WWII Part 1 1939 1945 1 A second World War 03 20 2014 a Causes Not one exact cause of WWII i Hitler promised to bring Germany back to 1 Uses the military to being Germany out of recession a Preaches Nationalism ii Axis Powers Germany Italy Japan They were involved in a i Extreme alliance to the nation of Germany series of crisis 1 Japan invasion of china They wanted to become a dominant empire They had the ability technology to mass produce weapons and conquer territories 2 Total War Waging War on civilian population 3 Italy used new weapons tanks to try to expand their empire They invade Ethiopia 4 Spanish Civil War supported by Mussolini and Hitler iii Foreign Crises 1 Hilter believed the German people needed living space aka expansion 2 Belief that Germans were higher e 3 Munich Conference a 1939 Mussolini and Hitler met with the leaders of England and France to reacquire land that Germany previously owned prior to WWII b Blitzkrieg Lighting War i September 1939 1 Hitler launched machine on Europe 2 Based on Speed Use of technology tanks airplanes To avoid stalemate Speed to quickly move people and supplies c Invasion of Russia i Operation Barbarossa 1941 1 Hitler breaks promise with soviet union that he would 2 Blitzkrieg warfare helps them progress quickly however not trade it runs into problems a Flaws Weather and vulnerable supply lines for d Battle of Britain fuel island nation iii English victory i Difficult to conquer and invade England because it was an ii Airplanes becoming key to combat control of skies is critical 2 American Entry War a Initially US had no intention of getting involved in another European i Criticism exists that involvement in European wars for economic benefit ii Lend lease Act Lend and lease equipment to Britain 3 Pearl Harbor Japan believed that similar to Hitler s beliefs that they needed to acquire domination of the Pacific a Japan believed the US was a threat for conquering small islands in b US cracked their military code and expected an attack but did not except an attack on Pearl Harbor because it was far away from the pacific Japan c It happened on December 7 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor with a devastating bombing killing 3 500 men destroying many American ships and places i Japanese air force leader predicted that America would win WWII even after a success victory at Pearl Harbor because he viewed it as an awakening an industrial giant and that our industrial capabilities would win us the war 4 The Home Front a Daily life in America was completely changed everything is geared b Involvement in the War ended the Great Depression and eliminated i Companies that were down during the Great Depression were re opened on government contracts all geared toward the war toward the War effort Federal Debt effort ii War bonds were bought c Women in the Workforce i Women encouraged to take blue collared jobs The jobs threatened their feminity The Government encouraged them to do this They feared that they wouldn t be attractive to men if they did these jobs Terms OPA Total War Axis Blitzkrieg Pearl Harbor Lend lease Battle of Britain 03 20 2014 03 20 2014