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 * America and World War II - Unit VI

=A. Introduction = Saving Private Ryan
 * June 6,1944
 * American army was dieing left and right
 * they arrived in france before that they were in africa and italy
 * three brothers die and the 4th one is lost

D-Day site - History.com

[|D-Day notes]



TextBook pg.772
Before America invaded france they had been fighting in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, then on to Italy, then France, then Germany

=﻿B. overview of America's involvement in WWII =
 * 8 battel ships got destroyed
 * japan had been practicing/planing on boming pearl harbor (dec. 7 1941)
 * 2,403 men where killed
 * 3 days after the boming, America got into war with Germany
 * 2350 pound jeep
 * b17 bomber most used plane
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the women where the ones that built all the weapons, planes, tanks, cars, ETC.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WWII coast $300,000,000
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Army was seperated blacks and whites
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1,000 died on the first day
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Atomic bomb was 10,000 times hotter then the sun
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">America used 2 atomic bombs on japan to get them to give up
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">America becomes the most powerful country in the world
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">the only competition was the USSR-- Soviet union

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">C. Background to WWII and the start of the war in Europe. =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The instability created in Europe by the First World War (1914-18) set the stage for another international conflict– **World War II–which broke out two decades later** and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable Germany, **Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi Party)** rearmed the nation and **signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to further his ambitions of world domination**. ** Italy had come under the control of a dictator named Benito Mussolini and Japan was being led by a military General Hideki Tojo **. ** Hitler came to power in 1933 and in the mid-1930s set the world on a course to war **. Hitler began by taking complete control of Germany as a dictator and leading the German people to** start targeting Jews on a quest to create a pure German race **. He then ** violated World War I's Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding the German military and beginning to take back land Germany had lost ** from the Versailles treaty - ** Germany took part of Austria in 1938 and Czechoslovakia early in 1939 **. While Hitler took these actions America was more focused on domestic issues and both Great Britain and France were trying to avoid another war, so they used a policy called Appeasement, which means giving in to the demands of an aggressor, letting Hitler get away with what he was doing.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hitler was able to gain momentum and his** invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and World War II had begun **. ** Before Hitler could be slowed, Germany, Italy, and Japan had taken over much of Europe and Asia: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Libya, part of China, The Philippines, and more **(take a look at the map below).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">WWII pitted the Axis Powers** (Germany, Italy, Japan) **against the Allied Powers **(Great Britain and France, followed by the Soviet Union and the U.S.)**. Over the next six years, the conflict would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the globe than any previous war. An estimated 45-60 million people were killed during WWII. Included were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler's diabolical "Final Solution," now known as the Holocaust. America did not declare war until December of 1941, after being bombed by Japan at Pearl Harbor navy base in Hawaii. From 1937 to 1941, America had been supplying the Allied Powers with war supplies, but fully joined the war in 1942, fighting Germany and Italy in North Africa and Italy and fighting Japan in the islands and waters of the Pacific Ocean.



=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">D. Key Terms so far =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">11. Dwight Eisenhower- lead D-Day, 32nd president
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=== =<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">F. Pearl Harbor attacked by the Japanese =
 * 1) ===<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Pearl Harbor is a navy base Hawaii, it was attacked in December 7, 1941 ===
 * 2) === What were the key details of the attack? ===
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Japan targets asia as its domane
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">America ignores plans to attack pearl harber
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">2,403 American men were killed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">1,178 wounded
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">185 Japanes men were killed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">three different aircrafts attacked Pearl Harber
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Zero fighter
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">val dive bomber
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Kate torpedo bomber
 * 1) Why did Japan attack pearl harbor?
 * they thought the U.S. was going to attack them
 * the U.S. took away there oil
 * They wanted to expand there empire
 * 1) should the U.S. have been more prepared?
 * yes they should have been prepare they have been givin many clues
 * 1) How did the U.S. respond?
 * they declared war on Japan

