SOL BOOTCAMP 2011 World War II

DA PLAYERS European Theater Allies Axis Britain Soviet Union United States Literally dozens of other small nations – DON’T WRITE Axis Germany Italy

DA PLAYERS Pacific Theater Allies Axis United States – only one you need to know China Australia Axis Japan

THE PEEPS European Theater Allies Leaders Generals Churchill – Britain Roosevelt – USA BABY Truman after Roosevelt dies Stalin – the pinko commie from the Soviet Union Generals Eisenhower – the Man Bradley – the myth Patton – the LEGEND

THE PEEPS European Theater Axis Leaders Generals Hitler – Germany Mussolini - Italia Generals Rommel – smart guy, too bad he played on the losing side

THE PEEPS Allies Axis Roosevelt – you know this already Truman after Roosevelt dies MacArthur – top general in charge of Pacific Nimitz – top Admiral Axis Tojo – emperor of Japan Yamamoto – top Admiral

How to win a war - strategy European Theater Allies “Defeat Hitler First” – all resources devoted to killing as many Germans as possible Axis Defeat Soviet Union, take their oil, bomb the heck out of Britain, and use submarines to keep U.S. out of war

How to win a war - strategy Pacific Theater Allies “Island Hopping” – NO, I’m not talking about the Easter bunny – take one island at a time to get close enough to Japan so we can bomb the heck out of them and cut their supply lines Axis Japan invaded the Philippines and Indonesia, had plans to invade Australia and Alaska (did invade an island in the Aleutian’s) and hope we will think they are too tough to beat – how stupid can you get

MAJOR BATTLES AND TURNING POINTS European Theater Poland – September 1, 1939 begins WWII El Alamein – Allies defeat Germany in North Africa Stalingrad – Soviet Union defeats Germans – Turning point of war on the Eastern Front D-Day – Allies invade Europe – Turning point of war on Western front Battle of the Bulge – last German offensive – unsuccessful VE Day – May 8, 1945

MAJOR BATTLES AND TURNING POINTS Pacific Theater Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941 – Japan attacks us, cripples our fleet, brings U.S. into the war Midway – Turning point of the war in the Pacific – U.S. victory puts Japan on a slow retreat across the Pacific Ocean Iwo Jima and Okinawa – take these islands after suffering heavy casualties. Okinawa is the bloodiest battle in the Pacific. We begin to bomb Japan without mercy Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 VJ Day – August 14, 1945 surrendered Signed the surrender treaty on September 2, 1945

Minority Participation Tuskegee Airmen – segregated air group of African Americans flew in Europe Nisei – segregated Japanese unit fought in Europe Navajo – used as radio men in Pacific Mexican Americans – not segregated

Women and African Americans on the Home Front Worked in factories – Rosie the Riveter Worked in the military as nurses, noncombat roles African Americans Migrated to cities for jobs in war plants Sought victory and equality

Media and Communication Strict censorship of war reporting Used propaganda to keep morale high Posters Radio Movies Hollywood produced patriotic movies to keep morale high

Holocaust Genocide Groups Jews Pols Slavs Gypsies Undesirables Lead to the creation of a Jewish homeland - Israel

Japanese Internment Japanese Americans relocated to camps on West Coast Anti-Japanese prejudice Korematsu v. United States – upheld the internment

Geneva Convention Sought humane treatment of POWs (Prisoners of War) Followed the treatment of POWs in the Pacific Bataan Death March – Americans suffered horrible treatment at the hands of the Japanese

Resources Economic Human Military Rationing War Bonds Factories Retooled to make weapons of war Human Women/minorities enter work force Military Draft

Defeat Europe Germany is divided – East and West – and occupied Berlin is divide four ways and occupied Marshall Plan rebuilds Europe to prevent spread of communism Pacific Occupied by U.S. lead by MacArthur Japan is rebuilt Becomes a democratic ally in the Pacific

United Nations Formed at the end of World War II to prevent future global wars