORCE BASE SOUTH OF MACON
HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD HOME OF THE RANGERS
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GEORGIAS WAR TIME INDUSTRIES
AND
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BELL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION BUILT B-29 BOMBERS IN
MERIETTA. 20,000 GA.S WORKED THERE.
NAVY BASES AT SAVANNAH AND BRUNSWICK, GA.
WEAPONS FACTORIES AT MILLEDGEVILLE MACON.
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PEACE AT LAST
V-E DAY

• VICTORY IN EUROPE CAME ON MAY 7, 1945
• WHEN GERMANY SURRENDERED.

• V-J DAY CAME MUCH LATER AS JAPAN
• CONTINUED TO FIGHT ON UNTIL AUG. 15,
• 1945.

V-J DAY
IT TOOK A NEW AND SECRET WEAPON TO GET THE
JAPANESE TO SURRENDER.
THE ATOMIC BOMB
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THE COST OF WAR
WORLDWIDE DEAD 50,000,000 (MILLION) UNITED
STATES DEAD 405,000 UNITED STATES WOUNDED
671,000 GEORGIA DEAD 7,000 COST MOST
EXPENSIVE WAR IN HISTORY TO THAT TIME
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS JOB PRODUCTION FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER IN GA., MORE GEORGIANS WERE
WORKING IN MANUFACTURING JOBS THAN AGRICULTURAL
JOBS. RETURNING GEORGIA SOLDIERS TOOK UP NEW
ATTITUDES ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THEY
SOUGHT MORE EDUCATION AS THE G.I. BILL PAID FOR
THEM TO GO TO SCHOOL
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Then, stark naked, they had to run down more
steps to an underground corridor that led back
up the ramp, where the gas van awaited them.
Nazi policeman Franz Schalling, 1985
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HOLOCAUST
MEANS THE BURNING
JEWS WERE PERSECUTED IN EUROPE FOR
CENTURIES. HITLER AND THE ANTISEMITIC NAZIS RISE
TO POWER SET THE STAGE FOR DISASTER. JAN. 30,
1933 THE NAZIS TAKE OVER GERMANY AND BEGIN TO
ENACT LAWS AIMED AT PUSHING JEWS OUT OF
GERMAN SOCIETY. 1934 JEWS ARE FORCED OUT OF
GERMAN SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONS. 1935 GERMANS
ENACT THE NUREMBERG LAWS GIVING CITIZENSHIP
ONLY TO PURE GERMANS OR RELATED BLOOD.
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1937 HITLER INFORMS HIS TOP AIDES IN A SECRET
CONFER- ENCE OF HIS PLANS TO DOMINATE EUROPE
RACIALLY, POL- ITICALLY AND MILITARILLY. 1938
RIOTS ERUPT AFTER HITLER TAKES OVER AUSTRIA
AND THOUSANDS OF JEWS ARE KILLED IN WHAT BECOMES
KNOWN AS THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS. 1939
WWII BEGINS GERMANS DECLARE ALL JEWS IN
GERMAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ARE TO BE HELD IN
URBAN GHETTOS. 1940 GERMANY TAKES OVER MANY
OTHER EUROPEAN NAT- IONS AND THEIR JEWISH
POPULATIONS. AUSCHWITZ (THE FIRST CONCENTRATION
CAMP) IS OPENED. 1941 GERMANS INVADE RUSSIA
AND SYSTEMATICALLY KILL THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN JEWS
WITH SPECIAL DEATH SQUADS CALLED THE
EINSATZGRUPPEN.
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1942 HITLER OUTLINES HIS FINAL SOLUTION PLAN
TO COMPLETELY DESTROY ALL EUROPEAN JEWS. 6 MORE
DEATH CAMPS ARE STARTED, AND 2.7 MILLION JEWS ARE
MURDERED THAT SUMMER. 1942 1944 MILLIONS OF
JEWS ARE SHIPPED BY TRAIN TO THE DEATH CAMPS. AS
THE ALLIES CLOSE IN ON GERMANY SOME 6 MILLION
JEWS, GYPSIES, AND OTHER MINORITIES ARE
EX- TERMINATED IN VARIOUS WAYS IN THE DEATH
CAMPS. 1945 WITH SOVIET AND AMERICAN FORCES
CLOSING IN ON BERLIN, THE GERMANS EVACUATED THE
CAMPS. ALLIED SOL- DIERS FOUND MERE SKELETON
SURVIVORS. 1945 HITLER COMMITTS SUICIDE BEFORE
HE CAN BE CAPTURED OR KILLED.
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1946 19 NAZIS ARE CONVICTED AND EXECUTED FOR
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AT THE NUREMBERG
TRIALS. 1948 ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION AGAIN.