Warm-Up

Prompt: As an American, what feelings does the poster evoke? What does the poster want you to do? What happened on the date in question?

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Prompt: Recall an advertisement that you remember. (TV ad, billboard ad, radio ad, etc.) What was the advertisement? What made it memorable?

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Warm up Q

Axis vs. Allies

Axis Powers

Germany

Italy

Japan

Allied Powers

AKA “Grand Alliance”

Great Britain

United States

Soviet Union

Loss with BofBritain – Hitler turned East

Operation Barbarossa – Invasion of USSR

June 22, 1941 – Hitler invades USSR, assumed it would be a quick win before the Russian winter set in

Early winter, Soviet counterattack in Dec. 1941, and unprepared troops stopped Hitler’s advances – first time in war!

Attack on the USSR

Recall: When was Pearl Harbor?

Dec. 7, 1941 – the date that will live in infamy

After Pearl Harbor, the US joins the war –Allies

US fight in Pacific against Japan (Pacific Campaign) & Europe

First stop – N. Africa

US Entry to War

Gen. Rommel (the Desert Fox) & Axis Powers had Egyptian city of El Alamein

Brits, led by Gen. Montgomery, took them by surprise with massive attack

Battle of El Alamein (Oct. 23 – Nov. 4, 1942) –Monty pushes Rommel out

Operation Torch (Nov. 8) – Am. troops surrounds Rommel, pushed out of N. Afr.

Battle of El Alamein

Battle of Stalingrad

2nd Front of Euro. – USSR

Battle of Stalingrad (Aug. 23, 1942 – Feb. 2, 1943)

Germ. Luftwaffe bombed the city of Stalingrad, hoped Soviets would surrender

By Nov. 1942, Germ. controlled most of city but winter was coming

Soviets surrounded Stalingrad and cut of supplies to Germ. troops

Both Stalin and Hitler told soldiers to win “at all costs”

Feb. 1943 – Germ. Soldiers surrender, but city is mostly destroyed

TPS: What advantages might a weaker army fighting on its home soil have over a stronger invading army?

Germ. are now on defensive, fighting on two fronts

Before going to France, Allies (Brit. and Am.) attacked Italy – take out Mussolini

July 1943 – invasion into It. Sept. 3 – It. Surrenders

Mussolini is captured on April 27, 1945 –shot and hung in Milan

The Turning Tide of the War

In war-torn countries (USSR, Brit.) civilians suffered extreme hardships

Am. did not suffer as much (other than PH)

Am. made important contributions to Allied war effort

Produced weapons and equipment for the war

Allied Home Fronts

Factories converted to wartime production

By 1944, 18 mil. US workers (mostly female) had jobs in war industries

TPS: Why were so many women needed to work in war industries?

Rationing – limits on meat, sugar, gasoline, etc.

Propaganda used to inspire ppl to help the war effort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLrTNKk89Q

Allied Home Fronts

War Limits Civil Rights

After PH, prejudice rose against Jp.-Am. – seen as the enemy

Feb. 19, 1942 – Exec. Order 9066 for internment of Jp.-Am. considered a threat

Internment camps –rounded up “aliens” and moved to camps

Most were native-born Am. whose parents were Japanese

Many Jp.-Am. volunteered for mil. service and fought for the US 442nd Infantry – fought in

Euro., most decorated unit in Am. warfare, almost entirely Jp.-Am.

Should governments have the power to limit the rights of their citizens during wartime? Explain your answer.

Summary Question