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Feb 12

HW: WWII Test on Friday. Notebooks Due Friday Pgs. 1A – 11A

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Notes Title: End of WWII

Headings, key words, vocabulary

Questions:

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Summary: Top 5 pieces of Info for this page of notes

European Theater of Operations

European Theater of Operations Allies from

the South, having taken North Africa.

Allies from the East, having won in Russia

Allies from the West, jumping off from Britain

Germany is Surrounded!

Allies from the South, having taken North Africa.

Allies from the East, having won in Russia

Allies from the West, jumping off from Britain

Germany is Surrounded!

Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation

Overlord”]

Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation

Overlord”]

D-Day (June 6, 1944)D-Day (June 6, 1944)

Normandy Landing

(June 6, 1944)

Normandy Landing

(June 6, 1944)

Higgins Landing Higgins Landing CraftsCrafts

German German PrisonersPrisoners

Why did the Allies take so long to take back France? Explain with at least 2 factors.

Why did the Allies take so long to take back France? Explain with at least 2 factors.

TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944

De Gaulle in De Gaulle in Triumph!Triumph!

U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

Yalta: February, 1945Yalta: February, 1945

FDR wants quick Soviet entry into FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war.Pacific war.

FDR & Churchill concede Stalin FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of influence and a weak spheres of influence and a weak Germany.Germany.

Churchill wants Churchill wants strong Germany strong Germany as buffer as bufferagainst Stalin.against Stalin.

FDR argues FDR argues for a ‘United for a ‘United Nations’.Nations’.

The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive

The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive

Dec. 16, 1944Dec. 16, 1944toto

Jan. 28, 1945Jan. 28, 1945

Why does Hitler Have to win the Battle of the Bulge to

keep fighting?

US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:

April 25, 1945

US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:

April 25, 1945

Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

Why does this man look so cheerful?

Why does this man look so cheerful?

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945

70,000 killed 70,000 killed immediately.immediately.

48,000 buildings. 48,000 buildings.

destroyed.destroyed. 100,000s died of 100,000s died of

radiation radiation poisoning & poisoning & cancer later.cancer later.

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945

40,000 killed 40,000 killed immediately.immediately.

60,000 injured.60,000 injured. 100,000s died of100,000s died of

radiation radiation poisoningpoisoning& cancer later.& cancer later.

V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

•Japan surrenders

•MacArthur and others help write the new Japanese Constitution

•US forces the Emperor of Japan to tell his people he is not a God and not descended of the Gods. Japan is on its own. No “Divine Wind” will save her.

•Japan surrenders

•MacArthur and others help write the new Japanese Constitution

•US forces the Emperor of Japan to tell his people he is not a God and not descended of the Gods. Japan is on its own. No “Divine Wind” will save her.

What psychological effect are the Americans trying to have on the Japanese people by making them surrender this way? Why?

What psychological effect are the Americans trying to have on the Japanese people by making them surrender this way? Why?

WW II Casualti

es: Europe

WW II Casualti

es: EuropeEach symbol

indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of

operations

WW II Casualties: Asia

WW II Casualties: Asia

Each symbol indicates

100,000 dead in the appropriate

theater of operations

Financial Cost of WWII

• U.S. $288,000,000,000• Germany $212,336,000,000• France $111,272,000,000

U.S.S.R. $93,012,000,000• Briatain $49,786,000,000• Japan $41,272,000,000

• Direct economic costs of WWII $1,600,000,000,000

Who paid the Highest Cost for WWII?

Massive Human Dislocations

Massive Human Dislocations

The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two

Superpowers of the later 20c

The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two

Superpowers of the later 20c

The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of

the Cold War

The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of

the Cold WarAllied with USA Allied with USSR Other countries

Allied with USA Allied with USSR Other countries

The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990

The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990

The Creation of the U. N.

The Creation of the U. N. The United Nations is

Created to do Three Things:

•Peacefully solve problems between countries

•End Colonialism and make new countries out of old colonies

•Put war leaders on trial for atrocities

The United Nations is Created to do Three Things:

•Peacefully solve problems between countries

•End Colonialism and make new countries out of old colonies

•Put war leaders on trial for atrocities

The Nuremberg War Trials:

Crimes Against Humanity

The Nuremberg War Trials:

Crimes Against HumanityNazis are put on trial for the new crime of “Crimes against Humanity”

All but one Nazi leader swear they were in the right until the bitter end.

Nazis are put on trial for the new crime of “Crimes against Humanity”

All but one Nazi leader swear they were in the right until the bitter end.

Japanese War Crimes Trials

Japanese War Crimes Trials

General General Hideki Hideki TojoTojo

Japanese military is also put on trial in Tokyo. Very few Japanese military leaders are convicted, though ample evidence of atrocities in Burma, Philippines and China are documented and presented.

Japanese later deny all these claims and remove them from their history books.

Japanese military is also put on trial in Tokyo. Very few Japanese military leaders are convicted, though ample evidence of atrocities in Burma, Philippines and China are documented and presented.

Japanese later deny all these claims and remove them from their history books.

The De-Colonization of European Empires

The De-Colonization of European Empires

The Emergence of Third World Nationalist

Movements

The Emergence of Third World Nationalist

Movements

Why would the world need the United Nations to play referee

and handle international disputes and trials?

Early Computer Technology

Came Out of WW II

Early Computer Technology

Came Out of WW II

Mark I, 1944Mark I, 1944

Admiral Grace Admiral Grace Hooper, 1944-1992Hooper, 1944-1992COBOL languageCOBOL language

Colossus, Colossus, 19411941

Hitler’s “Secret Weapons”:

Too Little, Too Late!

Hitler’s “Secret Weapons”:

Too Little, Too Late!V-1 Rocket:V-1 Rocket:

“Buzz “Buzz Bomb”Bomb”

V-2 V-2 RocketRocket

Werner von Werner von BraunBraun

Jet engines were developed by the Germans at the end of WWII.

These are the very engines we use in planes today!

They also allowed us to explore space later during the Space Race and beyond.

Jet engines were developed by the Germans at the end of WWII.

These are the very engines we use in planes today!

They also allowed us to explore space later during the Space Race and beyond.

WWII Test Review BINGO!

• Sign your own name on the free space.• Get other people who can answer the review

questions to sign the box of the question they can answer (Signers: you will be called on to give the answer, so be ready)

• Make sure you can read the name so you can call on them later.

• Sign other people’s cards.• You may only have each person sign their name once.• Try to get BINGO (5 in a row)• Totally stuck? Books and notes are allowed for this

activity.

Test Short Answer Topics:

• Civilian Experience in WWII- Cite specific incidents

• Significant Battles of WWII- Why are they important

• Ultimate Cost of the War

• Compare WWI and WWII