Transcript World War II - Mrs. Lawson's Social Studies Website

Brief Overview
Causes

 World War I and Treaty of Versailles
 Appeasement
 Rise of totalitarianism

Fascism

 Totalitarian or dictatorship type of government
 Emphasizes nationalism and race over individuality
Whose side are you on?

Axis
Allies
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
 USSR (Before Hitler
attacked)
 Great Britain
 France
 United States
 USSR (After Hitler
attacked!)
Winston Churchill
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“...We shall not flag or
fail. We shall go on to
the end...We shall
fight in the seas and
oceans...We shall fight
on the beaches, we
shall fight on the
landing-grounds, we
shall fight in the fields
and in the streets, we
shall fight in the hills;
we shall never
surrender...”
War in Europe

 D-Day (Operation Overlord)
 VE Day
D-Day
Operation Overlord
June 6, 1944
150,000 Allied troops landed
Normandy, France
9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or
wounded
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day
May 8, 1945
German soldiers surrendered
Allies won in Europe
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War in the Pacific

 Pearl Harbor
 VJ Day
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
2,000 soldiers and sailors died
1,000 were wounded
Japanese Internment
Camps

 FDR signed Order 9066
 Over 110,000 people would be moved into these
camps
 Issei: 1st generation Japanese immigrants (denied
citizenship)
 Nisei: 2nd generation Japanese-Americans, citizens by
birth
Japanese Internment
Camps
“ In desert camps, the evacuees met severe
extremes of temperature. In winter in reached
35 degrees below zero, and summer brought
temperatures as high as 115 degrees.
Rattlesnakes and desert wildlife added danger
to discomfort.”
WRA: War Relocation Authority
WCCA: Wartime Civil Control Administration
Japanese Internment
Camps
“In the detention centers, families
lived in substandard housing, had
inadequate nutrition and health
care, and had their livelihoods
destroyed; many continued to
suffer psychologically long after
their release”
Japanese Internment
Camps
“Most of the 110,000 persons
removed for reasons of ‘national
security’ were school age children,
infants and young adults not yet of
voting age”
Japanese Internment
Camps
“At Gila [AZ] there were 7,700
people crowded into space
designed for 5,000. They were
housed in mess halls, recreation
halls, and even latrines. As many
as 25 person lived in a space
intended for 4.”
Japanese Internment
Camps
“When we first arrived at
Minidonka, everyone was forced to
use outhouses since the sewer
system had not been built. For
about 1 year, the residents had to
brace the cold and stench of these
accomodations”
War in the Pacific
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VJ Day
Victory in Japan Day
August 15, 1945
Allies win in the Pacific against the
Japanese
The Home Front
Rations
Victory Gardens (40% of all veggies
consumed in US)
War Bonds
The Home Front
Rosie the Riveter
Women worked in factories
Women in the work force rose from
25% to 36%
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