1. Unit 8: U.S. Enters WWII

2. Axis of Evil Allies Leaders in WWII Germany- Adolf Hitler
Japan- General Tojo
Italy- Benito Mussolini
Allies
USA- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Great Britain- Winston Churchill
USSR- Joseph Stalin

3. Axis as Aggressors
All pretty much Dictatorships GER/ITA Fascists and Japan Empire
1936- Hitler remilitarized Germany
Mussolini announces Rome-Berlin Axis
Germany Signs Anti-Communism Pact with Japan
Japan Invades China
GER annexes Austria and Czechoslovakia
GER and USSR sign non-aggression pact
GER invades Poland

4. So begins World War II France and Britain declare war on the Axis
Soviets invade Poland
Germans started take over of Europe
Winston Churchill became prime minister
On the same day Germany started the invasion of France
A month and a half later France surrendered

5. Tactics German War tactics Blitzkrieg
Using tanks in small divisions to pierce the enemy line, then attack the line flank
Great speed was a must
To combat this divisions fought in columns

6. RAF (English Air Force) turned them away
"The Battle of France is over. I expect the Battle of Britain is about to begin....“- Winston Churchill
Luftwaffe (German Air Force) bombed England attempting destroy England’s Air defense and force a surrender
RAF (English Air Force) turned them away

10. Germany attacks Soviet Union June 22, 1941
Purpose was to rid the world communism
Very bloody with little regard for human life

12. US policy towards Japan
US stopped selling oil and steel to Japan
Japan saw that as an act of war.
Japan wants raw materials
Singapore- (UK) was taken by Japan

13. Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
Tora, Tora, Tora, code name of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

19. Kamikaze Pilots
“Divine wind” suicide pilots of Japan

20. USS Yorktown Carrier

24. Japan moves to dominate the Pacific
The United States is the only power blocking Japan’s plan to conquer the Pacific
The Japanese had destroyed 75% of US naval power in the Pacific.
Philippines- was a US protectorate since 1898.
Douglas Macarthur- commanding officer.

25. General Douglas Macarthur
Commander of American forces in the Philippines.
“ I shall return”

26. Bataan Death March 1942

27. Bataan Death March 1942
American troops were captured by the Japanese. US troops were forced to march 6 days, miles

31. Japanese Americans Internment camps were rounded up and put in camps.
Lost property

32. Japanese-American Boy Scout Troop in an Internment Camp

33. United States will fight a two front war.
European front “European Theatre”- North Africa, Italy
Eastern front, and northern France.
Pacific front “Pacific Theatre”- using air, naval, and man power,
Island hopping

34. Operation Torch
United States troops will fight with British troops to stop Germans in North Africa.
Dwight Eisenhower- Commander of US troops.

36. Dwight Eisenhower US Commander of all US troops- North Africa.
His plan was to stop Hitler’s troops in North Africa.
oil

37. General George Patton US tank commander under Eisenhower
“Old Blood and Guts”
Battle of the Bulge- largest battle of WWII

39. General Omar Bradley US commander Served under Eisenhower
“G.I. General”
5 star general
Lived in El Paso

40. Operation Overlord
Code name for the invasion of Europe by Allies more commonly known as D-Day on June 6, 1944.
Largest fleet of ships and men.
Normandy, France
Dwight Eisenhower commands the invasion forces at D-Day
What does the “D” in D-Day stand for?

43. Battle of the Bulge
Last major offensive from Germany launched in December 1944.

44. Holocaust-name given to the killing of 6 million Jews

45. German Concentration Camps
Auschwitz
Dauchau
Treblinka
Buchenwald

46. Dr. Mengele Angel of Death
Josef Mengele left Auschwitz disguised as a member of the regular German infantry.
Geneticist
Many Nazi war criminals escaped to Argentina using false identities supplied by the Red Cross .

49. VE Day- Victory in Europe May 8, 1945 .

50. On top of Hitler's bunker
Hitler’s suicide
On top of Hitler's bunker
The entrance

51. World War II Pacific Front

52. General George Marshall
Chief of Staff
5 star general (2nd man to do so after Pershing)
Head of all US forces in Pacific and Atlantic theaters.
Time Magazine in 1944 named Marshall “Man of the Year”
Once dubbed the “organizer of victory” by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall later became instrumental in the post-war reconstruction effort in Europe, which became known as the Marshall Plan. For this latter role Marshall received the Nobel Peace Prize, the only professional soldier to hold that distinction.

53. Yalta Conference-1945
The Big Three: FDR, Churchill, and Stalin all meet at Yalta.
The USSR agrees to elections in areas they took in WWII.

54. United States & Australia
United States & Australia are the two nations still fighting Japan in the Pacific

55. Douglas MacArthur US Military commander in the Pacific
“Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”
He received the formal Japanese surrender in September 1945, V-J Day.

56. Chester Nimitz US commander of the Navy in the Pacific.
“Nimitz shifted to the offensive and defeated the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, and in the Solomon Islands Campaign.
On October 7, 1943 he was designated Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, and Pacific Ocean Areas. By Act of Congress, approved December 14, 1944, the grade of Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy — the highest grade in the Navy.”

57. Battle of Midway –turning point of the war. 1942

59. US broke the Japanese code
United States broke the Japanese code United States had an advantage over Japan.

60. Code Talkers
Navajo Indians would send transmissions for United States.
Japanese military never broke the code.

62. Battles in the Pacific
Saipan-site where Marines attacked Japanese. Japanese committed suicide rather then surrender. 20,000
Iwo Jima-site where Americans raised the US flag and now a statue in
Washington DC
Coral Seas- Australia

64. Election of 1944 Franklin D Roosevelt-elected for the 4th time.
Died in 1945 (April) of what?
Vice President Harry S. Truman

65. Harry S. Truman becomes 33 President
Vice President under FDR
From Missouri
Distinguished captain of WWI
1st Television broadcasts (instead of “Fireside chats”)
“The buck stops here.”

66. Truman’s decision to use the Atomic Bomb
President Truman later wrote that he "regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubts that it should be used." His advisers had warned him to expect massive casualties if the United States invaded Japan. Truman believed it was his duty as president to use every weapon available to save American lives.

67. Manhattan Project Code name for the development of the Atomic Bomb
Manhattan Project- efforts to develop the atomic bomb created by Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie R. Groves Pg. 583
Alamogordo New Mexico
Fat Man and Little Boy- names of Atomic Bombs

68. Hiroshima-August

70. Nagasaki August 9, 1945

71. V-J Day August 15, 1945

72. It’s Finally Over!!!!!

73. Women in the war effort
Rosie the Riveter-symbol of women making history working for victory.
Nurses
Hollywood cafe
USO
Pin up girls
Victory Girls

77. African Americans African Americans were in segregated units.
Most were cooks, butlers, and fighting units.
Tuskegee Airmen

78. Vernon Baker One of the first African American soldiers to see combat.
Congressional Medal of Honor

79. Potsdam Conference
Truman, Stalin, and Churchill

80. Unit 7 and Unit 8 WWII Study Guide 10 Matching 20 Multiple Choice
Flying Tigers
Tuskegee Airmen
Patton
Eisenhower
Good Neighbor Policy
Operation Torch
Battle of the Bulge
D Day
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Internment camps
VE Day
VJ Day
Bradley
Midway
Code Talkers