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Please do not talk at this time
Feb 12
HW: WWII Test on Friday. Notebooks Due Friday Pgs. 1A – 11A
Turn your outlines in to the Turn In Box
Please set up a new pieces of paper like this:
Notes Title: End of WWII
Headings, key words, vocabulary
Questions:
Notes, charts, drawings, lists, graphic organizers, definitions, etc
Answers!
Summary: Top 5 pieces of Info for this page of notes
European Theater of Operations
European Theater of Operations Allies from
the South, having taken North Africa.
Allies from the East, having won in Russia
Allies from the West, jumping off from Britain
Germany is Surrounded!
Allies from the South, having taken North Africa.
Allies from the East, having won in Russia
Allies from the West, jumping off from Britain
Germany is Surrounded!
Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation
Overlord”]
Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation
Overlord”]
D-Day (June 6, 1944)D-Day (June 6, 1944)
Normandy Landing
(June 6, 1944)
Normandy Landing
(June 6, 1944)
Higgins Landing Higgins Landing CraftsCrafts
German German PrisonersPrisoners
Why did the Allies take so long to take back France? Explain with at least 2 factors.
Why did the Allies take so long to take back France? Explain with at least 2 factors.
TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944
De Gaulle in De Gaulle in Triumph!Triumph!
U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944
U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944
Yalta: February, 1945Yalta: February, 1945
FDR wants quick Soviet entry into FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war.Pacific war.
FDR & Churchill concede Stalin FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of influence and a weak spheres of influence and a weak Germany.Germany.
Churchill wants Churchill wants strong Germany strong Germany as buffer as bufferagainst Stalin.against Stalin.
FDR argues FDR argues for a ‘United for a ‘United Nations’.Nations’.
The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive
The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive
Dec. 16, 1944Dec. 16, 1944toto
Jan. 28, 1945Jan. 28, 1945
Why does Hitler Have to win the Battle of the Bulge to
keep fighting?
US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:
April 25, 1945
US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:
April 25, 1945
Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb
Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb
Why does this man look so cheerful?
Why does this man look so cheerful?
Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
Hiroshima – August 6, 1945
70,000 killed 70,000 killed immediately.immediately.
48,000 buildings. 48,000 buildings.
destroyed.destroyed. 100,000s died of 100,000s died of
radiation radiation poisoning & poisoning & cancer later.cancer later.
Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
Nagasaki – August 9, 1945
40,000 killed 40,000 killed immediately.immediately.
60,000 injured.60,000 injured. 100,000s died of100,000s died of
radiation radiation poisoningpoisoning& cancer later.& cancer later.
V-J Day (September 2, 1945)
V-J Day (September 2, 1945)
•Japan surrenders
•MacArthur and others help write the new Japanese Constitution
•US forces the Emperor of Japan to tell his people he is not a God and not descended of the Gods. Japan is on its own. No “Divine Wind” will save her.
•Japan surrenders
•MacArthur and others help write the new Japanese Constitution
•US forces the Emperor of Japan to tell his people he is not a God and not descended of the Gods. Japan is on its own. No “Divine Wind” will save her.
What psychological effect are the Americans trying to have on the Japanese people by making them surrender this way? Why?
What psychological effect are the Americans trying to have on the Japanese people by making them surrender this way? Why?
WW II Casualti
es: Europe
WW II Casualti
es: EuropeEach symbol
indicates 100,000 dead in the appropriate theater of
operations
WW II Casualties: Asia
WW II Casualties: Asia
Each symbol indicates
100,000 dead in the appropriate
theater of operations
Financial Cost of WWII
• U.S. $288,000,000,000• Germany $212,336,000,000• France $111,272,000,000
U.S.S.R. $93,012,000,000• Briatain $49,786,000,000• Japan $41,272,000,000
• Direct economic costs of WWII $1,600,000,000,000
Who paid the Highest Cost for WWII?
Massive Human Dislocations
Massive Human Dislocations
The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two
Superpowers of the later 20c
The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two
Superpowers of the later 20c
The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of
the Cold War
The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of
the Cold WarAllied with USA Allied with USSR Other countries
Allied with USA Allied with USSR Other countries
The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990
The Division of Germany:1945 - 1990
The Creation of the U. N.
The Creation of the U. N. The United Nations is
Created to do Three Things:
•Peacefully solve problems between countries
•End Colonialism and make new countries out of old colonies
•Put war leaders on trial for atrocities
The United Nations is Created to do Three Things:
•Peacefully solve problems between countries
•End Colonialism and make new countries out of old colonies
•Put war leaders on trial for atrocities
The Nuremberg War Trials:
Crimes Against Humanity
The Nuremberg War Trials:
Crimes Against HumanityNazis are put on trial for the new crime of “Crimes against Humanity”
All but one Nazi leader swear they were in the right until the bitter end.
Nazis are put on trial for the new crime of “Crimes against Humanity”
All but one Nazi leader swear they were in the right until the bitter end.
Japanese War Crimes Trials
Japanese War Crimes Trials
General General Hideki Hideki TojoTojo
Japanese military is also put on trial in Tokyo. Very few Japanese military leaders are convicted, though ample evidence of atrocities in Burma, Philippines and China are documented and presented.
Japanese later deny all these claims and remove them from their history books.
Japanese military is also put on trial in Tokyo. Very few Japanese military leaders are convicted, though ample evidence of atrocities in Burma, Philippines and China are documented and presented.
Japanese later deny all these claims and remove them from their history books.
The De-Colonization of European Empires
The De-Colonization of European Empires
The Emergence of Third World Nationalist
Movements
The Emergence of Third World Nationalist
Movements
Why would the world need the United Nations to play referee
and handle international disputes and trials?
Early Computer Technology
Came Out of WW II
Early Computer Technology
Came Out of WW II
Mark I, 1944Mark I, 1944
Admiral Grace Admiral Grace Hooper, 1944-1992Hooper, 1944-1992COBOL languageCOBOL language
Colossus, Colossus, 19411941
Hitler’s “Secret Weapons”:
Too Little, Too Late!
Hitler’s “Secret Weapons”:
Too Little, Too Late!V-1 Rocket:V-1 Rocket:
“Buzz “Buzz Bomb”Bomb”
V-2 V-2 RocketRocket
Werner von Werner von BraunBraun
Jet engines were developed by the Germans at the end of WWII.
These are the very engines we use in planes today!
They also allowed us to explore space later during the Space Race and beyond.
Jet engines were developed by the Germans at the end of WWII.
These are the very engines we use in planes today!
They also allowed us to explore space later during the Space Race and beyond.
WWII Test Review BINGO!
• Sign your own name on the free space.• Get other people who can answer the review
questions to sign the box of the question they can answer (Signers: you will be called on to give the answer, so be ready)
• Make sure you can read the name so you can call on them later.
• Sign other people’s cards.• You may only have each person sign their name once.• Try to get BINGO (5 in a row)• Totally stuck? Books and notes are allowed for this
activity.
Test Short Answer Topics:
• Civilian Experience in WWII- Cite specific incidents
• Significant Battles of WWII- Why are they important
• Ultimate Cost of the War
• Compare WWI and WWII
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