Holocaust/Allies win
the War
Chapter 16: sections 3 and 4
By: Mr. Meacham
The roots of the Holocaust
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Hitler did not invent antiSemitism
 He simply tapped into a
sentiment that had existed
for centuries in Europe
Remember the issues during
the Reformation
Traditional European Jewish
careers made less well off
Christians suspicious
Hitler felt the resentment
towards Jews after WWI and
built is scapegoat philosophy
around it.
Targeting Jews: Govt. policy
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1935: Nazis pass
Nuremburg laws
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German citizenship
revoked, no intermarriages, only
certain jobs could be
had
A murder over Nazi
policy towards Jews
started Kristallnacht in
1938
Times getting Grim
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After Kristallnacht,
many Jews see the
writing on the wall
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Attempt to leave
Germany, but are
stopped by many
countries
Hitler’s next step is to
separate the Jewish
pop.. He puts them in
Ghettos
He deliberately made
conditions bad enough
to kill the weakest off.
The Final Solution
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Hitler’s plan to “purify” the Aryan race
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Genocide against all non-Aryans, Roma,
Poles, Russians, insane, Homosexuals, and
Jews
Death camps were set up all through the
occupied areas
All victims were put through the “showers”,
which were designed to gas the victims.
These camps could kill 6,000 people per
day/per camp
The Final numbers
The War against Germany
turns
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The U.S. in Europe by ’42
Stalin pushes for the west to
start a two front war
The British and Americans start
their offensive against the Nazis
in N. Africa
Montgomery defeats Rommel in
El Alamein
Eisenhower traps Rommel in
Tunis
The Afrika Korps are forced to
surrender by May of 1943
The Soviet Union “gits ‘er
dun”
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After the Germans are stopped in
Leningrad and Moscow
 They go south to Stalingrad
By Nov. of ’42, the Nazi’s controlled
90% of the city
Then winter hit; the Soviets
counterattacked
Germans trapped in the city w/no
supplies
 They surrendered by Feb. of ‘43
The road towards Germany
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1943 saw the Allies focus in on
Italy
Sicily was taken by 7/43
Mussolini removed from power
and Italy surrendered.
However, the Nazis took N. Italy
and continued the fight
The Allies took Rome in the
summer of ’44
Mussolini was found in April of
’45 in Milan and was hung in a
public square
The Home Front
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WWII was a total war experience
Particularly in the U.S., industry was working
triple time to produce war equipment. All
citizens at home were involved
Propaganda was running big in all countries.
Protests against war were never tolerated
Many groups in Allied countries lost their civil
rights. Ex. The Japanese Americans and
intern camps throughout the western U.S.
The last gasp for Germany
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In the west, two big battles sunk
Germany
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D-Day in June of ’44 starts the
Liberation of France
The Battle of the Bulge in Dec. of
’44 was the Germans last attempt
to break through the British and
Americans
The Soviets were able to get to
Berlin first and pound the capital
w/artilery
Germany surrendered in April of
‘45
Japan gets desperate
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Americans get the
Philippines back in the fall of
’44
During the Philippines fight,
Japan risked its entire Naval
fleet to stop the U.S., and
lost
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Now, they only had their air
force and army to fight
In April and June of ’45, the
Americans moved into Iwo
Jima and Okinawa. Tokyo
was being bombed every
minute of the day
When will these guys quit?
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Japan gave the
U.S. many
challenges
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Samurai spirit of
“no surrender”
The Navy had to
battle kamikazes,
etc.
An invasion of
Japan looked
costly
The Manhattan Project
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Newly sworn in President Truman learned
of the Atomic Bomb
The decision was made to drop the bomb
rather than lose hundreds of thousands in
an invasion
Hiroshima was bombed on 8/6/45
Nagasaki on 8/9/45
Japan announced its intention to surrender
two days later. It was official on 9/2/45