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LIBERAL LEARNING END

SEMESTER PRESENTATION
TOPIC: WORLD WAR-II
Name : Vedadnya Anil Aghor
MIS ID:111105002

Department: Electrical Engineering

Area: Defense Studies

Sub Area: World War-II

Faculty Mentor : Prof. A . V. Tare

THE TOPIC OF CHOICE:

World War-II

Q2.WHAT WAS THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF

WW-II?

NATIVE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION

25,000 Native American joined armed forces

23,000 worked at Wartime plants and factories

JAPANESE 442ND INFANTRY

REGIMENT
Japanese-American
combat unit
Stationed in Italy
Most highly decorated
unit in US military
history
21 medal of honor
recipients
Most of their families
were interned in the
US

Q3.WHAT WERE THE EVENTS IN WW-II?

1935-1936: Spanish Civil War(End:1 April 1939)

1 September1939:Germany declared war on
Poland.
3 September 1939:Britain and France declared
war on Germany
10 June 1940:Italy declared war on Britain and
France.

HITLER MOVES IN EUROPE

April 1940- Hitler seizes Norway, Denmark

May- Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg

By June, Hitler controls France, turns attention to

Britain

Fall 1940- Battle of Britain

London heavily bombed but Churchill remains

defiant

UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN

1939- Roosevelt revises Neutrality Act, allows for

arms trade

Election of 1940- FDR wins 3rd term

1940: Destroyers for Bases Deal

1941: Lend-Lease Act

22 June 1941:Germany attaked on USSR.

7 December 1941: Japan attacked on Pearl
Harbor.
8 December 1941:American Congress declared
war against Japan.
11 December 1941:Germany and Italy declared
war on US.

PARTICIPANTS

Allied Powers
-England
-Soviet Union (after German attack on June 22, 1941)
-France
-United States

Axis Powers
-Italy
-Germany
-Japan

Q4.WHAT WAS ROLE OF INDIA IN

WW-II?

India was occupied by Britain and thus India

officially declared war onNazi Germanyin
September 1939.
The financial, industrial and military assistance
of India formed a crucial component of the
British campaign against Nazi Germany and
Imperial Japan.

Several leaders of the

Indian independence movement, including
Mahatma Gandhi, expressed strong opposition
againstNazismandFascismbut termed
Britain's "war to save democracy" as hypocrisy
since it was denying democratic rights and
individual liberties to Indians.

THE INDIAN STANCE

TheIndian National Congress, led

byMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
,Sardar Vallabhbhai Pateland
Maulana Azad, took a strong stance
against FascismandNazism.
Gandhi, in an open letter to
Adolf Hitler, touted tolerance and
viewed Nazism as a source of
violence.

Congress refused to align with

Britain's fight against the

Axis Powersuntil India was
granted independence.

THE INDIAN STANCE

Another school of thought led bySubhas Chandra Boseof

theIndian National Army(INA) allied itself with theAxis
based on the principle that "An enemy's enemy is a friend".
Bose argued and proved that Britain's fight against Nazism
is contradictory because since it was Britain who was
violating human right of Indians and making India from
poor to poorer.

Q5.HOW DID WW-II END?

THE DECISION

In July, Truman decided to use the bomb.

The US warned Japan that it faced prompt and
utter destruction unless it surrendered.
August 6,1945-US dropped Little Boy over
Hiroshima and totally destroyed the city.
Japan hesitated to surrender.

3 days later, Fat Man was dropped over Nagasaki

By the end of the year, 200,000 had died from
injuries and radiation.
Emperor Hirohito was horrified and could not
bear to see innocent people suffer any more.
August 14, 1945: V-J Day