1. BELLWORK: 9/18
Summarize the German retreat and “road to Berlin” as a result of Stalingrad/D-day.
THINKER: In your opinion, what was the most important technological development of WWII? Why?

2. The Road to Berlin

3. IB History: Paper 2 - The Practices of the Second World War
Technological Developments and Theaters of War – Land, Sea, Air

4. Land Strategies
A U.S. reconnaissance unit searches for enemy snipers in Messina, Sicily, on August 1943

5. Artillery observers of the Fifth Army look over the German-held Italian town of San Vittore, in November 1943, before an artillery barrage to dislodge the Germans. During WWII, most land invasions were done with air support.

6. Blitzkrieg

7. Tank (German Tigers vs. Soviet T-34)
Tiger Tank:
T-34:

8. Machine Guns

9. Bazooka

10. Other WWII Artillery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuvoP6QvMQ4
Self-Propelled Guns/Tanks
Battleships

11. BELLWORK: 9/20
Why were the Allies victorious in the Battle of the Atlantic?
THINKER: Why was WWII a TOTAL WAR?

12. Battle of the Atlantic

14. WWII Naval Strategy

16. Hedgehog

17. Radar/Sonar
How radar works:
How sonar works:

18. Amphibious Vehicles

19. Use of amphibious vehicles was key to land invasions

20. WWII Air Strategy
Wieluń, the first Polish city destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing (Sept. 1939) German bombers destroyed 75% of all the buildings, including a clearly marked hospital and the historic Gothic church, killing approximately 1,200 civilians

21. Before (left) and after (right) the Luftwaffe Bombing of Frampol, Poland. It was a practice run for future missions & almost totally destroyed the city. 90% of the town's infrastructure was destroyed; only two streets remained untouched.

22. Allied Bombing
After the introduction of the P51B Mustang in 1944, the bombing campaign intensified and they were able to take on Luftwaffe fighters. By June 1944, the Germans were not able to recover and the Allies had total air superiority.

23. Dresden, Germany after the bombing raid

24. A B-24 bombing raid over oil refineries in Romania

26. German Cities Destroyed by bombing
Hagen
67 / 100
Hamburg*
75 / 100
Hanover
60 / 100
Kassel
69 / 100
Kiel
50 / 100
Leipzig*
20 / 100
Magdeburg
41 / 100
Mainz
80 / 100
Mannheim
64 / 100
Munich*
42 / 100
Nuremberg
51 / 100
Stettin
53 / 100
Berlin*
33 / 100
Bochum
83 / 100
Bremen
60 / 100
Chemnitz
41 / 100
Cologne*
61 / 100
Dessau
Dortmund*
54 / 100
Dresden*
59 / 100
Duisburg
48 / 100
Düsseldorf*
64 / 100
Essen*
50 / 100
Frankfurt*
52 / 100
* Indicates cities with a population over 500,000

27. Bombing Casualties 60,595 British civilians 160,000 airmen (Europe)
More than 500,000 Soviet civilians
67,078 French civilians
305,000–600,000 civilians in Germany
50,000 Italians killed by Allied bombing

28. Incendiary Bombs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnRksAMy8M
Bombers:

29. Dive-Bombers and Combat Aircraft

30. Why was WWII a “Total War?” List as many reasons as possible!

31. WWII as a “Total War” Fullest mobilization possible……
Utilize all human & material resources
Mobilization of the homefront (Victory gardens, bonds, rationing)
Conscription
Use of propaganda in daily life
Government used all weapons at their disposal
Government developed new weapons capable of high death tolls
Civilian/population centers were targets
Goals of the countries involved were “total:”
Germany: total domination and takeover of USSR/Europe & elimination of inferior races
Japan: sphere of influence, establish Asian dependency, political/economic/racial domination in Asia

33. Air vs. Land vs. Sea Tactics: Review Posters
In order to review over the land, sea and air tactics, weaponry and operations of WWII in Europe, you will create a review poster in a group.
This can be simple! Do not need to do pictures, graphs, charts…..yet…..
Summarize MAIN ideas for review!
Use book, operations worksheet, video clip notes, weapon research, etc.
Will be used as review before we transition to Pacific

34. What should you include???
Overall tactics/strategies
Allied strengths/weaknesses
Axis strengths/weaknesses
Important technological/military developments
How this impacted key operations in Europe
How this impacted WWII

35. Short/Immediate Effects
HOMEWORK – due Friday!
“The Effects of the Second World War”  pages
Take notes on long vs. short term effects (focus on cultural, political, economic!)
Short/Immediate Effects
Long Term Effects
Superpowers
Cultural Destruction
Economic Recovery (role of U.S. & Marshall Plan)
War Crime Trials
Cause of Cold War
Creation of the UN
Decolonization