=G. American Forces in WWII - The Home Front, Mobilization & Impact=




























 * __The Office of Production Management__ -
 * __The War Production Board__ - regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel
 * __Rosie the Riveter__ - An icon for all the women that worked during the time of WW2
 * __Manhattan Project__ - the namer of the project of Scientist's that were making nuclear weapons in New Mexico
 * __J. Robert Oppenheimer__ - The scientist who led the Manhattan Project
 * __mobilized__ - People who worked to help the government or companys that changed what ever it is they were doing to help the government
 * __A. Philip Randolph__ - Black Union leader

**Military impact: Operations**

 * 2-Front War - aka Two Theater War - The U.S. was fighting in two different places. Europe & Pacific
 * Operation Torch - N Africa & Italy - First military action for the U.S. in WW2
 * Operation Overlord - D-Day & Normandy - The major invasion of France by the allies lead by the U.S. - recapturing France from the Axis
 * Battle of the Bulge - This was Germanys last attempt to win the war, pushing the American forces back temporarily before losing signified that Germany was about to be defeated
 * Ending the Holocaust - Soviet and Americans troops found the concentration camps and freed anyone still being kept in them
 * Slow start in the Pacific - first few battles in the pacific after pearl harbor the japanese won and America was struggiling on that front. Japan had even taken over the Phillippiens
 * Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo - the U.S. turns the tide in the pacific, by bombing Tokyo in April 1942
 * Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa - ISLAND HOPPING in the PACIFIC - see map: American forces went from island to sland defeting the Japanese and taking control of the war - the U.S. went back and took the Phillippiens
 * Code Talkers - Navajo Native American who were part of the American military and helped relay messages that couldn't be de-coded by the Japs
 * Kamikaze - Lapanese suicide bombers - flew there planes into American ships

G3 continued...The End of the War:
> The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki > Diary of President Truman: "I have to decide Japanese strategy -- shall we invade Japan proper or shall we bomb and blockade? That is my hardest decision to date. But I'll make it when I have all the facts." June 17, 1945 > Decision to Invade Japan or use the atomic bombs. ===="I realize the tragic significance of the atomic bomb. Its production and its use were not lightly undertaken by this government. But, we knew that our enemies were on the search for it. We know now how close they were to finding it. And we know the disaster which would come to this nation, and to all peaceful nations, to all civilizations, if they had found it first. That is why we felt compelled to undertake the long and uncertain and costly labor of discovery and production. We won the race of discovery against the Germans. Having found the bomb, we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned the pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans. We shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war. Only a Japanese surrender will stop us."====
 * V-E Day
 * Hitler died
 * Berlin surrendered (may 2nd)
 * Karl Donitz the man who took over after Hitlers death surrendered (may 7)
 * The surrender took effect on May 8 in the U.S. (V-E Day)
 * ====Japan's refusal to surrender====
 * The U.S. put up blockade in place
 * The U.S. started bombing japan heavily
 * killed about 84,00 people with bombs
 * took down 270,000 building with bombs
 * ====Hiroshima & Nagasaki====
 * What is your opinion of the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan? Read up using the info and sites below, then write a paragraph explaining the debate __and__ your opinion:
 * Should the U.S. have dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan?


 * I think the idea of dropping the Atomic bomb was a great idea and im with them for doing so. if they hadn't done so Japan would have never gave up and more Americans would have died. If they were to invade Japan American blood would be shed but dropping Atomic bombs wouldn't do anything to an American plus its easy.

G4. Home Front Issues: A few other very important aspects of America during WWII. Define each AND give your opinion on each.

 * Rationing- (limiting the amount of a certain product each individual can get), The U.S. began rationing food, this was a good idea because it kept people alive, it might of seemed wrong to tell people how much to eat but it was what kept Americans alive.
 * Paying for the war- people bought bonds to help pay for the war, people shouldn't have to this because they have already payed for the war by paying there taxes.
 * The Office of War Information (see propaganda below)- Prpaganda is information used to influnce people (The Agency that was responsible for spreading propaganda, or information and ideas designed to promote the war) This was a great idea because there were people who didn't agree with the war.
 * Executive Order 9066- After the war an order was given to move all the japanese in America out of the west, witch is not right America joined the war fighting over discrimination of the jews but it was ok for them to discriminate against the Japs.
 * The day of the pearl harbor (dec. 7, 1941 attack 1,291 japanese Americans are arrested for no reason, they were taken from there homes and there familys were told not to visit them.
 * in february 19, 1942 FDR signed the 9066 allowing the military to arrest any Japanese person with out a trial or a hearing.
 * march 24, 1942 Japanese people were locked up even the ones who were in the american Army
 * FDR called the camps <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">"concentration camps" and WRA didn't agree with that term
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">"A Jap's a Jap. There is no way to determine their loyalty... This coast is too vulnerable. No Jap should come back to this coast except on a permit from my office." Gereral John L. DeWitt.

