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1.What were the causes of WWII?(WHII.12a)

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1.What were the causes of WWII?(WHII.12a)

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Economic and political causes of World War II
• Aggression by totalitarian power(Germany, Italy, Japan)
• Nationalism
• Failures of the Treaty of Versailles
• Weakness of the League of Nations
• Appeasement
• Tendencies towards isolationism and pacifism in Europe and the United States

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2.What were the five major events of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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2.What were the five major events of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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Major events of the war (1939-1945)
• German invasion of Poland
• Fall of France
• Battle of Britain
• German invasion of the Soviet Union
• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
• D-Day (Allied invasion of Europe)
• Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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3.	Who were the major leaders of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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3.	Who were the major leaders of WWII? (WHII. 12a)

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Major leaders of the war
• Franklin D. Roosevelt—U.S. President
• Harry Truman—U.S. President after death of President Roosevelt
• Dwight D. Eisenhower— Allied commander in Europe
• Douglas MacArthur—U.S. general
• George Marshall—U.S. general
• Winston Churchill—British prime minister
• Joseph Stalin—Soviet dictator
• Adolf Hitler—Nazi dictator of Germany
• Hideki Tojo—Japanese general
• Hirohito—Emperor of Japan

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4.	Why did the Holocaust occur? (WHII.12b)

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4.	Why did the Holocaust occur? (WHII.12b)

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There had been a climate of hatred against Jews in Europe and Russia for centuries. Elements leading to the Holocaust
• Totalitarianism combined with nationalism
• History of anti-Semitism
• Defeat in World War I and economic depression blamed on German Jews
• Hitler’s belief in the master race
• Final solution—Extermination camps, gas chambers

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5.	What are other examples of genocide in the 20th Century? (WHII. 12b)

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5.	What are other examples of genocide in the 20th Century? (WHII. 12b)

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Examples of other genocides
• Armenians by leaders of the Ottoman Empire
• Peasants, government and military leaders, and members of the elite in the Soviet Union by  Joseph Stalin
• The educated, artists, technicians, former government officials, monks, and minorities by Pol Pot in Cambodia
• Tutsi minority by Hutu in Rwanda

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The bombs the United States dropped on Japan

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The bombs the United States dropped on Japan

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Newspaper header for the Pearl Harbor attack 

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Newspaper header for the Pearl Harbor attack 

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1. Annex: to incorporate (territory) into the domain of a city, country, or state
2. Axis Powers: a group of countries that opposed the Allied powers in World War II, including Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia
3. Allied Powers: the main Allied powers were Great Britain, The United States, China, and the Soviet Union. The leaders of the Allies were Franklin Roosevelt (the United States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (the Soviet Union)
4. Hideki Tojo: Japanese army officer and prime minister of Japan (1941-1944) who ruled as a dictator during World War II and was executed as a war criminal.
5. Holocaust: was a genocide during World War II in which Nazi Germany, aided by its collaborators, systematically murdered approximately 6 million European Jews