With the partner assigned to you, discuss the
following questions about the defeat over Nazi
Germany.
1. Have you ever heard of D-Day?
2. What do you know about D-Day?
3. What do you think happened to the leaders
of Nazi Germany?
1.
The Big 3 met in Tehran, Iran in late 1943
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4.
Decided the UK and USA would attack
occupied France at Normandy in 1944.
USSR promised to help United States against
Japan
Agreed to set up a peace keeping organization
(Will be the United Nations)
Agreed to split Germany once it is conquered
between them
Discuss the following with your partner
1. What four things were decided upon at the
Tehran Conference?
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3.
Hitler knew the Allies would attack at some
point, so he fortified the coast along the
English Channel
Allies set up many diversions to prevent
Hitler from knowing where the attack
would be
Weather played a major role in determining
when the attack would be
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2.
On June 6th, 1944 D-Day commenced
The Allies invaded five beaches in Normandy
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4.
3.
Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah, & Gold
It was the largest amphibious invasion in history
The Germans were caught off guard
It was an enormous Allied victory
The D-Day victory allowed Allied troops access
to the ground in Western Europe
1.
This allowed for Allied troops to begin marching in
on the Eastern and Western part of Germany
Discuss the following with your partner.
1. What four things were agreed upon at the
Tehran Conference?
2. What was D-Day?
3. Where did D-Day take place?
4. What are two reasons D-Day is significant?
1.
It started December 16, 1944 just outside
of Germany
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More than 6 inches of snow on the ground
Germany started off very strong and the
battle looked very grim for the U.S. as their
troops were surrounded by Nazi’s
Dwight Eisenhower called on General Patton
to rescue the American troops
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2.
Patton made incredible time with his troops
through the snow and was able to rescue the
American soldiers and defeat the Germans
The defeat for Nazi Germany allowed for the
Allies to march right into Germany.
Discuss the following with your partner.
1. What were the four things agreed upon at
the Tehran Conference?
2. What are two reasons D-Day is significant?
3. What role did Patton play in the Battle of
the Bulge?
4. What is the significance of the Battle of the
Bulge?
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2.
During the Battle of the Bulge, the Soviets
were driving Germany back on the Eastern
Front.
The Soviets won the race with the
Americans and British to Berlin
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2.
3.
Hitler died on April 30th, 1945.
Germany officially surrendered on May 7th,
1945.
May 8th, 1945 was proclaimed “Victory in
Europe Day”, or “V-E Day”.
Discuss the following with your partner.
1. What are two reasons D-Day is significant?
2. What role did General Patton play in the
Battle of the Bulge?
3. Why is the Battle of the Bulge significant?
4. Who won the race to Berlin?
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2.
The UN was created at the end the War in
an effort to put an end to all wars….(peace
keeping organization)
It has five power members
1.
France, China, England, USSR, USA
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3.
The UN also has member nations
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2.
4.
These nations have veto power
These nations may vote and approve of
budgets
Each member nation gets one vote
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Nazi leaders were tried in a world court at
Nuremberg, Germany following World War II
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3.
They were accused of crimes against humanity
36 were sentenced to death
114 were sent to prison
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“The wrongs we seek to condemn and punish have
been so calculated, so malignant and so
devastating, that civilization cannot tolerate their
being ignored because it cannot survive their
being repeated.”
~ Chief Counsel for the United States Robert
Jackson
Please discuss the following with your partner
1. Who made up the Big 3?
2. What four things were determined at the
Tehran Conference?
3. Where did D-Day take place?
4. What are two reasons D-Day is significant?
5. What role did General Patton play in the Battle
of the Bulge?
6. Why is the Battle of the Bulge significant?
7. Who won the race to Berlin?
8. What is the purpose of the United Nations?
9. What was the purpose of the Nuremburg Trials?