Transcript US Involvment

“Learning to Lead our Lives”
Title: What was the nature and extent of American
involvement in World War 2
Skill: Historical Enquiry
NGfL: USA 1929 -1990
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connected to
American
Involvement
in World War
Two?
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American Involvement in World War
Two.
France.
Japan
Italy
and
Africa.
Midway
Islands.
Hawaii
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Why did the US enter WW2?
In 1939 America was still isolationist, but was
operating the Lend-Lease policy
The Imperial Japanese Navy made its
attack on Pearl Harbour on the morning
of December 7, 1941. The surprise attack
on Pearl Harbour, Oahu, Hawaii, was aimed
at the Pacific Fleet of the United States
Navy and its defending Army Air Corps and
Marine air forces. The attack damaged or
destroyed twelve U.S. warships and 188
aircraft, and killed 2,403 American
servicemen and 68 civilians
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USS Shaw (DD-373) exploding during the Japanese raid on Pearl
Harbor."
By an unknown photographer, December 7, 1941
National Archives and Records Administration, General Records of
the Department of the Navy, 1798-1947
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The Battle of Midway in 1942:
• US air force defeated
the Japanese Navy.
• The victory at Midway
stopped a major
Japanese attempt to
capture the Midway
islands as a possible
prelude to an invasion
of Hawaii. The
success of the
operation effectively
tipped the balance of
sea power in the
Pacific Ocean in
favour of the United
States.
Japanese plane carrier circling to avoid attack by United
States airmen at Midway, as seen from a B-17 American
bomber
Photograph public domain from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov
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1942- 43: Successes in North
Africa and Italy.
• The US forces
helped the British
defeat the Nazis
in North Africa
and helped invade
Italy, causing
Fascist Leader
Mussolini to flee.
photograph public domain Nation archives: http://www.archives.gov
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1944: the D-Day landings
• Allied troops landed
in France, they
began a slow
advance across
France towards
Germany.
• 25th August 1944
allied troops retook
Paris.
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US uses the Atomic bomb on Japanese cities
Hiroshima Nagasaki.
• August 1945, America
had been bombing Japan
and still the Japanese
were refusing to
surrender. President
Truman ordered that 2
atomic bombs should be
dropped on 2 Japanese
cities (Hiroshima and
Nagasaki).
•
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In total, these 2 bombs
killed 115,000 Japanese
citizens.
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Was the dropping of the Atomic Bomb justified?
For
Using the information from the
worksheet provided, in pairs
discuss whether you think the use
of the Atomic bomb was justified?
Against