CAUSES OF WWII

BACKROUND: START OF WWII

• Adolf Hitler wanted more land especially in the east
• Germany evolved Austria and Czechoslovakia without starting a war
• Germany moved further east by invading Poland
• Great Britain and France declared war on Germany

THE EVENT: INVADING COUNTRIES

• The Soviets invaded Poland from the east
• Germany and it's Axis partners invade the Soviet Union
• Germany and it's Axis partners invade Yugoslavia
• Italy invades Greece

THE EVENT: THE AXIS

• Germany forms the alliance called the Axis
• Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the tripartite pact.
• Bulgaria Joins the Axis
• Hungary Joins the Axis

THE EVENT: USA

• Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
• The USA declares war on Japan
• Nazi Germany and the axis declare war on the USA
• British and USA troops land on Normandy beach

THE EVENT: THE ALLIES

• The allies were formed after the Axis
• Great Britain, China, and France formed the allies
• The USA and the Soviet Union Joined in 1941
• France was not part of the Allies from 1940-1944

DEATHS

• 50-70 million
• Germany's overall total was 7.4 million
• Roughly 8.7 million soviet soldiers
• Around 760,000 British overall deaths
• Around 416,000 USA military deaths

OUTCOME

• Peace treaties were set up
• Different countries got parts of Germany
• Nazi leaders were arrested
• The United Nations were formed Just after the war
• Prevent such a conflict to happen again.

WORK CITED

• "World War II Starts." About.com 20th Century History. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.
• "World War II: Timeline." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 10 June 2013. Web. 21 Mar. 2014.
• The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Allied Powers (World War II)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2014.