7+World+War+2

Causes- 1.**Treaty of Versailles-** A. Germany should accept the blame for starting World War One B. Germany had to pay £6,600 million for the damage caused by the war C. Germany was only allowed to have a small army and six naval ships. No tanks, no air force and no submarines were allowed. The Rhineland area was to be de-militarized. D. Land was taken away from Germany and given to other countries. Anschluss (union with Austria) was forbidden. All this made Germany very mad and fueled the response to the strong militarism that developed in Germany. 2.**Hitler's Actions- In** 1934 he increased the size of the army, began building warships and created a German air force. He became allies with Italy and Japan. 3.**Failure of Appeasement-** During the 1930s, many politicians in both Britain and France thought the terms of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany that were unfair. They though that Hitler's actions were understandable and justifiable. So as Hitler built up his army, the other countries thought it was fair for them do that.

Causes include the failure of the League of Nations, which failed world peace. The Treaty of Versailles was also a cause, and affected Germany, it angered them because they had to pay for damages and they couldn’t afford to pay, which then lead to Adolph Hitler being voted to be in control of Germany and rid the debt. Hitler taking control of Germany leads to the formation of the Nazi party.

Major events: 1939 - Invasions of Poland by USSR and Germany, beginning World War II. Most of Poland is taken in days. 1940 - British armored forces attack Italian forces in North Africa. This campaign escalates and continues for nearly three years. 1940 - Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. All fall within weeks. 1940 - Battle of Britain. Germany suffers its first defeat in the skies over England, and abandons invasion plans. 1941 - June, Germany invades the USSR, opening what becomes known as the Eastern Front.
 * 1941 - December 7, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the US Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US enters the war, opening the Pacific Theatre.
 * 1942 - June 4-7, Battle of Midway. The US Navy sinks four Japanese aircraft carriers in the fight that proves to be the turning point in the Pacific war.


 * 1945 - U.S.A develops the atomic bomb, and successfully uses it in August to force the surrender of Japan.

Major Players Major players in WW2 were Adolph Hitler, which ran Germany and the Nazi Party. Axis powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan Ally powers: U.S., Great Britain, and Soviet Union

End Of War- World War 2 ended in Europe by the surrender of Germany, in Japan it also ended due to the surrender of Japan. It ended with the surrender of the Axis powers. Germany surrendered on May 7th to the Western Allies, and May 8th to the Soviet Union, 1945, about a week after Adolph Hitler had committed suicide. American forces had been steadily gaining ground in the Pacific since late 1942. By 1945 they were able to begin using large fleets of bombers operating out of China and Islands in the Pacific to destroy utterly their cities. On top of that our navy had cut them off from the supplies of raw materials, oil, rubber, iron, etc. that they had been importing and that they needed to produce weapons and ammunition. In addition, Japan imported a great deal of its food. Those imports were also cut off. Thus by mid 1945 Japan was unable to maintain industrial production at anywhere near the level needed to supply their armies, their cities were subject to raids by over a thousand bombers at a time against which they had no defense and their population was in danger of starvation. Then, on August 6 and August 9 the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That finally convinced the Japanese government that they had no choice but to surrender.

Outcome of Effects- The outcome of the war lead to Germany being taken over, the birth of the United Kingdom, and the communist take over china and Eastern Europe. The war also strained the military, financial, scientific and civilian resources of the countries involved, leaving many on the verge of collapse and resulting in a new world order. The United States and the Soviet Union emerged from World War II as global superpowers and soon became locked in a military competition known as the Cold War.

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