1. USH2 Unit 5: America and the World Lesson 5.3 part 8

2. EQ  What events led to the end of WW2? What were the consequences of WW2?

3. Frayer: United Nations

4. WWII ENDS  FIERCE FIGHTING IN BOTH EUROPE AND THE PACIFIC DURING 1945 LED TO THE DEFEAT OF THE AXIS POWERS. THE ALLIES BEGAN WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND SET UP A GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION TO PREVENT ANOTHER GLOBAL WAR.

5. THE THIRD REICH COLLAPSES  HEDGEROWS SURROUNDED MANY FIELDS IN NORMANDY = GERMANS CAN EASILY DEFEND!!  ON JULY 25, 1944, AMERICAN BOMBERS BLEW A HOLE IN GERMAN LINES AND AMERICAN TANKS RAN THROUGH  ON AUGUST 25, THE ALLIES LIBERATED PARIS

6. BATTLE OF THE BULGE  HITLER STAGED LAST DESPERATE OFFENSIVE CATCHING AMERICANS BY SURPRISE  GENERAL PATTON AND HIS TROOPS SLAMMED INTO GERMAN LINES  WE WIN

7. THE WAR ENDS IN EUROPE  BY THE TIME THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE ENDS, THE SOVIETS HAD PUSHED GERMANS OUT OF RUSSIA  SOVIETS PUSH TOWARDS BERLIN FROM EAST, AMERICANS FROM THE WEST  SOVIET TROOPS ENTER BERLIN ON APRIL 21 ST, 1945  BY APRIL 30 TH, HITLER COMMITTS SUICIDE  VE DAY MAY 8, 1945

8. AP  1 sentence

9. DRIVING BACK JAPAN  ISLAND HOPPING CAMPAIGN” BEGAN IN FALL OF 1943  INCREDIBLY BLOODY FIGHTING  JAPANESE WOULD DEFEND EACH ISLAND TO THE DEATH…NO SURRENDER = BRUTAL FIGHTING

11. JAPAN IS DEFEATED  FDR DIES ON APRIL 12, 1945 = HARRY TRUMAN PRESIDENT  ISLAND HOPPING CAMPAIGNS GIVE US AIR SUPERIORITY, SAVAGE COMBAT  US MARINES INVADE IWO JIMA TO SET UP AN AIRBASE TO BOMB JAPAN  6,800 MARINES DIED AT IWO JIMA, AS JAPANESE DEFENDERS FOUGHT TO THE DEATH = BANZAI AND KAMIKAZEES

12. FIREBOMBING JAPAN  B-29’S DROPPED BOMBS ON JAPAN FILLED W/ NAPALM  TOKYO DESTROYED, BUT JAPAN REFUSES TO SURRENDER  MARINES INVADE OKINAWA TO SET UP A STAGING BASE FOR INVASION OF JAPAN  12,000 AMERICANS DIED = BLOODIEST BATTLE IN HISTORY OF MARINES

13. THE MANHATTAN PROJECT  REASONS FOR DROPPING THE A-BOMB:  SAVE MILLIONS OF LIVES, BOTH AMERICAN AND JAPANESE  END THE WAR QUICKLY  THEY STARTED IT  AUG 6, 1945 A-BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA  AUG. 9 A-BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI  AUG 15 – VJ DAY  Clip from Civilians at War

14. AP: How did we force Japan to surrender?  1 sentence

15. BUILDING A NEW WORLD  UNITED NATIONS CREATED AFTER WWII TO PROMOTE GLOBAL COOPERATION AND PEACE  GENERAL ASSEMBLY = EACH MEMBER NATION GETS A VOTE  SECURITY COUNCIL = 11, BUT 5 PERMANENT = GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, RUSSIA, CHINA, USA = VETO POWER  SECURITY COUNCIL CAN SEND MILITARY FORCES TO UPHOLD RESOLUTIONS OR MOVE AGAINST A NATION ACTING IN DEFIANCE OF PEACE

16. PUTTING THE ENEMY ON TRIAL  IN AUGUST, 1945, THE USA, BRITIAN, FRANCE, AND THE USSR CREATED THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL  AT THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, THE IMT TRIED GERMAN LEADERS FOR WAR CRIMES ‘CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY”  MANY OF THESE LEADERS WERE EXECUTED  SEVERAL JAPANESE LEADERS WERE ALSO TRIED AND EXECUTED.

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18. America the Story of Us  WW2

19. Learning Log  WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF THE HEDGEROWS?  WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE?  WHO BECAME PRESIDENT AFTER THE DEATH OF FDR?  WHAT WAS THE MILITARY STRATEGY CALLED IN REGARD TO GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE IN THE PACIFIC?  WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY FACTOR IN REGARD TO ISLAND HOPPING?  WHY DID AMERICAN WAR PLANNERS WANT TO INVADE THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA?’  WHY WAS NAPALM MORE EFFECTIVE THAN BOMBING WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES?  WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA?  WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT?  WHAT EVENTS FINALLY FORCED JAPAN TO SURRENDER?  HOW WAS THE UNITED NATIONS DESIGNED TO PREVENT ANOTHER GLOBAL WAR?  WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUREMBURG TRIALS?