Title: WWII
1WWII the Holocaust Unit
- Class Novel Night by Elie Wiesel
- 8th grade English
2How did the loss of WWI affect Germany?
Loss of German nationalism/ trust in government
Germany Is blamed
Puts Germany in economic despair
Forced to pay losses
3World War II
Enter Adolf Hitler
- Nazi Party formed
- German Superiority preached
- 1933 Hitler appointed dictator
- of Germany
4World War II 1939-1945
- Hitlers Rise to Power
- Hitler ignores WWI Peace Treaties
- Hitler ignores Great Britains threats
- Germany invades Poland
- Great Britain declares war Sept. 3, 1939
- Blitzkrieg sweeps Europe
5How does the picture below relate Hitlers level
of power?
6World War II 1939-1945
- The Allies vs.- The Axis Powers
- 1939
- Axis Powers Germany, Italy, Japan
- Allied Powers Great Britain, France, China
7World War II 1939-1945
- U.S. Enters WWII
- 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
- U.S. joins WWII on side of Allies
8What prompted Japan to bomb Pearl Harbor?What
was the effect of this surprise attack?
9World War II 1939-1945
- Hitler Strikes out at Jews
- Hitler Nazis attempt genocide, targeting
European Jews (Holocaust) - Ghettos
- Deportations to death camps
- The Final Solution
- The Holocaust claims the lives of over 6 million
Jews - Visit The Holocaust Museum
10SELECTION
- What happened to those who were selected
those who were not?
11Q What happened to those who were selected
and those who were not?
- A Those who were selected were chosen for
death. Death meant being thrown into burning
crematories, or being shot execution style, or
being sent to the showers, which were actually
gas chambers. - Those who were not chosen were kept on work
camps as slave labor. Many died anyway of
starvation other diseases.
12Sequence of Events Leading to the end of WWII
Hitler commits suicide April 30, 1945
Germany surrenders 8 days later
Japan fights on!
U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japanese cities
Hiroshima Nagasaki Aug. 6 9, 1945
Japan surrenders Sept. 2, 1945