2. Effects of Great Depression
 European countries felt the
effects after WWl and the
Great Depression.
 Germany, Italy, Japan and
Spain all fell under the
control of Facists.
 Fascist believe that the
government is more
important than individual
rights.

3. Germany Rises
 Treaty of Versaille, from WWI, left Germany
struggling.
 After WWI, a democracy was established, but the
economy fell in 1923.
 Inflation – a rapid rise in prices (income does not keep
up)

4. Hitler and the Nazis
 National Socialist
German Workers Party
(NAZI), led by Adolf
Hitler, criticized the
democratic
government.
 Hitler was a good
speaker and persuaded
the people that he had
the answers.

5. Hitler as Chancellor
 His first rise to power was
as chancellor.
 A chief minister of Germany
 Won majority of seats in
Germany’s parliament
 Called himself “der Fuhrer”
meaning “Leader”
 Destroyed the democratic
process in Germany
 Germany recovers
economically

6. Hatred of Jews
 Hitler preaches that
Jews were to blame for
Germany’s problems
 He called them traitors
 Jews slowly lose their
citizenships, jobs,
eventually their homes
and their lives.

7. Other Countries
 Italy – under the
dictatorship of Japan gains
Mussolini control of Asia
 Spain – Facist rule of
Franco
 Leads to Spanish Civil
War

8. America’s response
 America chooses to stay isolationist
 The Great Depression was enough to handle and
they couldn’t afford war
 Neutrality laws prohibited the selling of weapons to
other countries
 Roosevelt believed it was important to be aware and
not turn a blind eye.

9. The German Empire
(Third Reich)
 In 1938 Germany went into
Austria and declared it part
of the German Empire.
 Two times before Germany
tried to build an empire
(reich), hence, this was the
“third reich.”
 No one tried to stop Hitler,
though it went against the
Treaty of Versailles.

10.  As Hitler continues to advance, European leaders
agree to a meeting.
 European leaders give in to Hitler’s demands.

11. Kristallnacht
 “Night of
Broken Glass”
 Nazis set fire to
 Synagogues.
 Broke into
Jewish homes
 Destroyed
businesses.
 Set up death
camps.

12. Holocaust
 Nearly six million Jews
were killed in
Concentration or Death
Camps.

13. US joins war
 US doesn’t join war
until Japan attacks
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
 December 7, 1941
 “date that will live in
infamy,” says
Roosevelt.

16. How America Responds
 America steps up war supply production
 Gives jobs
 Women join the workforce as men fight.
 General Motors increases production
 People join together for the war effort
 Save money to fund the war
 Food and supplies are “rationed.”

17. Propaganda

18. Response continued
 Japanese Americans were put in detention camps.
 General Eisenhower commands Allied armies
 Decides to defeat Hitler first.
 Invades Italy and France. – D-Day June 6, 1944 –
moves toward Germany

20. Yalta Agreement
 Roosevelt elected for 4th
term in 1944.
 Allied leaders meet in
1945
 Roosevelt, Churchill and
Stalin agree on a plan for
Germany’s surrender
 This is the Yalta
Agreement.

21. Yalta Agreement cont.
 Russia agrees to fight Japan.
 Germany to be divided into four zones.
 Soviet Union to hold democratic elections in Eastern
Europe.
 United Nations to be created.

22. End of War
 Roosevelt dies suddenly in 1945.
 Truman becomes president.
 Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders.
 Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki in Japan.

24. Truman becomes
president
 Truman demands a “total surrender” of Japan
 Japan does not surrender
 Truman drops bomb on Hiroshima
 Still no full surrender
 Another bomb is dropped on Nagaski

25. Hiroshima atomic blast

26. Nagasaki before bomb

27. Nagasaki after bomb

28. End of WWII
 Bombs kill more than 130,000 people
 General MacArthur accepts surrender of Japan in
Sept. 1945.
 WWII ends.