1. Agenda Bellringer Review questions Notes: U.S. involvement in WWII
Video clip: D Day
Exit ticket

2. Review Questions What are some new technologies used in WWII?
Radar, penicillin, subs, improved tanks/guns/gas masks, sonar
What was the miracle of Dunkirk?
300,000 British lives saved by boats crossing English channel
Define Blitzkrieg
Lightening fast war fare
How was Hitler defeated during his invasion of Russia?
Scorched Earth Policy
What was the Invasion of Russia called?
Operation Barbarossa

3. Objective
Students will identify why the US took so long to enter WWII and what event caused their involvement

4. US Involvement in WWII
Subtitle

5. Historical Circumstance
So far the U.S. has stayed out of WWII; monitored from a distance
Did not want to become involved in foreign wars (FDR)
Believed this was a European issue
No one actually knew that the holocaust was occurring… there were rumors but nothing certain

6. Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese bombed U.S. Naval station in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor
Completely unexpected; many casualties
Forced the U.S. to become involved to defend ourselves
Neutrality act: U.S. will give aid to allies
Land-Lease act: U.S. will give war materials to the allies

8. Pearl Harbor General Tojo was Japanese General who ordered attack
19 Ships sunk, 2400 killed
December 7, 1941 “A day that will live in infamy”
Attack awoken the “sleeping giant”
Similar to WWI – entrance of US changes the tide of the war

9. Beating the Germans (again)
D-Day
Allied invasion of France (controlled by Germany at the time)
Largest amphibious landing (beach) in history
Created a multi-front war depleting German resources and morale

10. Video - paratroopers

11. Battle of the Bulge
Hitler’s last push
U.S. Troops push Germans back securing victory

12. Allies Win Allied powers win war…
Concentration camps are liberated; full extent of holocaust exposed
Hitler commits suicide in his bunker
How do we piece together Europe again? What a mess…

13. Packet
Complete pages 15 and 16

14. Exit Ticket Why did the U.S. become involved?
How did D-Day turn the tides of the war?
What was Hitler’s last attempt called?