IMMEDIATE CAUSE
• Poland is located in the eastern part of Europe, on the east of Russia, on the west of Germany, on the north of Czechoslovakia（捷克斯洛伐克）. And its northern boundary is near the Baltic Sea. Because of its special geographical position, Poland becomes the transportation hub of Europe, which owns a strategic importance. Poland was one of the most powerful military forces among the European allies. If Germany occupied Poland, Germany not only had access to a large number of military and economic resources, but also greatly improved its strategic position: it not only could eliminate the worries of the British and French attack, but also to establish a base for attacks on the Soviet Union.
Monument to the "September Veterans" of 1939 in southern Poland.
The Bomb Attack of Hiroshima
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan, killing tens of thousands of civilians. It is the first time to use weapons of mass destruction in the human history
process
1939.9.1 The invasion of Poland
1945.8.6 The United States dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima （广岛）
WORLD WAR
Invasion of Poland
BACKGROUND
• After World War I, defeated Germany was forced to cede large tracts of land. Danzig(担泽), which belonged to Germany, was designated a free market and transferred to Poland. “Polish Corridor” leading to the Baltic Sea（波 罗的海） divided Germany into two pieces. So the
Japan lacks of strategic goods( petrol ) which hold back their economic development
Root cause: The Great Depression 大萧条
The Great Depression in 1929 resulted in serious political crisis. What was worse, in order to protect domestic economy, some nations such as America started to erect trade barriers ,which had a impact on Germany and Japan. While these countries couldn‘t get over the crisis by themselves, then they built the fascist dictatorship（法西斯专政） to do external expansion crazily
United 418,500
0.32
States
Japan 2,620,000 to (3.67 to 4.37) 3,120,000
Total 62,171,400 deaths 至
78,511,500
(3.17 至 4.00)
The Second World War
• Brief Introduction Of World War Two
Reasons
Germany would not take their defeat accepting the harsh punishment and limitless of the Treaty ofVe源自sailles(《凡尔赛条约》).
Direct reasons Italy falls into economic decline
Two opposing military alliances :the Allies and the Axis
Germany Adolf Hitler
Italy Benito Mussolini
本尼托 墨索里尼
Japan
Hirohito 裕仁
America Franklin Roosevelt Britain Winston Churchill
World War Two
By Qiu Shuang
Human losses of World War II
Country Total deaths Deaths as % of 1939
population
China 10,000,000 (1.93 to 3.86) to 20,000,000
the photo of Hiroshima after bombing
Such fragile the life is , please cherish peace
• Reasons • Process
Brief Introduction Of World War Two
Time: 1st September 1939------15th August 1945
The character(性质）of the War :It can be divided into two phases-imperialist war(帝国主义战争) and anti-Fascism war（反法西斯战争）
China
Jiang Jieshi
Soviet Union Stalin
Reasons
• The Aftermath of WWI • World War I caused the deaths of millions
and the destruction of numerous cities and farms. The European economy was in ruins.
Why chose Hiroshima?
• Hiroshima was described as “an important army depot and port of embarkation in the middle of an urban industrial area”.
• obtaining the greatest psychological effect against Japan