Victory in Europe and the Pacific WW2

Bellwork Korematsu vs The United States The Facts In 1942, FDR ordered that select people could be banned from war zones The army relocated Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to internment camps. Fred Korematsu was arrested for resisting the army’s order The Issue Korematsu argues that he was denied equal protection under the law imply because he was a Japanese American. The Decision The Court held that the military order was justified. Based on your PRIOR KNOWLEDGE, how do you predict the Supreme Court justified their decision??

Today’s Graphic Organizer Identify the steps that led to the Allied victory. d EuropeThe Pacific ALLIES WIN WORLD WAR II

Focus Question How did the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?

Planning Germany’s Defeat Stalin keeps insisting that FDR and Churchill start a second front in France – Stalin wants the US and Britain to attack Germany from the East, forcing them to split their troops November 1943  Teheran Conference – First time all 3 Allied leaders met – Decision was made to begin an invasion of France The invasion would be called be known as Operation Overlord

D-Day Invasion of Normany

D-Day Facts Eisenhower planned the invasion Plan was to strike 5 beaches in Normandy, France (Germany occupied France) June 6, 1944  Allied troops hit Germany with full force Primary Objective: to push the Germans out of France

Liberation of Europe German generals were hopeless & began to plot against Hitler Germany’s Last Push – The Battle of the Bulge Caught the Allies by surprise in Belgium Snowy, cloudy skies kept the Allies from using an air attack When the skies cleared, Allies bombed the Germans Demoralized German troops  their dream was over

Germany Surrenders On May 7 Germany surrendered – Known as V-E Day (victory in Europe) Sad News – FDR did not get to see Germany surrender – He passed away a few weeks earlier President was now Harry S. Truman

Victory in the Pacific American forces were island-hopping in a path towards Japan – Famous Battles: Iwo Jima and Okinawa – Very deadly for both sides Japanese fought to the last man and used Kamikaze pilots to crash into American ships

The Atomic Bomb Manhattan Project – Albert Einstein was the scientist – Two primary leaders General Leslie Groves J. Robert Oppenheimer – July 16, 1945 Atomic bomb was tested in New Mexico “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of Worlds.”

Truman Makes the Decision Harry Truman weighs his decision. We are going to weigh out the decision with him tomorrow in class.