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WWII
•Homework April 26
•DISCOVERY EDUCATION STUDENT CENTER
1.Review of Power Point from April 26
2.Quiz on Power Point
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Timeline Review
1939
Sept.1 - Germany invades Poland (official start to the war)
Sept. 3 -Britain &
France declare war on
Germany
Dec. 7 – Japan
bombs Pearl Harbor; US enters the
War
1941
May - Germans Surrende
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Sept. - Atomic
Bombing of
Hiroshima &
Nagasaki,
Japanese Surrende
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1945
• 1939-1945
• US involvement 1941-1945
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Timeline
1. What years was WW2 in Europe before American entered the war?
2. What date was the Bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese?
3. What years was American in the war?
4. When did the German Surrender (month and year)?
5. When was the Atomic Bombs dropped in Japan (Month and year?
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Who?
Allies Axis
Great Britain
France(note: France surrendered to
Germany in 1940 (after 6 weeks of fighting)
United States
Russia
GermanyItaly
Japan
(major powers)
(major powers)
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Name the following:
Allies Countries (GOOD GUYS)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Axis Countries (BAD GUYS)
1.
2.
3.
Ending WWII
Learning Targets
1. To identify the battles and strategies that led to VE day & VJ day
2. To analyze the impact of D-day, battle of the bulge and the dropping of the bomb
• Election of 1944
• · FDR won an unprecedented fourth term in office in 1944.
• · However, in April of 1945, FDR died, forcing Vice-President Harry Truman to assume the Presidency.
• Harry S Truman taking the oath of office after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 12, 1945. The following day, Truman spoke to reporters and said, "...I don't know whether you fellows ever had a load of hay fall on you, but when they told me yesterday what had happened, I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me."
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QUESTIONS
1. How may presidential terms did FDR serve?
2. What year did he take place office for the last time?
3. Was it before or after the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
4. When did FDR pass away?
5. Who became the new president?
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D-Day in France
June 7, 1944• France had been taken over by the Germans
• Allied Forces gathered in Great Britian to attack the Germans in France
• June 7, 1944 – Allied forces crossed the English Channel and landed in France in Normandy, surprising the Germany
• June 7, 1944 – Allied forces also attacked by air dropping bombs on the Germans
• IN THE CHAT BOX, DESCRIBE WHAT YOU THINK IS
HAPPENING IN THESE PHOTOS
June 6, 1944: D-DAY3 divisions invaded German lines
U.S., British, Canadian
156,000 troops, 4,000 landing crafts, 600 warships, & 11,000 planes
The largest land-sea-air operation in HISTORY
Regained much of French territory back!
D-Day:day of days
When? – June 7, 1944
Where? – Normandy, France
Results? – A fleet of 4,000 ships carried Allied troops to Normandy in order to invade France in an attempt to defeat the Germans.
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On August 25, 1944, Allied forces liberated Paris from Nazi rule…which D-Day started
IMPORTANCE OF D-DAY?
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QUESTIONS?
1. Date for D-Day?
2. In the Chat box tell me what was the purpose of the Allie troops going to France?
3. What was a major result of D-Day in the war?
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WAR MAPS ON D-DAY
Battle of the Bulge:
When? – December 16, 1944
Where? – border areas near Luxembourg, France and Germany
Results? – The Germans began a counterattack against the Allies as the Allies attempted to drive the Germans completely out of France.
Importance? – This battle showed the desperation of the German forces. While the Germans were able to slow down the Allied advance, they could not stop it completely.
•Victory in Europe• · By April of 1945,
American and Soviet troops were closing in on Berlin.
• The endless procession of German prisoners marching through the ruined city streets to captivity.
• · Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, and Germany officially surrendered on May 7.
• Red army soldiers raising the Soviet flag on the roof of the Reichstag (German Parliament) in Berlin, Germany.
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CIRCLE IF TRUE, X IF FALSE
1.The Allied Forces took over Paris after the D-Day attack
2. The purpose of the D-Day attack was to take over Germany.
3. The Battle of the Bulge took place in border areas near Luxembourg, France and Germany
4. The Germans won the Battle of the Bulge
• TRUE
• TRUE
• TRUE
• TRUE
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The Germans Surrender
•Soviet Army stormed Berlin
•Germany went back to Germany after Battle of the Bulge
•Holocaust Camps had been liberated-July 1944
Unconditional Surrender! Soviet Army stormed Berlin
Germany pushed back after Battle of the Bulge
Camps had been liberated-July 1944
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V-E DayVictory in Europe Day!!!
May 8, 1945
General Eisenhower accepted unconditional surrender of the Third Reich
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D-V Day • We’re so excited our Men
can come HOME!
• · On May 8, the Allies celebrated V-E Day (Victory in Europe).
• Churchill waves to crowds in Britain after broadcasting to the nation that the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945.
• Island Hopping in the Pacific
• The U.S. began a policy of island hopping, using islands as stepping-stones towards Japan.
• The two main goals of the U.S. in the Pacific were:1. to regain the Philippines.
• 2. to invade Japan.
• · By February of 1945, the U.S. had recaptured the Philippines and captured the islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
• HOW ARE WE GOING TO…Defeat of Japan?• · The U.S. planned to invade Japan in 1945, though experts warned that the invasion could cost over a million casualties.
• Stalin, Truman and Churchill at the Potsdam Conference.
• · Upon learning about the atomic bomb, Pres. Truman sent the Japanese the Potsdam Declaration, warning them to surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction.”
To drop the bomb or not?
Truman just learns of the Manhattan project
The best-kept secret of the war
Should they use the atomic bomb?
Might not work
Could set the atmosphere on fire
End the Earth
Testing…They first tested the bomb in New
Mexico
More powerful than expected
How would the Japanese respond?
1. Surrender
2. Test might be a dud-nothing would happen
3. Shoot down the delivery plane or move American prisoners of war into the test area
• · On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing at least 70,000 people and destroying most of the city.
• The aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
• · On August 9, the U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing at least 40,000 people.
• Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 60,000 feet into the air on the morning of August 9 1945
• Before and after photos of downtown Nagasaki.
• Before and after photos of downtown Nagasaki.
V-J DayVictory in Japan
August 15, 1945
Officially marks the end of WWII
• Crowds outside the White House celebrate V-J Day, the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. August 1945