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World War II remains the most devastating conflict in human history, resulting in over 55 million deaths and costing roughly one trillion dollars. Initially a European conflict beginning in 1939, it rapidly escalated to encompass most of the world. Key factors included the aftermath of World War I, economic instability in Germany, Italian and Japanese territorial ambitions, and the rise of Adolf Hitler. The war saw devastating territorial gains by Germany, numerous atrocities, and alliances that shifted global power dynamics. The Allied victory culminated in Germany's surrender on May 7, 1945.
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Introduction: • Most devastating war in human history • 55 million dead • 1 trillion dollars • Began in 1939 as strictly a European Conflict • Widened to include most of the world
How It Began • Lots of factors • WWI leftovers • Germany defeated in and had to pay cost of war. In huge economic depression • Italy victorious but wanted more territory • Japan victorious but wanted China • Outside factors…
What Were These Outside Factors? • Germany reduced size • Organized League of Nations • French and Britain unsure • U.S. isolationist
Rise of Hitler • Nazi Party organized, 1920s • Nazi party largest in Germany, 1932 • Hitler voted as chancellor, 1933 • New parliament created • 450, 000 members • Larger than German army
Hitler Gets Busy • Gestapo Created -- April, 1933 • Jewish Boycott – April, 1933 • Jewish Books Banned & Burned – May, 1933 • 27,000 People in Camps – July, 1933 • 60,000 People in Camps – 1938 • Illegal to Leave Germany – October, 1941
German Territorial Gains • Austria – March, 1938 • Border of Czechoslovakia – Sept., 1938 • All of Czechoslovakia – March, 1939 • Poland – Sept., 1939 • By Summer of 1940, Germany Controlled Most of Europe • World shocked as France falls to Germans
Those Dumb Enough To Ally • Stalin and the Soviet Union, 1939 • Betrayed by 1941 • Mussolini and Italy, 1939 • Off and on betrayed until Italian defeat in 1943
Alliance That Changes War • Germany “allies” with Japan • Japan was “China Hungry” • Japanese angry over U.S. support of China • Agreed to peace negotiations with U. S.
