22Topic: WarfrontRead: Ch. 35

23SUB…Topic: WarfrontRead: Ch. 35

24 (B)Topic: Warfront -HomefrontRead: Ch. 35

25Topic: Warfront -HomefrontRead: Ch. 35

26Topic: HomefrontQUIZ: Ch.35

MARCH

29 Topic: HomefrontQUIZ: Ch.35

1 ACT – The real deal WW2 Wrapup

2 (A)Topic: WW2 Wrapup

3Review and Essay Prep

4Review and Essay Prep

7EXAM AND NOTEBOOK

8EXAM AND NOTEBOOK

Notebook Check So FarRacial Tension in the 1920s /15Social Tension in the 1920s /151920s Politics and Economy /15Great Depression and New Deal (handwritten) /20New Deal Glossary (printout) /10Great Depression Problem/Solution Chart /15WW2 Intro (2-sided printout re: isolationism) /20Sentence-Phrase-Word War Stories /15WW2 Warfront (includes maps) /15

NEUTRALITY ENDS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt13c3olXkU – 9minhttp://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor - 2min

2 FRONTS – 2 EXPERIENCES*SENTENCE*PHRASE*WORD*

Pacific Front European Front

The U.S. and its allies achieved military victory through: Allied cooperation technological and scientific advances contributions of servicemen and women Strategies such as “island-hopping” in the Pacific, D-Day

invasion in France. Atomic bombs hastened the end of the war and sparked debates

about the morality of using atomic weapons.

WW2 Spoilers – Big Picture

WW2 CONFERENCES

Casablanca (Jan. 1943): Churchill and Roosevelt

Increase pressure on Japan; demand unconditional surrender

Tehran (winter 1943): Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin

Agreed to open a second front against Nazi Germany

WW2 CONFERENCES

Yalta (Feb. 1945): Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin

Intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe

Potsdam (July 1945):

Churchill, Truman, Stalin

Decided how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany.

Goals included the establishment of post-war order

Russia agreed to enter against Japan

Japan must accept unconditional surrender or face prompt and utter destruction

1941•Pearl Harbor (Dc. 7)

1942•Bataan Death March (April)

•Battle of Midway (June)

1943•Battle of Guadacanal(February)

1944•Battle for Marianas (June)

•Bombing Japan (November)

1945•Fire bomb Tokyo (March)

•Battle of Iwo Jima (April)•Regain Philippines (May)•Battle of Okinawa (June)•Atomic Bombs (August)•V-J Day (September 2)

1941

1942•Battle of Atlantic•Stalingrad (September)•Battle of El Alamein (October)

•Invasion of North African (November)

1943•Italy Surrenders (September)

1944•Fall of Rome (June)•D-Day (June 6)•Liberation of Paris (August)

•Battle of the Bulge (December)

1945•Fall of Berlin (April)•V-E Day (May 7)

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WAR IN EUROPE

1) Southern Italy

• Allies used N.Af as staging area to invade Sicily

• Italy surrendered, then declared war on Germany.

2) Stalingrad

• Axis trapped Soviets inside Stalingrad.

• Red Army launched a counteroffensive and Germany surrendered

• 200,000 Germans and 1 million Soviets died

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WAR IN EUROPE

3) Normandy

• Operation Overlord (D-Day) to invade France on the beaches of Normandy.

• Allied troops liberated Paris in August 1944.

4) Battle of the Bulge

• Last German offensive on the western front

• Allied air support forced the Germans to withdraw.

WAR IN EUROPE

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April 30 - Hitler committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin.

May 8, 1945 -Victory in Europe Day (VE Day)

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WAR IN THE PACIFIC

1) Philippines

• Japanese rounded up 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners and marched them up the Bataan Peninsula to a prison camp (more than 7,000 died)

2) Tokyo

• 16 American bombers bombed Tokyo and other Japanese cities.

• Japanese put more resources into defending the home islands.

WAR IN THE PACIFIC

3) Coral Sea

• Japan was moving to isolate Australia, so the Americans sent a small naval force to the Coral Sea.

• Fought entirely by carrier-based aircraft. Warships never came within sight of each other.

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4) Midway –Turning Point

• Americans intercepted a message telling of plans for an attack at Midway.

• American planes demolished the enemy force.

5) Okinawa

• The Allies launched a large amphibious invasion to create a prime staging area for the invasion of Japan.

• 2 months, 100,000 died

WAR IN THE PACIFIC

6) Hiroshima and Nagasaki• 8/6/45 – Atomic bomb on Hiroshima instantly killed 80,000• 8/9/45 - Atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki instantly killed 40,000• Up to 250,000 people may have died from burns, radiation poisoning, or cancer.• Brought a Japanese surrender.

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DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB:SHORT ANSWER PRACTICE

ATOMIC BOMB DISCUSSION

1. Are there rules of war? How are they determined? What if they are not followed?

2. Is dropping one bomb that kills tens of thousands different than dropping thousands of bombs?

3. How should the Enola Gay be displayed in museums?

4. Should our government apologize for dropping the bombs?

5. Who should make the ultimate decision, civilian or military leaders?