BEFORE the bell rings

1. Turn in WS p. 249-250 and 255-256 to basket.

2. Turn in Progress Report to basket.

3. Turn in Extra Credit Answers to basket.

4. Get a sheet of paper out and pen/pencil.

EXTRA CREDIT-write answers in complete sentences.1. What was the Schlieffen Plan?

2. Who declared war on Austria-Hungry after A-H declared war on Serbia?

3. What plan called for a just and lasting peace?

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want—which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.

WWII: Battlefronts1939-1945

Two Theaters:

Europe (Germany)

Pacific (Japan)

European TheaterPacific

Theater

Axis Strategies Axis: Germany, Italy & Japan

had their own goals only shared common enemies

Main goal: prevent American war materials from getting into Europe… u-boats patrol seas (“wolf

packs”) but sonar use will level the playing field

Battle of Britain: German air raids on Britain… Hitler was hoping to defeat

Britain just like he had France…

not successful

Allied Strategies Allies: France, Britain, China, US,

Russia unified in their goals… get Hitler in Europe and then turn to

the Pacific Had General George Patton

controlling efforts in Africa Allies attacked Italy

Mussolini overthrown removed Hitler’s help… new government declared war on

Germany Russia wanted Allies to set up

western front in France Germany was fighting a two-front war

War in Europe: Stalingrad Germany attacked

Russia (Why is this significant?) Hitler wanted Stalingrad

for the oil fields Non-Aggression Pact

Hitler would not admit defeat even though his troops were surrounded

Turning Point of War In Europe ended any plans Hitler

had for domination in Europe

Operation Overlord (D-Day) Plan to invade German

occupied France create two-front war for

Germany led by General Dwight D.

Eisenhower

D-Day: when Allies hit Germany on the beaches of Normandy (code name Omaha)

Now Germany fought a hopeless two front war with Allies closing in on Germany… this is why Germany lost the war

Battle of the Bulge Germany’s counterattack to

D-Day an attempt to separate British and

American troops Not successful only pushed Hitler

further back into Germany… defeat would come soon

Ends war in Europe V-E (Victory in Europe) Day

Hitler commits suicide on April 30, 1945

7 days later Germany surrendered on May 7th

War in Pacific: Midway Japan was trying to

conquer all of Asia… turned its sights to the

American naval base at Midway

American Admiral Chester Nimitz knew of these plans and dealt them the most decisive defeat of the war…

turning point of war in the Pacific because it ended the Japanese advancement in the Pacific

Island Hopping American strategy in

the Pacific hop from island to island

on a steady path to Japan

Deadly process when Japanese kamikazes deliberately crash their planes into American ships Like suicide bombers

Iwo Jima part of island

hopping 36 day campaign to

obtain the 5 mile island of Iwo Jima

US Marines plant the American flag on Japanese territory…

symbolic of American successes and later victory over Japan

The Atomic Bomb Ends the War Albert Einstein split atoms

and it created large amounts of energy…

FDR creates the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb for military use

did not realize its potential and future impact on war would be so devastating bombs are tested in Arizona led by J. Robert Oppenheimer

V-J Day President Harry Truman

ordered for two atomic bombs to be dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

Emperor Hirohito surrendered and Americans celebrated V-J (Victory in Japan) Day

WWII was over

Atomic Bomb Drop.asf

Holocaust Nazis attempt to kill all

Jews (genocide) Hitler’s Final Solution to

the Jewish problem extermination of all Jews 6 million total

Concentration/death camps warehoused Jews until extermination

After war, America helps liberate (free) remaining Jews

WWII Meetings Casablanca Conference: first meeting between Allies

(GB and US) to discuss war strategies Tehran Conference: 1st Big Three meeting on how to

get Hitler to surrender Yalta Conference: end of war meeting on how to

rebuild Europe and divide up Germany amongst Allies Potsdam Conference: meeting to discuss how to

punish Germany and get Japan to surrender

The Big Three Winston Churchill for Britain

FDR for US, after he

dies Harry Truman steps in.

Joseph Stalin for

Soviet Union