World War II
By: Jasmine, Robert, & Taylor
September 1, 1939
Major Battles
The Battle of Britain
The Siege of Leningrad
Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Invasion of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Berlin
Major Players
Adolf Hitler
German Nazi dictator
Joseph Stalin
Soviet Leader; became a major wartime allied leader against Germany and their allies
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S President during the begining of the war
Hideki Tojo
The Japanese General
Harry Truman
U.S. President near the end of the war
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Benito Mussolini
Leader of Italy
George S. Patton
U.S. general
Hirohito
Emperor of Japan
WWII Facts
- Women went to work for the first time while the men were at war and women's rights were a sure thing after that. Women were seen as able to do the heavy type jobs that only men were thought to do before.
- White men had to fight with other units of a different race.
- The end of WW 2 brought more Jewish refugees to the US and they have contributed to advancements in all areas. .
- We developed technology during WWII to make life and the war easier and those technologies led to others that we have today.
- The war boosted the economy be the need of manufacturing companies making weapons for the war.
The end of the war
Post WWII
Germany was the dominant power on the European continent, and Japan was dominant in Asia. Their defeat in World War II meant open positions of leadership. The Soviet Union quickly replaced Germany as the most powerful country in Europe and they also wanted to take Japan's place as dominant power in Asia. With China, France, and Great Britain financially destroyed by the war, the United States and the Soviet Union became the two major powers of the world.
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