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 Many people feared that the Second
World War would be the same, bloody
war that The Great War was.

It involved all of the great powers:

eventually forming two opposing military
alliances, the Allies and the Axis.

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Australia New Zealand
Belgium
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Germany
Nicaragua
British India Italy
Canada Norway
Republic of China Japan
Panama
Costa Rica Eastern China (occupied
Cuba Poland
Czechoslovakia
South Africa
by Japan)
Dominican Republic
El Salvador Soviet Union Soviet Union
Greece
United Kingdom Hungary
Guatemala
Haiti Honduras United States of Romania
Luxembourg America Bulgaria
Netherlands Yugoslavia
 The War of Movement

War of Movement- warfare taking place in the open,

where military operations are not restricted by extensive
defensive obstacles, like the trenches of WWI.
 Karious Tactics
Wehrmacht (Germans)- used „

(Lightning War):

1.Planes scattered enemy troops and disrupted

communications

2.Tanks punctured enemy defenses

3.With infantry, they encircled and captured enemy troops.

 Karious Tactics (cont.)

Both Japan and U.S. used aircraft carriers that could launch
planes against targets hundreds of miles away.
Chronology
of World War II
1939- Germany invades Poland 1940- Germany conquers
Denmark, Norway, the
It took less than a month for the Netherlands and Belgium
Wehrmacht to conquer Poland.
Although the Poles fought
In April 1940 Hitler went on the
bravely, the Polish infantry and
offensive again, conquering
cavalry were no match for
Denmark, Norway, the
German and Russian tanks.
Netherlands and Belgium in
less than two months.
1940- Germany conquers France
In May, Hitler attacked France.
Although the French army had as
many soldiers, tanks, and aircraft
as the Wehrmacht, its morale was
low and it quickly collapsed.
1940- Battle of Britain
The Germans launched this massive
air-attack for control over Britain. The
attack failed because the Royal Air
Force had better planes and used
radar and code-breaking to detect the
approaching German planes.
1941- German forces invade USSR
1942-43- Allies and Germany
battle for control over North Africa
Germany attacked Stalingrad, but
At El Alamein in Northern Egypt
when winter came, the Red Army
the British prevailed because
counterattacked and encircled the
they had more weapons and
entire city. Germany surrendered
supplies. Thanks to their
in February, 1943. Hitler had lost
success of breaking German
200,000 men and his last chance
codes, they were better
of defeating the USSR and
informed about enemy plans.
winning the war.
The Germans were expelled
from Africa in May 1943.
 1941- Japanese aircraft bomb 1942- United States Navy defeats
Pearl Harbor Japan at Battle of Midway

On December 7, 1941, Japanese A month after ending Japanese

planes bombed the U.S. naval base plans to conquer Australia, the U.S.
at earl Harbor, Hawaii, damaging defeated Japan at the Battle of
scores of warships, but missing the Midway. Japan lost four of its six
aircraft carriers that were out to sea. largest aircraft carriers.
 1945- Germany surrenders
1944- D-day: U.S., British, and
Canadian troops land in Normandy
On May 7, 1945, a week after Hitler
156,000 troops landed on the coast committed suicide, German military
of Normandy in western France ± the leaders surrendered to the Red Army.
largest shipborne assault ever
staged. Within a week the Allies had
more troops in France than Germany
did.
1945- United States drops atomic
bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima
(left)
About 80,000 died in a flash and left
120,000 to die in agony from burns
and radiation. Three days later,
another bomb (Fat Man) destroyed
Nagasaki (right).
1945- Japan surrenders
(8 days after Hiroshima bombing)
On August 14 Japan offered to
surrender, and Emperor Hirohito
himself gave the order to lay down
arms. Two weeks later the Japanese
leaders signed the terms of surrender.
The war was officially over.
The War is Over
Global Causes and Effects of WWII
World War II is regarded as the second ³total war´
(after WWI) in which governments used various
political ideologies and communication
strategies to mobilize the forces of an entire
nation into war.
‡ ±ascism in Germany and Italy
World War II was a result of European and
Japanese efforts to expand imperialist
nations.
‡ Japan wanted to establish an East Asian empire
‡ Adolf Hitler, outlined in his writings while in jail
entitled 


(  ), wished to lead
Germany on a campaign that would give the nation
control of all German-speaking countries of the
world
At the conclusion of World War II, the United
States and the Soviet Union emerged as
superpowers. This led to global conflict
between the political ideologies of
capitalism and communism.
‡ The United States was a capitalist nation
‡ The Soviet Union was a communist nation
The end of World War II marked the end of
the largest war in the history of the world.
However, continuing disagreements
between the most powerful nations in the
world led to further conflict and fighting in
the Cold War. (Kideo)
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