1. Should the Americans have used the atomic bomb?
Discuss your initial ideas
Not happy with your position? Good, you can offer insight on what the other side will say
Grab additional handouts
See what new evidence these have that can help your argument
Pick top 4 arguments and fill out TOP chart (everyone)

2. Debate Rules I am critical of ideas, not people.
While it may be true that…..it’s also true….
I focus on making the best decision possible, not on “winning.”
I listen to everyone’s ideas, even if I do not agree.
I try to understand both sides of the issue.
I change my mind when the evidence clearly indicates that I should do so.

3. Tell me how you really feel
Summarize your arguments on this debate. Include your opinion with your reasons.

4. WW2 #10: It’s Over!
Great Depression AND WW2 Test and Notebook Check on Thursday
+/- 35 m/c questions AND +/- 6 short answer
Study guide for Great D in notebook

5. But, the war is NOT over ….yet ….
V-E Day
But, the war is NOT over ….yet ….
May 8, 1945: Ger surrenders
April 1945: FDR dies

6. Allied Strategy Start far away from “home base” Br, USA, USSR
Pacific: Island Hopping : advance from island to island approaching Japan
Only US

7. Potsdam Conference July – Aug 2 1945
Big 3: Harry Truman (US), Stalin (USSR), Churchill / Attlee (GB)
End war in Pacific?
Unconditional Surrender
USSR help

8. V-J Day
Japan surrenders on Aug 14, 1945
WW2 is completely over!

9. How do we create world peace?
The Allies will liberate the Nazi concentration camps and will see, with their own eyes, the absolute horrific nature of these camps.
Who is to blame for these camps? Who is guilty for WW2 atrocities?

10. War Criminals
Nuremberg Trials: Allies put Nazi leaders on trial for their crimes against humanity
12/22 were hung
200 will go to prison

11. Destruction of WW2 Warsaw, Poland
Before war: 1,289,000 ppl lived there
After: 153,000 remained

12. Describe the physical destruction caused by WW2.

13. 4,000 ppl died every day in Berlin, Germany, in the summer of 1945
Cities destroyed – no factories, no farms, millions of refugees (ppl fleeing)
4,000 ppl died every day in Berlin, Germany, in the summer of 1945
Rationing continues in GB until 1954 – some items

14. What do you do now that the war is over?
Describe this picture.
What are the people doing?
Take a close look at the building in the background.
What do you do now that the war is over?

15. Japan US will occupy Japan
Force Emperor Hirohito to declare that he is NOT a god – just a figurehead
War crimes trials
Self defense military
Constitution – gave vote
War is over…..and soon enemies like Japan will become our allies and some allies will become our enemies…

16. Who wins at Yalta? US, GB, USSR?

17. Yalta Agreements:
**Soviets agree to let Eastern Eur have free elections **
Which is now occupied by Soviet troops
Soviet Troops
Br/US troops

18. Potsdam Conference Soviets will join fight in Pacific
Divide Germany & Berlin into 4 sections:
Br, Fr, US, USSR
Get reparations from your own zone
Attlee, Truman, and Stalin

19. Germany: Zones of Occupation
Are the zones equal? Does 1 country have an advantage / disadvantage?

20. Review Game Turn in WW2 #10 – Essential Questions
KEEP review sheet if it does NOT have answers on it ---- might help with game!

21. Which battle was Hitler’s last major attempt to win the war?

22. Answer: Battle of the Bulge
Name 1 of 2 Pacific battles that were geographically close to Japan, Allied victories, and also showed the determination of the Japanese military.

23. Answer: Iwo Jima, Okinawa
Why was the battle at Stalingrad significant?

24. Answer: Soviets win – first time / Germany doesn’t win in Russia again
Name 3 countries Hitler is able to take over.

25. Answer: France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, etc.
Event that signaled the beginning of violence against the Jews in Germany.

26. Answer: Kristallnacht
Who decided to use the atomic bomb?

27. Which Axis country surrendered first?
Answer: Harry Truman
Which Axis country surrendered first?

28. Who led the Allied forces on D-Day?
Answer: Italy
Who led the Allied forces on D-Day?

29. Answer: Dwight D Eisenhower
Who was the “Desert Fox”?

30. How were the Soviets able to force a German surrender at Stalingrad?
Answer: Rommel
How were the Soviets able to force a German surrender at Stalingrad?

31. Answer: surround the Germans, cut off supplies
Who was winning the war when through 1942?

32. Which Axis country surrendered last?
Answer: Axis / Germany
Which Axis country surrendered last?

33. Give 1 reason why Truman agreed to use the atomic bomb – twice.
Answer: Japan
Give 1 reason why Truman agreed to use the atomic bomb – twice.

34. Answer: force unconditional surrender, scare Soviets, end war quickly, save American lives
Test Time

35. Cold War #2: True/False
Develop 10 true or false statements about communism the theory, communism as seen under Stalin, and capitalism.
EXAMPLE:
Life in Stalin’s Soviet Union was a model of equality and fairness for the workers. (Btw, what was the fancy name for workers?)
The author of the book on communism said ….

36. HW
Finish Cold War #1 – Origins Holocaust speaker – tomorrow Magazine – works cited? **Last day to turn in mag work is tomorrow!