WWII Propaganda from Germany, Britain and the U.S. - lots of posters
[|World War II Propaganda - US, Brit, German - great pics.ppt]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Key catigories so far :
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Background + Start in Europe (1933-1939)(1939)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Steps to U.S. joining the war (1941)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">U.S. fighting in the war(1942-1945)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">U.S. home Frount
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(new) Diplomisy + outcomes

=H. Diplomacy at the end of WWII=


 * ===Yalta Conference===
 * When- Jan of 1945
 * Where- resort town of Yalta, Soviet Union
 * Who- FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin
 * Why- to talk about what to do with Germany after the war has been won, also the Soviet wanted to declare war on Japan, also what to do with all the countrys that Hitler had taken over
 * What happend- they decided to split germany into four sections one for Canada, one for England, one for Soviet Union, and one for America, they also split Berlin
 * ===United Nations===
 * Was started by 50 countries in 1945 today there is 193 countries in the U.N.
 * ===Potsdam Conference===
 * Potsdam, Germany
 * July, 1945
 * Stalin not cooperating

I. Outcomes and Effects of WWII...including seeds of the Cold War
1. U.S. + S.U. are the worlds exaspowers 2.Control over many countries split between U.S. +S.U.

5.New role for the American government
6. Death toll - see chart below - which countries suffered the most from WWII? 7.The start of the Cold War: tension, competition, occupations and split nations (Germany, Korea, Vietnam)
 * America - 418,500
 * Germany - 8,393,000
 * Poland - 5,820,000
 * Japan - 2,700,000
 * Soviet Union - 23,954,000
 * WWII in all - 66,394,200

J. Create a Wordle to summarize American involvement in WWII



 * 1) WWII - Thisis the name of the Unit
 * 2) Pearl Harbor - The Pearl harbor attack was what got America to go into WWII
 * 3) Women - Women where a big part of WWII the men might have went out and faught but the women where the ones working on the weapons
 * 4) Manhattan Project - This is when tthey made the atomic bombs itswhat ended the war
 * 5) Hitler - The man who started the war

What the ten most important key terms to know about American involvement in WWII?

 * D-Day
 * V-E Day
 * Blockade
 * Yalta Conference
 * Potsdam Conference
 * Manhattan Project
 * Pearl Harbor
 * Appeasement
 * Fascism
 * Rationing

1. Essay work: see essay work page.
====2. WWII Essay Thesis Statements: write a clear thesis statement to answer each of the following WWII essay prompts:====


 * 1) What are the three most important aspects of American involvement in WWII? Choose at least one from the home front- Because they won the war America became the most powerful country, they also got out of the great deppresion, and they created the most powerful bomb
 * 2) What was America's role in World War II?
 * 3) What were the key results of World War II? - The key results were that Germany and Japan had givin up to America and its Allies Because they were to powerful and the enemys had lost most of there troops this lead to germany being split between the winners.
 * 4) What were the key factors leading to Allied victory in World War II? - there were many factors leading to the Allied victory but the most important one is the Atomic bombs.
 * 5) Was the U.S. justified in interning Japanese Americans and dropping the atomic bombs on Japan? - The U.S. was thinking that the Japanese in America were working to destroy America so they locked them all up, this wasn't right because they locked up insent people. Japan would not give so America thought that dropping the bomb would get them to give up and it did, but the fact is dropping the Atomic bomb was the wrong thing to do because it lead to insent people dieing

How was your weekend essay
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