WWII Ch. 32

AKS 47a - describe the major conflicts and outcomes including Pearl Harbor, El-Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the end of the war in Europe and Asia 47b - identify Nazi ideology, policies, and consequences which led to the Holocaust 47c - explain the military and diplomatic negotiations between the leaders of Great Britain (Churchill), the Soviet Union (Stalin), and the United States (Roosevelt/Truman) from Teheran to Yalta and Potsdam and the impact on the nations of Eastern Europe 47d - explain allied Post-World War II policies including formation of the United Nations, the Marshall Plan for Europe and McArthur’s plan for Japan

EQ What were the important events of WWII? What was the Holocaust? What were the effects of WWII?

Blitzkrieg – September 1, 1939 “Lightning War” Hitler’s invasion of Poland France and Great Britain declare war on Germany Soviets take eastern half of Poland

Germans Advance

The Battle of Britain Winston Churchill – new British Prime Minister “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets… we shall never surrender.”

Radar Could tell the number, speed, and direction of incoming warplanes

Hitler invades the Soviet Union “Operation Barbarossa” Hitler would not allow his men to retreat Harsh winter conditions

Britain and U.S. sign Atlantic Charter Neutrality Acts - U.S. remained isolationist Lend-lease – U.S. could lend or lease arms and supplies to allies Roosevelt and Churchill sign Atlantic Charter Upheld free trade among nations and the right of nations to choose government

Summarize What was Hitler’s Blitzkrieg? What happened during the Battle of Britain? Who was Winston Churchill? What was the point of lend-lease?

Review What was Hitler’s Blitzkrieg? What happened during the Battle of Britain? What technology helped the British? Who was Winston Churchill? What was the point of lend-lease?

Guadalcanal

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The Holocaust Hitler’s Final Solution—slavery, genocide of “inferior” groups Genocide—deliberate, systematic killing of an entire population Target Jews, gypsies, freemasons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, unfit Germans Nazi death squads round up Jews, shoot them IMAGES COMING UP ARE GRAPHIC

Important

Summary What was Kristallnacht? What was Hitler’s final solution? Define genocide. Where did Hitler move the Jews? What was the most infamous of the death camps?

El Alamein (North Africa) Who was the British General? Who was the Nazi General? What was the outcome?

The Battle of Stalingrad (Soviet Union) How long did the battle last? What problems did the Germans face? What was the result?

D-Day (Allied invasion of France) – June 6, 1944 What was the goal? What was unique about it? How many troops? How many ships? What was the result?

D-Day Facts Eisenhower directs Allied invasion of France at the beaches of Normandy from Britain Largest amphibious invasion of all-time 5000 vessel armada 150,ooo men 30,ooo vehicles 13,000 men dropped in by 800 planes 300 more planes dropped more than 13,000 bombs By nightfall on June 6, more than 9,000 Allied soldiers were dead or wounded, but more than 100,000 had made it ashore.

Victory in Europe (V-E Day) Soviets take Berlin Hitler and Eva Braun get married; suicide May 7, 1945 – Germany surrenders

Review What battle in North Africa saw Erwin Rommel’s Nazi force defeated? What bitter battle was a disaster for Nazi Germany? What was the name of the allied invasion of Europe?

Atomic Bomb ends the war August 6, Hiroshima, major military center, destroyed by bomb 3 days later, bomb dropped on city of Nagasaki August 14, 1945 Japan surrenders (V-J Day) Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Hiroshima and Nagasaki