Transcript War in Europe US

BELLWORK
1. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
2. What was Japanese internment? Why did this
happen?
3. Who were the code talkers?
4. What were the Zoot Suit Riots?
5. How did America prepare for war on the home
front? (List 3 ways!)
6. THINKER: Why did Hitler agree to the
German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact? Why
do you think Hitler breaks this pact?
German Expansion by 1942
• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor 
causing U.S. to join the Allied
Powers
• Germany broke the nonaggression pact  causing Soviet
Union to join the Allied Powers
• Make a prediction: How do YOU
think this is going to change
WWII?
ABC Brainstorm
• Now that the Soviet Union and U.S. are officially on
the Allied Powers, WWII is going to see a shift in
power.
• By 1942, the war had begun to favor the Allies.
• To learn about these turning points, you are going to
do the “ABC Brainstorm” reading strategy.
• Get out a blank sheet of notebook paper.
• Label each line with the letters of the alphabet: A-Z
• While reading the section, you are going to try and
come up with an important term, idea, concept or
person that matches with each letter.
• You will then describe it, or write a sentence.
ABC Brainstorm
• Try and get all 26 letters! Follow guidelines on board
• The person with the best answers and most letters
gets extra credit!
• GOOD example:
• C: Casablanca Conference – Allied powers decided to
focus on war in Europe first.
• BAD example:
• C: Casablanca Conference
• T: The Allied Powers were winning
• I: Invasion of the Soviet Union was a bad idea.
• Chapter 15, Section 3, pages 508-513.
• Stop at “The Pacific Front”
Casablanca Conference
• Defeating
Germany is top
priority
• Attack in Europe
first
• Force an
unconditional
surrender
Break of the “Non-Aggression Pact”
• Germany invades the
Soviet Union on June
22, 1941
• Nazi soldiers
surrounded Moscow
and starved the
citizens
• Extremely harsh
weather conditions
• Battle of Stalingrad:
Germany surrendered
and stopped Nazi’s
eastern advance
• 250,000 dead
Stalingrad
Erwin Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Invasion of North Africa
Invasion
of Italy
Italy Surrenders
• Mussolini
overthrown
• No more
Fascism!
• Allies had the
country
surrounded
• Italy officially
surrenders in
September 1943
Mussolini’s Death
• Italian government wanted
to punish Mussolini for war
crimes
• Tried to escape to
Switzerland
• He was caught by soldiers
and executed the next day
• Shot by firing squad, body
hung in city where civilians
beat, kicked, spat, and
stoned his dead body.
• http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=hXUNXOqpwiE
D-Day
• June 6, 1944
• Largest combined land-sea-air battle in history
• Allied forces landed on Normandy Beach (France) and
pushed the Germans back
• Turning point of WWII
Battle of the Bulge
• Germany’s last
offensive attack
• Invaded Belgium
and created a
“bulge” in Allied
defense lines
• Germans lost and
were pushed back
FDR’s Death
• After 12 years in
office and four
presidential terms,
FDR died on April
12, 1945
• Died from a
cerebral
hemorrhage
(stroke)
• Replaced by VP
Harry Truman
Death of Hitler
• The Allies
surrounded Germany
and it became clear
the Axis powers
would lose.
• Hitler committed
suicide in an
underground bunker
on April 30, 1945
War in Europe is over!
• Berlin fell to the
Allies on May 2,
1945
• Germany
surrenders
• May 8th: V-E Day
(Victory in
Europe)
• Who is left?
Battles
in the
Pacific
WWII Animated Map
Yalta Conference
• February 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill, and
Stalin met at Yalta (Soviet Union) to
discuss the postwar world
• Formed the United Nations
• Divide Germany and Berlin into four zones
• Stalin obtained Poland if he promised to
allow free elections
• Stalin gained Pacific islands if he
promised to declare war on Japan
KEEP IN MIND:
Stalin is gong to break these promises = COLD WAR!!!!
WWII Radio Broadcast
• Many Americans knew about Europe’s war from
various radio broadcasts.
• With a partner, you are going to create your
own radio broadcast about a WWII event.
• The broadcast needs to explain the entire event
and its impact on WWII.
• You may choose to read yours to the class for
extra credit.
• Put yourself in character! How do radio
journalists draw in the listener?
WWII Radio Broadcast
• Hitler invades
Soviet Union
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Casablanca
Conference
• Battle of the Bulge
• D-day
• Invasion of North
Africa
• Mussolini’s death
• Hitler’s death
• FDR’s death
• Germany
surrenders