US INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD WAR II

CA Content Standard• Content Standards: (California -

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci) •  Content Standard: 11.7 Students analyze America's participation in World War II. 

• Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor.

• Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki).

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SOME EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

WORLD WAR IIWorld War II, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict,

the joining of what had initially been two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia in 1937 as the

Second Sino-Japanese War; the other began in Europe in 1939 with the

German invasion of Poland.

CLASHES OF THE WORLD

This resulted in the complete activation of a nation's economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities for the purposes of the war effort. Over 60 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history. The financial cost of the war is estimated at about a trillion 1944 U.S. dollars worldwide, making it the most costly war in capital as well as lives.

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II

Some people want say that World War I is the mother of World War II. In a way, it makes sense. The treaty of Versailles was rather unfair to losing nation Germany and extreme nationalism was born which gave rise to Dictator Hitler.

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II

World War Two began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following Germany's invasion of Poland. Although the outbreak of war was triggered by Germany's invasion of Poland, the causes of the war are more complex.

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II

• Treaty of Versailles• Rise of Militarism/Dictatorships• Hitler’s Action• Neo imperialism • Failure of Appeasement• Failure of League of Nations

Italian Marine invaded a largepart of Mediterranean region including

North Africa

1.Japan’s invasion of Manchuria, China2. Tripartite Pact3. Japanese hatred to Americans after economic blockade4. Bombing of Pearl Harbor5. American patriotism6. Polarization of the world7. U.S. ships were attacked in the Atlantic8.Taking side of democracy against Dictatorship

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• On December 7, 1941, while German armies were freezing before Moscow, Japan suddenly pushed the United States into the struggle by attacking the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Four days later Hitler declared war on the United States. President Roosevelt called on Congress for immediate and massive expansion of the armed forces. Twenty years of neglect and indifference, however, could not be overcome in a few days.

That mornings map.

Attacks Causalities

Ships

• 4 battleships sunk• 4 battleships

disabled• 11 other ships

sunk/damaged

Other 188 aircraft destroyed

on ground• 2,330 servicemen

killed• 100 civilians killed

After the Attack

• December 8: United States declared war on Japan.

• December 11: Germany declared war on America.

– Italy then declared war on America.– Great Britain declared war on Japan.

Roosevelt Announces to the World

“December 7, 1941- a date which will live in infamy- the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

UNITED STATES ATTACKS JAPAN

THE UNITED STATESHITS BACK

March 1945, Tokyo Japan

American bombers destroy 250,000 buildings and kill

83,000 in massive fire-bombing.

AUTOMIC BOMB IN JAPAN

IMPORTANT DATES April to June 1945 Southern tip of Japan

Fighting from caves and bunkers, Japanese inflict

80,000 losses on Americans. Over 30 American ships are

sunk by Japanese suicide missions.

IMPORTANT DATES August 9, 1945 Nagasaki, Japan

Second bomb is dropped after Japanese delay

surrender. 80,000 killed or missing.

IMPORTANT DATES May 7, 1945 Europe

V-E DAYGerman government issues unconditional surrender to Allied

forces.

JAPAN FINALLY SURRENDERS

September 2, 1945

V-J Day September 2, 1945 Tokyo Bay

Japan surrenders with one term: “the emperor must

retain his throne”.

Bibliography

• Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/ • American Memory - Library of Congress -

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html – Teachers - The Learning Page - http://memory.loc.gov/learn/ – The Learning Page Index -

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/index.html – http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/educators/workshop/discover/p

rimary.html

• Yale Primary Sources Research - http://www.library.yale.edu/instruction/primsource.html

• California Heritage K-12 Lesson Planning Using Primary Sources - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/k12/primary_lesson.htm

Bibliography • http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIDocs.htm • Smithsonian Museum - http://www.si.edu/

– Art and Design - http://www.si.edu/art_and_design/ – History and Culture - http://www.si.edu/history_and_culture/ – Science and Technology - http://www.si.edu/science_and_technology/ – Museum Listing - http://www.si.edu/museums/

• National Library of Canada - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html• More Primary Sources• Primary Sources on the Web -

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/PrimarySourcesOnTheWeb.html • America's Story from America's Library (Library of Congress) -

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi • Virtual Museums - http://vlmp.museophile.com/ • The Digital Classroom - http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html • Repositories of Primary Sources - http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html • Museums in the USA - http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/icom/vlmp/usa.html • Museums around the World - http://archive.comlab.ox.ac.uk/other/museums/world.html • The Virtual Library - http://www.vlib.org/ • U.S. History.org - http://www.ushistory.org/index.html