1. Review Question:
Base your answer to the following question on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.
The cartoon illustrates the tension that led to which war?
(1) Franco-Prussian War (2) World War I (3) World War II
(4) Cold War

2. Stalingrad Pearl Harbor Battle of Midway D-Day Invasion North Africa
Sep. 1940
Pearl Harbor
Dec. 1941
Battle of Midway
June 1942
Stalingrad
Aug. 1942
D-Day Invasion
May 1944

3. Battle of North Africa June 1940- May 1943
Struggle for control over the Suez Canal
Access to oil from the Middle East and raw materials from Asia
September 1940 Mussolini takes steps towards North Africa
Turning Point because: -Gave British occupation of the land -Gave resources and raw material

4. Attack on Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941
Japanese sneak attack on the U.S to attempt to keep them out of the war- as well as to keep them out of their imperialism ways
Destroys lots of ships
Turning point because: -Failed attempt because the U.S joins the war

5. Battle of Midway June 1942 U.S first major battle in WWII
U.S sunk 4 major Japanese carries
Trap set by the U.S.  decoded a secret message that the Japanese were preparing an attack on a U.S base
U.S sends out a fake distress call to see where the Japanese were going to attack
Turning Point because: -Japan’s loss of major ships -U.S victory  Allies move to offensive position -Turning point in the Pacific Theater

6. Battle of Stalingrad August 1942 Russia VS Nazi
Sent cattle and grain out of Stalingrad  starve the enemies
Stalin issued ”No step back”
Russia blockades German’s in Stalingrad
Cold harsh winter= bad for Germans
Hitler refused to surrender
Turning point because: -Russia takes back Stalingrad -USSR join the Allied forces -First failure of the war publicly acknowledged by Hitler

8. D-DAY- NORMANDY LANDINGS
June- July 1944
Allied invasion U.S British and Canada
Lots of killings
Turning Point because: -Northern France was liberated

9. Review: What were the causes of WWII?
What were the major turning points in WWII?

10. Battle of the bulge – December 16,1944
Hitler was faced with war on two fronts Allied forces moving toward the west, Soviet army advancing from the east- Both towards Germany
Hitler decided on a counterattack in the west to break up the Allied forces
While explaining his reasoning, “This battle is to decide whether we shall live or die…All resistance must be broken in a wave of terror”

11. December 16th German tanks broke through weak American defenses
Caught off guard but Allies still pushed Germans back
Last major German offensive on the Western front
Fuel shortage from wintery weather + growing Allied air attacks + German drive flattened = lost opportunities

12. Germany surrenders but Japan won’t!
When Germany surrenders, the war in EUROPE is over BUT the Allies were still fighting the Japanese in the Pacific.
Why do you think Japan would not surrender when Germany did? List 3 reasons why you think Japan did not surrender.

13. Victory in the Pacific
Japanese advances in the Pacific had been stopped
October Allied forces landed on the island of Leyte in the Philippines
Japanese devise a bold plan to halt the Allied advance
Destroy the American fleet  prevents Allies from resupplying ground troops
Risk: losing the entire Japanese fleet  in just four days, Japanese navy lost – eliminating it as a fighting force in the war

14. Movements
Japanese army and fear kamikaze (Japanese suicide pilots) were left
March 1945, American Marines took the island of Iwo Jima miles from Tokyo
April 1, U.S troops moved onto the island of Oikawa-350 miles from southern Japan