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WWII

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underlying causes of WWII resentment over Versailles Treaty; aggressive militarist policies; failure of League of Natons; failure of appeasement
resentment over Versailles Treaty German people are very unsatisfied with the policies of the Treaty; they cannot afford the high prices of the war and this leads to hyperinflation and the economic situation in Europe
agreesive and militarist policies Hitler immediately rebuilt army, navy and airforce by conscription; remilitarized Rhineland; created the Axis pact and Anti-Commitern; Japan invaded Machuria(1931); Italy invaded Ethopia(1935); Germany invaded Austria and Czech.
failure of league of nations Japan invaded Manchuria, in response LN called for coutries to stop trading with Japan but no one listened; Ln appealed directly to Japan, in response, Japan left the League of Nations
failure of appeasement Brtain and France appeased to demands of Hitler; Hitler was able to install aggressive militarist policies because he knew he would not meet any oppsition from France or Brtain
Battle of Stalingrad (Novermber 1942-February 1943); known as turning point of the war; Stalin's city-had symbolic meaning to each side; 2,000,000 deaths; Hitler's 6th army was forced to surrender
D-Day June 6,1944; invasion of France directed by General D.D Eisenhower; 5 assualt divisons attacked Normandy beach and pushed inlanda and break therough German defense
island hopping Us strategy in the Pacific to advance to strategic islands; characterized by amphibean assaults and bloody fighting
Pearl Harbor Japan needed to secure raw material resources in S.East Asia; had to remove American threat=American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor; December 7, 1941-Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor targets in the Pacific begining the war in the Pacific
Sudentenland/Munich Conference Sep.15, 1938-Hitler demanded Sudtenland under the pretext of uniting the German people;in reality he wanted to leave Czechoslovakia defenseless; British, French, and Italians met at Munich Conference and appeased all of Hitler's demands;*Czech.not invited
Annexation of Austria March 13, 1938; Hitler threatened Austria with invasion; eventually was able to place Austrian Nazi's in high positions; German troops were welcomed into Austria
bombing of cities(England) started when a German plane got lost and bombed London by accident; British bombed Berlin in retaliation and German Luftwaffe bombed British cities every night for two months; it affected cities and civilians and drags them into the war
Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki by 1945, Japanese desperation became more evident thoug Kamikaze attacks
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