World War II

The War

Background Information

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A. War Costs1. US Debt 1940 - $9 billion

US Debt 1945 - $98 billion2. The war cost $330 billion -- 10 times

the cost of WWI & as much as all previous federal spending since 1776

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B. Human Costs

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B. Human Costs1. 50 million people died

(compared to 15 million in WWI)

2. 21.3 million Russians (7.7 million civilians)

3. 11 million died as a result of the HOLOCAUST(6 million Jews + 5 million others)

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Why the war happened…

1939

Sept.1 - Germany invades Poland (official start to the war)

Sept. 3 -Britain &

France declare war on

Germany

Dec. 7 – Japan

bombs Pearl Harbor; US enters the

War

1941

May - Germans Surrende

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Sept. - Atomic

Bombing of

Hiroshima &

Nagasaki,

Japanese Surrende

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1945

•1939-1945

•US involvement 1941-1945

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Chapter 18

Section 2 Notes

Government Promoted the War…

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Bob Hope performing for troops during WWII

U.S. lives during WWII…

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Sugar, butter, meat, gasoline and more were rationed.

Women at work…

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WWII Discrimination…

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Japanese Relocation…“We saw all these people behind the fence, looking out, hanging onto the wire, and looking out because they were anxious to know who was coming in. But I will never forget the shocking feeling that human beings were behind this fence like animals [crying]. And we were going to also lose our freedom and walk inside of that gate and find ourselves…cooped up there…when the gates were shut, we knew that we had lost something that was very precious; that we were no longer free.“Mary Tsukamoto

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Section 3 Notes

#1 Allied offensive in Europe

Invasion of Italy

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#2 Fighting in the Atlantic & by air…

1939 : 222 ships sunk (114 by submarine)1940 : 1059 ships sunk (471 by submarine)1941 : 1328 ships sunk (432 by submarine)1942 : 1661 ships sunk (1159 by submarine)1943 : 597 ships sunk (463 by submarine)1944 : 247 ships sunk (132 by submarine)1945 : 105 ships sunk (56 by submarine)

The USS Reuben James, seen here on March 9, 1932 on her recommissioning in Philadelphia. She would be the first US warship sunk by a U-boat.

U-47 commanded by U-boat ace Gunther Prien, receiving a salute from a German Cruiser after returning from Scapa Flow.

Battle of Atlantic

•From first day of war to last day.

•Most important battle!!

#3 Success invading Normandy

Invasion of Normandy“by the time you wake in the morning, twenty thousand men may have been killed

“by the time you wake in the morning, twenty thousand men may have been killed

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D-Day Beaches

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#5 Allied forces defeat Germany

Battle of the Bulge

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Yalta Conference

#4 Holocaust

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Section 4 Notes

#1 Island-Hopping Plan

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•Makin Island•Nov. 1943

•Tarawa•Control of a vital airstrip

•Marshall Islands

•Key bases taken which gave good position

•Truk Islands•Japan HQ

•Mariana Islands

•Provided airstrips to attack Japan

•New Guinea•July 1944

•Philippines

#2 Effect Iwo Jima & Okinawa had on the war• Battles of Iwo Jima &

Okinawa

• Showed continued Japanese resistance

• Fighting on islands was incredibly bloody

• Existence of Kamikaze attacks

• Resistance forced Truman to make decision on atomic bomb

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#3 Reason for Atomic Bomb Use

• Invasion would be costly

• Show Soviet Union power of new weapon

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#4 Costs of WarHuman Costs*30 Million civilian lives lost*50 Million lost overall*More deaths than any war in history so far

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Economic Costs*Armament and military costsTotaling $1 trillion*More property destroyed than in any war in history so far

Economic Costs*Armament and military costsTotaling $1 trillion*More property destroyed than in any war in history so far