1. World War II
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2. Transition Instructions
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Transition Instructions
Get your folder from the crate and an answer sheet from the table.
Have a seat.
Put your cell phones away.
You won’t need them, today!
Label the answer sheet “Formative Quiz #12.”
Yes, you may use your notes on World War II.
Quietly await further instructions.

3. SSWH18 World War II
Quiz/Exam Practice
Which of the following led to American involvement in World War II?
A) 9/11
B) July 4, 1776
C) Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
D) Sinking of the Lusitania

4. SSWH18 World War II
Quiz/Exam Practice
Which of the following comprise the Axis Powers during World War II?
A) Great Britain, USA, Soviet Union
B) Germany, Italy, Japan
C) Russia, Italy, Japan
D) USA, Italy, Russia

5. Applicable Georgia Standard
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Applicable Georgia Standard
SSWH18 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the global political, economic, and social impact of World War II.
a. Describe the major conflicts and outcomes; include Pearl Harbor, El-Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, and the end of the war in Europe and Asia.
b. Identify Nazi ideology, policies, and consequences that led to the Holocaust.
c. Explain the military and diplomatic negotiations between the leaders of Great Britain (Churchill), the Soviet Union (Stalin), and the United States (Roosevelt/Truman) from Teheran to Yalta and Potsdam and the impact on the nations of Eastern Europe.
d. Explain allied Post-World War II policies; include formation of the United Nations, the Marshall Plan for Europe, and MacArthur’s plan for Japan.

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Think-Pair-Share
“Never, in the field of human conflict, has so much been owed by so many to so few.” Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Ticket Out the Door…With your buddy, discuss and write down what you think Churchill meant by this, when he spoke of the pilots who fought the Battle of Britain.

7. World War II Began in the European Theater in 1939
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World War II Began in the European Theater in 1939
Germany invaded Poland
1940 – Hitler was master of all of Europe, except Great Britain
Italy, Germany, and Japan formed an alliance called the Axis Powers
Soviet Union not involved initially, due to non- aggression pact with Germany
1941 – Germany invades Soviet Union; Stalin declares war on Germany
December 7, 1941 – Japanese attack on U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

8. Decisive Battles of World War II in Europe, Asia, and Africa
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Decisive Battles of World War II in Europe, Asia, and Africa
1943 – Battle of El-Alamein took place in northern Africa between British and Germans; Germans defeated and forced out of Africa; Suez Canal remained open to Allied forces
1943 – Battle of Stalingrad (Soviet Union); Soviets defeated Germans in a massive battle; marked the beginning of the end of German military presence in the Soviet Union; from that point on, Germans were on the defensive in the USSR
June 6, 1944 – D-Day (Normandy Invasion) – British, American, Canadian, and Free French forces landed in northern France to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation; from that point on, Germans were fighting on the defensive in western Europe

9. British Troops at El-Alamein
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British Troops at El-Alamein

10. Soviet Soldier at Stalingrad
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Soviet Soldier at Stalingrad

11. American Soldiers on D-Day 6/6/1944
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American Soldiers on D-Day 6/6/1944

12. Battles in the Pacific Against Japan
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Battles in the Pacific Against Japan
1941 – Battle of the Philippines (Philippine Islands, U.S. Territory) – Japanese forces invaded and drove American forces, under command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, out; Japanese held the Philippines until 1945, when American and Filipino forces, again under MacArthur’s command, forced them out
1942- Battle of Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) – victory for the U.S. that stopped Japanese expansion in the South Pacific

13. War in Europe Ended in May, 1945
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War in Europe Ended in May, 1945
Germans surrendered to Allied forces after the Battle of Berlin
Hitler had committed suicide in his underground Berlin bunker

14. Japanese Continued to Fight to the Death in the Pacific
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Japanese Continued to Fight to the Death in the Pacific
President Truman made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan, in order to spare American casualties which would have resulted from an Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands
2 September 1945 – Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allied powers

15. “Big Three” Conferences
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“Big Three” Conferences
1943 – Tehran Conference – President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin met to discuss opening a “second front” in western Europe, recognizing independence for Iran, and final strategy for ending the war against Germany
1945 – Yalta Conference – Same “Big Three” met again; U.S. wanted Soviet Union to join the war against Japan in eastern Asia; British wanted free elections in Eastern Europe; Soviet Union wanted to retain control of parts of Poland
1945 – Potsdam Conference – President Roosevelt had died, President Truman took his place; met with Churchill and Stalin in Germany
Germany was forced to demilitarize
Germany/Austria were divided into four zones of occupation by the Allied powers
Plans were made to try Nazi war criminals

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“Big Three” at Tehran, 1943

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“Big Three” at Yalta, 1945

18. Truman and Stalin at Potsdam, 1945
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Truman and Stalin at Potsdam, 1945

19. Nazi Ideology, Politics, and Consequences
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Nazi Ideology, Politics, and Consequences
Policies included ethnic nationalism, anti-Semitism, anti- Communism, racism, and homophobia
Personal beliefs of Adolf Hitler influenced Nazism in Germany
Believed in a “master race” of Aryans who would rule the world
Jews and Gypsies would be at the bottom of the world social structure
Ayran Germany would strengthen itself by getting rid of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, the disabled, Czechs, and Poles; at first, Hitler was content to just relocate them
Later, the “Final Solution” to this problem was devised
Members of undesirable groups (particularly Jews) would be exterminated
Approximately 6 million Jews were killed in Nazi extermination camps
This mass murder is known by modern Jews as the Holocaust

20. Jews Executed by Nazis at Bergen-Belsen Death Camp
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Jews Executed by Nazis at Bergen-Belsen Death Camp

21. Jewish Children on Whom Nazi Doctors Performed Medical Experiments
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Jewish Children on Whom Nazi Doctors Performed Medical Experiments

22. Advent of the Nuclear Age and the “Cold War”
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Advent of the Nuclear Age and the “Cold War”
World nations (USSR, Britain, France) began to develop their own nuclear weapons
United Nations, as a follow-on to the old League of Nations, was formed to help prevent future wars
The United States developed the Marshall Plan
$$ aid to nations damaged by World War II
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was given post of Supreme Commander to oversee the rebuilding of Japan
His staff wrote a new constitution renouncing war and taking power away from the Emperor
This constitution is still in effect in modern Japan