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Conflicts of Note

2. Pearl Harbor – “a date that will live in infamy”
December 7, 1941
Japanese sneak attack on the US fleet
Draws the US into WWII
El Alemein
North Africa
Largest tank battle EVER
Allied forces - Montgomery
Axis – Mainly Germany Rommel
BAD GUYS LOSE

3. Battle of Stalingrad Germans advance to Stalingrad in RUSSIA
German LOSS
Begins the eastern advance west toward Berlin

4. Stalingrad

5. D-Day Unified Allied invasion of Northern France Beaches of France
High casualties on both sides
British, US, “French,” and others
Good guys win

6. D- Day

7. Guadalcanal Naval Battle in World War II
First major offensive of Allied forces against Japan
Strategic Allied Victory

8. Philippines Battle between Allied forces and Japan
Results in Allied Victory (EVENTUALLY)
Key support from Australia (air, sea, land)

9. Battle of Britain First "Air Force" battle RADAR
Warned citizens of incoming attacks and allowed time to evacuate

10. Battle of the Bulge Last German offensive during WWII
Bloodiest campaign in Europe
Marked the last obstacle as Allied troops moved towards Berlin

11. Bataan Death March April 9, 1942
U.S. surrender at Bataan Peninsula (Philippines)
To Japan
Appx. 75,000 Filipino and American troops make 65-mile march to prison camps.
Intense heat and harsh treatment by Japanese
1000s die

12. Nazism Supreme power of leader Extreme nationalism
State control of a totalitarian state
Anti-Semitism was a key part of ideology.

13. Anti-Semitism Final Solution Kristallnacht Ghettos Genocide Holocaust
Mein Kampf
Kristallnacht
First act of aggression against Jewish population
Ghettos
Genocide
Elimination of a “race” of people
Holocaust
11 million people

14. War Ends Stalingrad, Battle of Bulge Hiroshima/Nagasaki WHAT NEXT???
Forced Germany back to center
Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Atomic Bombs
WHAT NEXT???
Marshall Plan
US plan to rebuild Europe (west)
MacArthur in Japan
US plan to rebuild Japan

15. T.Y.P.
__________ was where Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met and agreed on the direction of the war and invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
__________ was where Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met to discuss the Soviet assistance against Japan after a German surrender, the power and structure of the UN, and how to divide Germany and Berlin into zones of occupation.
___________ was where Stalin, Churchill/Atlee, and Truman met to discuss how to punish post-war Germany without creating a Europe that was volatile for future conflicts. Additionally, other borders in Europe and Asia were drawn/redrawn.

16. The Atlantic Charter
 A joint declaration released by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
August 14, 1941
Provided a broad statement of U.S. and British war aims.
Laid out a plan for overseeing post war efforts.

17. More Post-War Cold War “Iron Curtain” Truman Doctrine
Indirect conflict between USSR and US
“Iron Curtain”
Churchill’s metaphor for the divide between good (NATO) and bad (Warsaw Pact)
Truman Doctrine
Effort to CONTAIN communism