Victory in Europe and the Pacific After you read the standards below find and insert three images related to them H-SS 11.7.2- Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge. H-SS 11.7.3- Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Navajo Code Talkers). H-SS 11.7.7- Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki).

Grade Reading Notes 45pts Images 41pts 86pts

Why It Matters 1 2

Planning Germany’s Defeat 1 2 3

Insert an image of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin at the Teheran Conference “We have reached complete agreement as to the scope and timing of the operations to be undertaken from the east, west, and south. The common understanding which we have reached guarantees that victory will be ours…No power on earth can prevent our destroying the German armies by land, their U-Boats by sea, and their war planes from the air.” Declaration of the Three Powers, December 1, 1943

Extent of Nazi Germany’s Expansion during World War II Insert an map that depicts how much territory the Axis powers occupied during WWII.

D-Day Invasion of Normandy 1 General Dwight D. Eisenhower General Bernard Montgomery General Omar Bradley Insert an image for each of the above generals.

Eisenhower Plan the Invasion 1 2 3

Heroes Storm the Beaches 1 3 4

Insert five images that depict the D-Day Invasion

Liberation of Europe 1 2

Allies Advance 1 2 3

Insert an image that depicts the assassination attempt on Hitler

Germany Counterattacks 1 2 3

Insert an image that depicts a map of the Battle of the Bulge and one that shows combat during the battle

Allies Push to Victory 1 2 3

Insert an image that depicts U. S Insert an image that depicts U.S. and Russian troops meeting on the Elbe river.

Insert five images depicting V-E day!

Advancing in the Pacific 1 2

Insert a map that shows all the territory occupied by the Japanese during World War II

Japanese Troops Fight to the Death 1 2 3

Insert three images. One depicting a Kamikaze pilot. One showing a U.S. ship getting hit by one. One showing a Japanese kamikaze plane headed toward a U.S. ship.

American Forces Near Japan 1 2 3

Insert a map that shows the location of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Insert an image of a B-29 taking off from Iwo Jima

Insert an image that depicts the fire bombing of Tokyo

Insert an image the depicts Japanese casualties or the effect of Fire Bombing on Tokyo

Insert a map that shows all the territory occupied by the Japanese during World War II

The Atomic Bomb Ends the War 1

The Manhattan Project Develops the A-Bomb 1 2 3 4 5

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of Worlds” Insert an image the depicts the first atomic bomb test in Alamogordo, New Mexico

Truman Makes His Decision 1 2 3

Hiroshima and Nagasaki are Destroyed 1 2 3 4

Insert five images related to the dropping of the A-Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Insert five images showing the Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri and V-J day celebrations