Transcript Chapter 32, Section 4

Good Morning!
• Bell Ringer –
– Turn to page 926 and answer:
• Which countries did Germany invade?
• In what way was Germany’s geographic location an
advantage when it was on the offensive in the war?
• What was the latest year of their significant advances?
– Turn to page 942 and answer:
• In what year did Allied forces start pushing back against
the Axis?
• Which European countries remained neutral during
WWII?
• What seems to be the destination for most of the Allied
advances that took place in Europe during 1943-1944?
Chapter 32
Section 4
“The Allied Victory”
Celebrating V-J Day in NYC
I.
The Tide Turns on Two Fronts
A. The Battle of Stalingrad – August 23, 1942
1. Nazi bombing raids left city in rubble
2. Russian winter set in
a. German troops trapped w/ no supplies
b. German troops surrendered February 2
c. Germans now on defensive – turning point!
Battle of Stalingrad
B. Invasion of Italy
1. Allied forces landed on Sicily & captured it
2. Mussolini toppled from power & arrested
3. Italy surrendered on September 3, 1943
4. Germans seized northern Italy & put Mussolini back
in charge
5. fighting continued until May 1945
6. Mussolini found disguised as German soldier
1. shot and body hanged in Milan
II.
The Allied Home Fronts
A. Mobilizing for War
1. United States
a. factories produced wartime supplies
b. millions of workers, mostly women, had jobs
in war industries
c. American gov’t rationed scarce items
d. war stamps & bonds to help finance war
B. Government propaganda helped raise support & money
Soviet Propaganda
USA Propaganda
Rosie the Riveter represented women workers in WWII
C. War Limits Civil Rights
1. Japanese-Americans
a. sent to internment camps
b. some fought for U.S.
Japanese Americans arriving
at internment camps
Japanese Internment camp,
Colorado
III.
Victory in Europe
A. The D-Day Invasion
1. General Eisenhower – commander
2. Operation Overlord
3. British, American, French, & Canadian troops
fought on beach in Normandy
4. heavy losses, but Allies successful
General Eisenhower and
D-Day troops
D-Day Invasion
B. The Battle of the Bulge
1. Allied forces moved in from west & Soviets from east
2. German tanks broke through American defenses
3. Allies eventually pushed Germans back
C. Germany’s Unconditional Surrender
1. April 1945 , Allies took Berlin
2. Hitler & wife committed suicide; bodies burned
3. May 7, 1945 , General Eisenhower accepted
unconditional surrender of Third Reich
4. President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12
5. May 9 – surrender officially signed in Berlin
a. V-E Day – Victory in Europe Day
IV. Victory in the Pacific
A. The Japanese Retreat
1. Allies returned to Philippines & defeated Japanese
2. Japanese planned to destroy American fleet
a. kamikazes, or Japanese suicide pilots, crashed
bombed-filled planes into American ships
Admiral Onishi,
“Father of the Kamikaze”
3. March 1945, U.S. troops took island of Iwo Jima
4. April 1945, U.S. troops took island of Okinawa
B. The Japanese Surrender
1. atomic bomb, or A-bomb
a. top-secret, Manhattan Project
2. President Truman warned Japanese to surrender, but
no reply
3. August 6, 1945, a bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
Hiroshima
4. August 9, a bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
5. September 2, Japanese surrendered
Nagasaki
“Fat Man” – bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Daily Essential Questions
1. What caused Germany to surrender?
2. What brought about the Japanese surrender?
Creating WWII Propaganda
• You will create your own WWII propaganda poster,
encouraging citizens of your country to support your
war effort. You can choose to be from the USA,
Britain, Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, etc.
• Your poster should be creative and colorful
• Posters should include one or more of the following
themes:
– Encouraging civilians to specific efforts, such as recycling,
working in a munitions factory, or buying war stamps and
bonds
– Describing hardships faced in other allied nations
– Describing the threat enemies posed to you at home
– Calling for support of government leaders, soldiers, or the
war effort