USH2 Unit 5: America and the World

Lesson 5.3 part 8

EQ What events led to

the end of WW2? What were the consequences of WW2?

Frayer: United Nations

WWII ENDS FIERCE FIGHTING IN

BOTH EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC DURING 1945 LED TO THE DEFEAT OF THE AXIS POWERS. THE ALLIES BEGAN WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND SET UP A GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION TO PREVENT ANOTHER GLOBAL WAR.

THE THIRD REICH COLLAPSES HEDGEROWS

SURROUNDED MANY FIELDS IN NORMANDY = GERMANS CAN EASILY DEFEND!!

ON JULY 25, 1944, AMERICAN BOMBERS BLEW A HOLE IN GERMAN LINES AND AMERICAN TANKS RAN THROUGH

ON AUGUST 25, THE ALLIES LIBERATED PARIS

BATTLE OF THE BULGE HITLER STAGED LAST

DESPERATE OFFENSIVE CATCHING AMERICANS BY SURPRISE

GENERAL PATTON AND HIS TROOPS SLAMMED INTO GERMAN LINES

WE WIN

THE WAR ENDS IN EUROPE BY THE TIME THE BATTLE

OF THE BULGE ENDS, THE SOVIETS HAD PUSHED GERMANS OUT OF RUSSIA

SOVIETS PUSH TOWARDS BERLIN FROM EAST, AMERICANS FROM THE WEST

SOVIET TROOPS ENTER BERLIN ON APRIL 21ST, 1945

BY APRIL 30TH, HITLER COMMITTS SUICIDE

VE DAY MAY 8, 1945

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DRIVING BACK JAPAN ISLAND HOPPING

CAMPAIGN” BEGAN IN FALL OF 1943

INCREDIBLY BLOODY FIGHTING

JAPANESE WOULD DEFEND EACH ISLAND TO THE DEATH…NO SURRENDER = BRUTAL FIGHTING

JAPAN IS DEFEATED FDR DIES ON APRIL 12,

1945 = HARRY TRUMAN PRESIDENT

ISLAND HOPPING CAMPAIGNS GIVE US AIR SUPERIORITY, SAVAGE COMBAT

US MARINES INVADE IWO JIMA TO SET UP AN AIRBASE TO BOMB JAPAN

6,800 MARINES DIED AT IWO JIMA, AS JAPANESE DEFENDERS FOUGHT TO THE DEATH = BANZAI AND KAMIKAZEES

FIREBOMBING JAPAN B-29’S DROPPED BOMBS ON JAPAN FILLED W/ NAPALM TOKYO DESTROYED, BUT JAPAN REFUSES TO SURRENDER MARINES INVADE OKINAWA TO SET UP A STAGING BASE FOR

INVASION OF JAPAN 12,000 AMERICANS DIED = BLOODIEST BATTLE IN HISTORY

OF MARINES

THE MANHATTAN PROJECT REASONS FOR DROPPING THE A-BOMB: SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES, BOTH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE END THE WAR QUICKLY THEY STARTED IT AUG 6, 1945 A-BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA AUG. 9 A-BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI AUG 15 – VJ DAY Clip from Civilians at War

AP: How did we force Japan to surrender? 1 sentence

BUILDING A NEW WORLD UNITED NATIONS CREATED

AFTER WWII TO PROMOTE GLOBAL COOPERATION AND PEACE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY = EACH MEMBER NATION GETS A VOTE

SECURITY COUNCIL = 11, BUT 5 PERMANENT = GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, RUSSIA, CHINA, USA = VETO POWER

SECURITY COUNCIL CAN SEND MILITARY FORCES TO UPHOLD RESOLUTIONS OR MOVE AGAINST A NATION ACTING IN DEFIANCE OF PEACE

PUTTING THE ENEMY ON TRIAL IN AUGUST, 1945, THE USA, BRITIAN, FRANCE, AND THE

USSR CREATED THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, THE IMT TRIED GERMAN

LEADERS FOR WAR CRIMES ‘CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY” MANY OF THESE LEADERS WERE EXECUTED SEVERAL JAPANESE LEADERS WERE ALSO TRIED AND

EXECUTED.

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America the Story of Us WW2

Learning Log WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF THE HEDGEROWS? WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE? WHO BECAME PRESIDENT AFTER THE DEATH OF FDR? WHAT WAS THE MILITARY STRATEGY CALLED IN REGARD TO GOING ON THE

OFFENSIVE IN THE PACIFIC? WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY FACTOR IN REGARD TO ISLAND

HOPPING? WHY DID AMERICAN WAR PLANNERS WANT TO INVADE THE ISLAND OF IWO

JIMA?’ WHY WAS NAPALM MORE EFFECTIVE THAN BOMBING WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES? WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA? WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT? WHAT EVENTS FINALLY FORCED JAPAN TO SURRENDER? HOW WAS THE UNITED NATIONS DESIGNED TO PREVENT ANOTHER GLOBAL

WAR? WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUREMBURG TRIALS?