History+of+WW2

 **Brief History:**  The 1940s were full of crime, war, shortage of goods, and immigration. These are just some of the problems the world faced during this ten year period. Some other things that marker this decade were the political changes, advances in technology, and pop culture. The most significant and memorable problem was World War Two.

 World War Two was not only the most memorable war, but it was also the bloodiest. Over 30,000,000 soldiers died in combat and over 50,000,000 innocent civilians died. This war was caused by Treaty of Versailles, Hitler's actions, failure to appeasement, and failure of the league of nations. The places involved in this world war include Europe, East Asia, Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Madagascar, Aleutian islands, China, Russia, Germany, the states, and Canada.

 The key players or main people involved in this war were Adolph Hitler, President Herbert Hoover, William Dodd, President Roosevelt, **Hideki Tojo, and Dwight D. Eisenhower **** to name a few. They not only caused this war, but some of them help solve it. Luckily, WWII was over in the first half of this decade. It was officially over on August 15, 1945 when Japan surrendered. **

 **The main effects of my conflict were social, economic, cultural, and environmental. As I mentioned before over 50,000,000 innocent civilians were killed and over 30,000,000 soldiers died in combat. Western Europe's influence weakened, militarily technologies advanced, women were allowed to vote in France and Italy, and women were much more exposed to the work force as most of the wen were off into the way. **

[] Chosen Problem: WW2

 A brief history and/or overview of your chosen conflict (3-5 paragraphs). Make sure you at least address the following: >  The major causes of WW2 were the Treaty of Versailles, Hitler's actions, failure to appeasement, and failure of the league of nations.
 * 1)  **What was the major cause(s)?**
 * 1)  **What countries were involved?**
 *  Europe
 *  East Asia
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Islands in the Pacific Ocean
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Madagascar
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Aleutian Islands
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> China
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Russia
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Germany
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> U.S./Canada


 * 1) <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> **Who were the main leaders and/or key players?**
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> President Herbert Hoover
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> William Dodd
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> President Roosevelt
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Major General Smedley Butler
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Adolph Hitler
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Joseph Goebbels
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Hirohito **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Hideki Tojo **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> I ** soroku Yamamoto **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Benito Mussolini **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Joseph Stalin **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Georgy Zhukov **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Vyacheslav Molotov **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Winston Churchil **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Bernard Law Montgomery **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Harry S. Truman **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** Dwight D. Eisenhower **
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> ** George S. Patton **

<span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Yes, my conflict was resolved when Japan surrendered. (August 15, 1945) > >
 * 1) <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> **Was your conflict resolved? How?**
 * 1) <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> **What were the main social, economic, cultural, or environmental effects of your conflict?**
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> 30,000,000 soldiers died in the conflict from battle
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> over 50,000,000 civilians died
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> a weaker influence of Western Europe
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> bipolar equilibrium, that is, two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union.
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Militarily, new technologies, from much improved tanks and airplanes to the deadly atomic bomb, had been developed to make wars faster and more brutal.
 * <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> Women were finally granted the right to participate in voting in France and Italy.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: sub;"> Women were much more exposed to the work force as most of the men were off into the war.

> <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> This conflict was settled when my decade was over.
 * 1) <span style="border: initial none initial; color: #000000; font-family: Vwer; font-size: 8pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.2in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; vertical-align: sub; widows: 2;"> **Where was this conflict at the end of your decade (i.e., some conflicts continued into other decades)**