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World War II
(1939-1945) - Coggle Diagram
World War II
(1939-1945)
Europe
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Hitler was allowed to seize some territories in the hope that it would satisfy him, and was known as appeasement.
In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to attack each other, they were enemies, but each got something from the deal.
Two sides developed:
The Axis powers included: Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The Allied Forces included: Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union,
Germany had built a powerful military with advanced weapons and effective new tactics includin Blitzkreig: lithing war.
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Hitler expected Britain, now on its own, to surrender, but the British Empire would Fight on.
The air war
In Summer 1940, Germany sought to weaken Britain by launching a heavy bombing campaing.
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Pacific
While the War in Europe Raged on, The United States also fought to deny Japan's imperial ambitions in the pacific
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On December 7, 1941 Japanese planes made a surprise attack to the U.S, the next day, the United States joined the Allies and declared war on Japan, Germany, and Italy.
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Home Front
World War II was a total war, meaning it involved large part of many countries' populations.
The civilians were an important part for the war, because they kept countries running and provided supplies crucial to fight.
Many civilians were killed, or died from: cold, disease, or starvation.
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In the Societ Union, the government had to move 1,500 factories and 6 million workers hundreds of miles so that they were beyond the reach of German bombers.
Civilians helped with the propaganda, build defenses, guard coastlines, and nurse the wounded.
With millions of men away at war, women took thei places in the fields, factories, and service sectors of most countries.
Holocaust
Anti-Semitism, a hostility toward or discrimination of the Jewish people, has existed since ancient times.
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Hitler went further and claimed that the Jews were racially inferior to Germans, whom he described as a master race.
When the Nazis came to power in 1933, they turned their anti-Semitic beliefs into government policy.
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After 1941, Nazi policies against Jews Shifted form imprisonment to extermination.
By spring 1942, hudreds of thousands of Jews had been executed.
Nazi leaders, commited to genocide, or total elimination of a race, demanded more efficient methods of murder.
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Six million Jews-two-third of Europe's Jewish population-were murdered in what is known as the Holocaust.