COS Standard 9 Describe the significance of major battles, events, and consequences of World War II campaigns, including North Africa, Midway, Normandy, Okinawa, the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima, and Yalta and Potsdam Conferences.
Locating on a map or globe the major battles of World War II and the extent of the Allied and Axis territorial expansion Describing military strategies of World War II, including blitzkrieg, island-hopping, and amphibious landings Explaining reasons for and results of dropping atomic bombs on Japan Explaining events and consequences of war crimes committed during World War II, including the Holocaust, the Bataan Death March, the Nuremberg Trials, the post-war Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Genocide Convention Chapter 24, 25 and 26
Yalta Conference Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin Plan a postwar world Poland: Soviets set up government, made up of prewar Polish leaders and would hold free elections. Declaration of Liberated Europe: get to choose the form of government which they want Dividing Germany: 4 zones divided between, Great Britain, US, Soviet Union, and France; Germany pay reparations Caused parts of the Cold War
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference Truman, Stalin Truman wants German industry to recover Stalin disagrees Truman compromises German industrial equipment goes to Soviet Germany, while food shipments go to the other Allies. New German-Polish border Truman threatens Stalin with the atomic bomb if Stalin does not agree Increased Cold War tensions between US and USSR
Potsdam Conference
Holocaust Hitler’s attempt to rid the world of the Jewish population Ultimately killed about 6 million Jews Final Solution: Wannsee Conference Extermination camp: killing centers attached to concentration camps; example: Auschwitz Concentration camp: detention/work centers for healthy Jews; example: Buchenwald
Nuremberg Trials Tried and decided the punishment of people who committed war crimes from Europe and Japan
united Nations League of Nations changed to the United Nations. Goals: preserve peace, prevent another world war Made up of General Assembly every nation would have one vote Powers: vote on resolutions, choose the non-permanent members of the Security Council, vote on UN budget Security Council Britain, France, US, USSR and China; permanent members who have veto power International peace and security, investigate international problems and propose settlements, take military action to preserve peace
united Nations
united Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Universally protects the rights of all humans in the world Adopted December 10, 1948 30 articles
United Nations: Genocide Convention Genocide: deliberate and systematic destruction of a whole group of people Defines genocide, prevention of genocide and punishment for committing genocide December 8, 1948