USH2 Unit 5: America and the World Lesson 5.3 part 6

EQ Describe the turning points regarding the allies war with Japan and Germany.

THE EARLY BATTLES THE EARLY BATTLES OF THE WAR ON BOTH FRONTS REQUIRED CHANGES IN STRATEGY FROM ALL SIDES. IN THE PACIFIC, THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY WAS A MAJOR TURNING POINT AGAINST THE JAPANESE, WHILE THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC AND THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT GERMANY WOULD NOT WIN THE WAR.

Japanese Empire 1942

HOLDING THE LINE AGAINST JAPAN AFTER THE ATTACK OF PEARL HARBOR, JAPAN CONTINUED TO WIN VICTORY AFTER VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC JAPANESE TROOPS LANDED ON THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, STRONGLY OUTNUMBERING AMERICAN FORCES GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ORDERED A RETREAT TO BATAAN PENINSULA.

THE FALL OF THE PHILIPPINES EVENTUALLY, THE BATAAN DEFENDERS WOULD SURRENDER DUE TO HORRIBLE CONDITIONS THEY WERE FORCED TO MARCH 65 MILES TO A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP. 10,000 TROOPS DIED ON THE WAY = THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH Pg 723

AP How did the Japanese treat American POW’s in the Phillipines?

THE DOOLITTLE RAID ON TOKYO BY EARLY 1942, THE UNITED STATES WAS PREPARING TO DROP BOMBS ON TOKYO FDR ORDERED LT. COL JAMES DOOLITTLE TO COMMAND THE SUICIDAL MISSION DOOLITTLES RAID DID LITTLE DAMAGE TO TOKYO, BUT HAD HUGE CONSEQUENCES: PSYCHOLOGICAL BLOW FOR THE JAPANESE,MORALE LIFT FOR THE USA

AP What impact did the Doolittle raid have on the war?

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY AFTER DOOLITTLE’S RAID, JAPAN REALIZED IT MUST CRUSH THE AMERICAN FLEET THANKS TO CODE BREAKERS, THE USA KNEW THAT THE JAPANESE WERE PLANNING TO ATTACK MIDWAY IN ORDER TO CRUSH THE AMERICAN FLEET. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =F4pUD9qWKs8

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY: THE TURNING POINT AT FIRST THE JAPANESE WERE CRUSHING THE AMERICANS, BUT “THE MIRACLE AT MIDWAY” LED TO A MAJOR VICTORY!! THE JAPANESE LOST 4 CARRIERS, HUNDREDS OF PLANES, AND HAD 3,057 KILLED = NEVER COULD RECOVER THE JAPANESE WOULD HAVE TO GO ON THE DEFENSE, AMERICAN CAN NOW GO ON THE OFFENSIVE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= QZ3iKqRAKvk&index=2&list=PLLu 9cJdiEWz-0ARWmsUH- VjgXcze4g71N https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= F4pUD9qWKs8

Summary How was the Battle of Midway considered a major turning point in the war against Japan?

German Empire 1942

AP: Turning Points Against Germany 1) 2) 3)

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v =A-xzcwCZNF8 BY AUGUST OF 1942, GERMAN SUBS HAD SUNK 360 AMERICAN SHIPS OFF OUR OWN COAST THIS CONVINCED THE AMERICAN NAVY TO SET UP A CONVOY SYSTEM NEW TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS RADAR, SONAR, AND IMPROVED DEPTH CHARGES – VICTORY

AP What is the significance of the Battle of the Atlantic?

STOPPING THE GERMANS IN 1942, JOSEPH STALIN WANTED FDR TO DIRECTLY ATTACK GERMANY IN EUROPE FDR INSTEAD ATTACKED NORTH AFRICAN FRENCH TERITORIES UNDER GERMAN CONTROL) Reasons: not ready for D-Day, let Russians fight Germany, gain experience, Suez Canal

THE STRUGGLE FOR N. AFRICA GENERAL PATTON LED AMERICAN FORCES IN MOROCCO. THEY QUICKLY CAPTURED CASABLANCA THE GERMAN GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL (THE DESERT FOX) WHIPPED AMERICAN FORCES IN TUNISIA FINALLY, THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE BRITISH (MONTGOMERY) AND THE AMERICANS WERE ABLE TO DEFEAT ROMMEL AT EL ALAMEIN IN 1943 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= CQRI93S--_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Guw01sNGyow

AP: What is the significance of the Battle of El Alamain?

THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD IN THE SPRING OF 1942, HITLER ORDERED HIS TROOPS TO CAPTURE STALINGRAD AT ALL COSTS BLOODIEST BATTLE IN HISTORY OF WARFARE…..2 MILLION DEAD. GERMANS UNPREPARED FOR WINTER, SOVIETS FOUGHT FIERCLY FOR EVERY INCH OF CITY IN NOVEMBER, SOVIET REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVED AND TRAPPED GERMANS IN CITY ENTIRE ELITE GERMAN 5TH ARMY SURRENDERS = GERMANY NO LONGER ON THE OFFENSIVE = RETREATING

AP How is the Battle of Stalingrad considered THE major turning point in fighting the Germans?

ATSU WW2

Learning Log Why did FDR and Churchill want to defeat Germany in N. Africa before staging a European invasion? Who commanded the German forces in North Africa? What battle proved to be the turning point in N. Africa against the Germans? How did the United States win the Battle of the Atlantic? How was the battle of Stalingrad a major turning point in the fight to defeat German forces in the Soviet Union?