Bell Ringer

• What role did women play in the mobilization for war?

• How did the government get the entire country involved in mobilization for war?

• Explain 1 way mobilization for war was different in WWII as compared to WWI.

Essential Question

• Based on previous knowledge and what you learned today was WWII a necessary war for the Americans? Support your answer with two pieces of evidence and explain one of those evidences in detail.

European TheatreFrom North Africa to

Germany

Stalingrad

• Battle of Stalingrad: July 1942-February 1943– Hitler attempted to annihilate the Red Army – War was going well for him• Attack = very successful in the beginning

– Soviet forces surrounded and crushed an entire German Army• Turning point in WWII• Tide of war now favored Allied Powers• Map

North Africa

• Operation Torch (1942)– British/American invasion of Northern Africa– 2nd front desired by U.S.S.R. • Deemed too dangerous by U.S. & G.B.

– Erwin Rommel "Desert Fox"• Invasion of North Africa

• Complete secret • Allowed for invasion of South-Eastern Europe• See Ken Burns, The War (When Things Get Tough, 9:30-

24:30)

Letters Home

• Directions: – Write a letter home to your parents describing

your experience in combat.

• Requirements: – Proper greeting & salutation – 2-3 details about your life – 1-2 paragraphs long

"Bloody Anzio"• Italy Campaign: 1943-1945• Sicily: July 1943, took 38 days to take Sicily– Easy, minimal casualties

• Mainland Italy: – British & American forces invade bottom of the

"boot" – Going fine, until they hit: • Weather changes• Terrain changes • Increased resistance

• Ken Burns (Episode: When Things Get Tough, 1:28:59- 1:42:00, Next, Disc3, 56:30- 1:03:40, 1:25:40-1:44:00)

Operation Overlord

• Normandy Invasion: June 6, 1944– 1,200 plane airborne assault– 5,000 vessel amphibious assault– 160,000 troops invade

• Atlantic Wall: fortification of Atlantic Coast– Rommel had been newly appointed & led this

charge• D-Day– Ken Burns (Disc 3, 8:35-42:00)

Battle of the Bulge• Last German Offensive– Ardennes Forest, Belgium – Used as a type of rest & recuperation area for

American soldiers• Casualties – American: 75,000– German: 67,200– British: 1,408

• Ken Burns (9:50-31:20, Disc 5)• Map

Death of FDR

• April 12, 1945• Devastating for the entire

nation• Led the country through its'

darkest times…– Great Depression– Pearl Harbor– WWII

V-E Day

• Hitler dead: April 30, 1945– Shot himself

• Victory in Europe Day: May 8, 1945• War in Pacific still wages on…