Transcript WWII
Ch. 32 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 What were the important events of WWII? What was the Holocaust? What were the effects of WWII? “Lightning War” Hitler’s invasion of Poland France and Great Britain declare war on Germany Soviets take eastern half of Poland 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.” Could tell the number, speed, and direction of incoming warplanes “Operation Barbarossa” Hitler would not allow his men to retreat Harsh winter conditions 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 What was Hitler’s Blitzkrieg? What happened during the Battle of Britain? Who was Winston Churchill? What was the point of lend-lease? 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? http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ worldhistory/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 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? Who was the British General? Who was the Nazi General? What was the outcome? How long did the battle last? What problems did the Germans face? What was the result? What was the goal? What was unique about it? How many troops? How many ships? What was the result? 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. Soviets take Berlin Hitler and Eva Braun get married; suicide May 7, 1945 – Germany surrenders 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? • • • • 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.