World War Two

A Quick Summary by Mrs. Purcell

 Crash Course on WWII
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUqy-OQvVtI
 • After leaving the hospital and being awarded a war
hero during WW1, Hitler joined the political scene
in 1919

The Rise of • Germany was in social and political disarray after

WW1. Hitler joined and rose within the Nazi party
Hitler • Hitler used propaganda and spoke to the frazzled
people of Germany using fear tactics
• In 1933 Hitler became Chancellor of Germany
 Hitler’s Power
• After he became Chancellor, Hitler grew the Nazi force in Germany
• He became an absolute dictator and spread the ideas of anti-Semitism
(prejudice against Jewish people)
• He believed the supreme race was Aryan and all others were nothing
• He began war in 1939 when invading and taking over countries in
Europe
• Continued taking over countries and killing and imprisoning innocent
lives
 • December 7, 1941 the Japanese military performed
a surprise attack on the United States at the Pearl
Harbor Navy base in Oahu, Hawaii.
• Up until now the U.S. wanted to stay out of war
Pearl Harbor • The attack triggered a sense of American pride, and
the country united to fight against the Axis Powers
(Germany, Italy, and Japan)
• The attack killed 2,403 Americans
Pearl Harbor
• December 7, 1941 the Japanese
military performed a surprise
attack on the United States at the
Pearl Harbor Navy base in Oahu,
Hawaii.
• Up until now the U.S. wanted to
stay out of war
• The attack triggered a sense of
American pride, and the country
united to fight against the Axis
Powers (Germany, Italy, and
Japan)
• The attack killed 2,403 Americans
 The Holocaust
• During WWII Hitler started a secret
Holocaust that nobody completely
knew about
• Hitler enslaved anyone he thought was
less than him. This included Jewish,
disabled, homosexual, or people of
other races
• These people were sent to
concentration camps where they were
either killed or forced to work for the
war cause
• More than 6 million Jews were killed
 The End of WWII
• The war ended in 1945 with a
series of surrenders
• Adolf Hitler committed suicide
on April 30, and Germany
surrendered almost a week later
• In September Italy and Japan
surrendered
• WWII claimed the lives of 60-80
million people (about 3% of the
earth’s population)
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