Postwar era

After World War II it left Europe lay in ruins. It left 60 million dead and many were injured or left homeless due to the bombings and ran into billions of U.S dollars. Also much of the countryside was destroyed and agriculture was disrupted. Thousands died as famine and disease spread throughout the bombed cities. In the end not only did allies become enemies but enemies became allies, some nations were left weakened others strengthened.

Cities after World War II

Holocaust & Internment camps

During World War II Hitler believed that Germanic peoples were a "master race". They claimed that Jews and non-Aryan people were inferior and led to the mass slaughter of civilians, especially Jews. As Jews were put into Extermination camps 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust. After the bombings on Pearl Harbor the U.S set up internment camps for all people that had come from Japanese decent. They were forced to live under military restricted areas.

 The Holocaust

Japanese Internment Camps

U.S and the atomic bomb

The United States became involved in World War II after Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th. They destroyed nearly the whole Pacific fleet and killed about 2,400 Americans. To weaken the Japanese by island hoping and taking over islands with little Japanese defense. As the war continued the United States started mobilizing for total war to destroy Japan. To finish them off President Truman ordered an Atomic Bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima, and Nagasaki.

 Atomic Bomb destruction

The Atomic Bomb

Stalingrads importance in WWII

The Battle of Stalingrad is the most important battle in World War II if you were the Soviet Union. This battle is known as a turning point because as the soviet's were protecting Stalingrad another Russian winter set in and some 90,000 had been frostbitten. The few that surrendered were who survived out of an army of 330,000. Although this city cost 1 million soviet soldiers to defend it German soldiers were on the defensive, with soviets pushing them westward.

 Russian Winter at Stalingrad

Battle of Stalingrad



Introduction

Throughout the course of World War II Germany lead by Adolf Hitler was determined to get back German land and more that he felt belonged to them. After the treaty of Versailles Japan, and Italy joined Germany in gaining land because they felt they deserved more also. After their aggressive actions Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States stepped in and enforced the Nuremberg trials, Japanese internment camps, and ended the war with the atomic bomb.

G.B, United States, and Soviet Union take down Hitler and the Nazi's.

Pearl Harbor Bombing

Germany's Military

Germany's military was unstoppable. As Hitler was preparing for WWII his army became known as "Blitzkrieg". This meant the lightening war, where they would attack quickly, strong and swiftly crushed all opposition with an over whelming force. They were trained well and had large numbers. Their air force out numbered Britain's four to one and allowed troops on the ground to move in faster as the planes destroyed everything first.
Nazi plane dropping bomb's


Germanys large number of troops