World History from World War I to World War II 世界史第二次世界大战第二次世界大战.pptVIP

The Atomic Bomb Led by Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project successfully produced two Atomic bombs at Los Alamos, New Mexico (called Fat Man and Little Boy) On August 6th, 1945 a B-29 bomber called the Enola Gay dropped the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan Three days later, a second bomb exploded over Nagasaki Japan surrendered on August 14th, 1945—thus ending World War II and beginning the Atomic Age * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Georgia High School Graduation Test Tutorial World History from World War I to World War II (SSWH16-18) (SSUSH19) Causes of World War I 1. Balkan Nationalism Causes of World War I 2. Entangled Alliances Causes of World War I 3. Militarism Arms races between nations Built up to intimidate other nations Russian army had over 1,000,000 Germany and France had 900,000 each Conditions on the Front in WWI New Weapons Utilized Machine Guns Poison gas (Mustard Gas) Tanks Airplanes (Dog Fighting) Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land” Disease and influenza Effects of World War I Treaty of Versailles -Establishment of League of Nations -German reparations Mandate System –British and French WWI - End of Empires Hapsburg Dynasty (Germany Austria) Romanov’s (Russian Czars) Ottoman Empire (Middle East) Family of Czar Nicholas II –last of the Romanov Rulers of Russia The Russian Revolution 1917—Workers revolt against the Czar --Bolsheviks take over Russia and begin a socialist system under Vladimir Lenin. Allied countries (Great Britain, France, Japan and the United States) send troops to support anti-communist forces, but communist forces eventually prevail. The Soviet Union 1922 --Lenin establishes the Soviet Union (USSR) The Rise of Joseph Stalin 1924—Lenin dies– Several leaders struggle for power including Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Eventually, Stalin seizes power and becomes a dictator over USSR—imposing a totalitarian state. He begins a Five Year Plan to increase industrialization and co