Transcript World at War-Allies on Offensive

History of the Modern World
World at War: 1942-1945
Allies on Offensive
Mrs. McArthur
Walsingham Academy
Room 111
“Big 3” at Tehran, 1943
World War II and Its Aftermath
Section 4: Victory in Europe and the Pacific, pp. 948-951
Witness History Audio: A Soldier Remembers
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What attitude or mood does the soldier show?
How does that relate to the words in the passage?
Nazis Defeated
The war in Europe neared its end by the spring of 1945. The Axis powers were defeated for
several reasons: they could not wage war successfully on several fronts; Hitler underestimated
the Soviet army; the U.S. was able to produce more than the combined Axis powers; and oil
became too scarce to feed Luftwaffe planes.
Struggle for the Pacific
In the summer of 1942, the U.S. went on the offensive in the Pacific. Victory on Guadalcanal
started a campaign of “island-hopping” that would move U.S. bases closer to Japan.
Geography Interactive: World War II in the Pacific, 1941-1945
Section 4: Victory in Europe and the Pacific
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Defeat for Japan
When the Japanese showed that they would fight to the death rather than surrender, president
Truman decided to use an atomic bomb to save American lives. Two atomic bombs were dropped
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese surrendered.
Color Transparency 178: Hiroshima, by Toshimitsu Imai
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Color Transparency 178: Hiroshima, by Toshimitsu Imai
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Assignment 1
Review Time:
1. On SPA, review PP World War II-Europe
slides 1-29.
2. Study slides 11-17 of last week’s notes.
3. Take Auto-Test
Notes: Book Club – emails accepted through Monday, 3/8
Assignment 2
Review cont.
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On SPA, review PP World War II-Europe slides 30-53
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On SPA, review PP World War II-Pacific slides 1-31
3.
Get On-line Chapter 29 Summaries and practice
graphic organizers.
Note: Chapter 29 test Friday, 3/19
Assignments 3-4
1. Read text, pp. 952-956 identifying 7 terms
and answering 4 Checkpoint questions.
2. Read captions and when requested answer
questions.
3. Complete Auto-test
Note: Chapter 29 test Friday, 3/19