business Assignments due: WWII test: Friday March 3 Values in war ranking sheet WWII Film reflection WWII test: Friday March 3 business
Review- WWII in Europe D-Day (June 6 1944) Battle of Stalingrad (1942-3) Battle of the Atlantic (1941-1943) Operation Torch (1942-1943) Review- WWII in Europe
How did the allies fight through Europe? What was the experience like for a US soldier?
Double V Campaign African Americans in military At first, just noncombat When in combat, segregated Double V Campaign- double victory Victory at war Victory against racism at home Double V Campaign
Double V Campaign Ku Klux Klan Jim Crow What is the message? Anti-immigrant, foreigner, African Americans Lynchings, discrimination Jim Crow Laws that segregated races What is the message? Double V Campaign
Case study: tuskegee airmen 99th Pursuit Squadron- all-black pilots Fought successfully in Sicily and Italy Won awards for aerial combat against Luftwaffe Case study: tuskegee airmen
Case study: Buffaloes 92nd Infantry Division- Buffaloes Saw heavy combat in Italy 3,200 casualties Case study: Buffaloes
What was difficult about being an African American fighting in WWII? Watch the clips and reflect on this question, using examples and quotes from the clips in your answer. Source reflection
Minorities in the military Latinos- between 250,000 and 500,000 Most from Mexico, Puerto Rico African Americas- ~1,500,000 Asian Americans- at least 13,000 Minorities in the military
After D-Day Within a month of D-Day, Allies landed a million troops July 25 1944- Allies make a gap in German line of defense Can fight through France After D-Day
After D-Day
Allies Gain Ground August 23 1944- American troops reach Seine river, south of Paris French resistance quickly joins August 25 1944- Paris liberated
September 1944- Allies freed France, Belgium, Luxembourg Where’s next? France Liberated
Battle of the Bulge Invasion stalled during Battle of the Bulge Dec 1944- Jan 1945 Desperate German last-gasp offensive Germans broke through American defenses Between Belgium and Germany
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge Battle lasted a month in Belgian winter Germans pushed back to where they started Lost men, equipment they couldn’t replace Could do little but retreat after Battle of the Bulge
1945 Early months of 1945- Allied troops fight into Germany April 25, 1945- Russian army take Berlin (capital) April 30- Hitler commits suicide May 8- V-E Day, Victory in Europe Day What happens now?
WWII (Europe) Map Fill out front page of map worksheet Just Europe maps WWII (Europe) Map