WW+II+Section+2

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 * WW II - 8 major nations - 1939-1945
 * cause = conflict between axis & allies nations
 * Hitler - german dictator - wanted control of many nations
 * Hitler + nazis terrorized nations to get control
 * Hitler wanted domination of many nations

__Bulleted Summary__ (Kiraney, Slides 3,5,6,7)
 * World War II was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The Axis Powers consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan, while the Allies were made up of the U.S., the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.
 * Attitudes of the Axis and Allies countries differed greatly during World War II
 *  In Japan, Germany, and Italy, all Axis Powers, violent leaders were at work building war machines and using their military power to threaten other countries
 *  A different attitude towards war existed in the United States, an Ally
 * Most Americans did not want to get involved in troubles overseas
 *  U. S. had a small peacetime army
 *  citizens did not want to be drawn into another global conflict
 *  Americans were content in their isolation
 * Reason being, the US was still coping with the harsh realities of the Great Depression.
 * Before the Pearl Harbor attack, US had remained neutral during WWII
 *  December 7, 1941- Japanese warplanes bombed US warships @ the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii; destroyed 180 air crafts & killed more than 2,000 Americans
 * Attack of Pearl Harbor- turning point that led the US to join the Allies to fight against the Axis Powers
 * On August 6, 1945- U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan; Japan surrendered September 2, 1945, ending the war


 * Rodger Derben had the idea for a national ww2 monument 14 years after the war
 * idea- to honor the 16 million peolple who fought for america in the war
 * confronted congresswoman Marcy Kaptur who presented the bill to congress
 * suggested US mint coins to fund the monument
 * much controversie in congress over if the monument should be built
 * argued the monument would disrupt the open spaces of the mall
 * 14 years after congress ratified the plans to build it
 * Freidrich St. Florean was the architect
 * finished 50 years after the war ended
 * dedicated by president William Jefferson Clinton on November 11,1995


 * it cost $174 million dollars
 * collums represent different US states and territorries that contributed in the war
 * 4000 gold stars on the west side represent the 400000 people who died for america
 * stands between washington monument to the east and lincoln memorial on the west
 * in center is a large oval shaped pool with fountains
 * pavilions marked atlantic and pacific mark the north and south of the memorial

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