Objective:
Analyze the US strategies and Major battles of WWII
Std: 11.7.2
Prior Knowledge
Importance
 Through
the Atlantic Charter with
Britain, the United States pledged to
 declare war against the Japanese.
 do everything it could to help defeat
Germany.
 continue to stay completely neutral.
 pray for the war to end soon.
D Day
D-Day Significance
 Allies
had been pushed off of Europe
 Needed to gain a foothold on the
continent again
 Took a year to train and supply
before attacking
 If failed, Russia could possible defeat
Germany and control Europe
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Allies leave from Britain to
attack Northern France
Operation Overlord – D-Day
Amphibious assault on the
unsuspecting Germans
Eisenhower supreme
commander of Allied troops
Land on the beach and take
out the sea wall
Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
After D-Day spread out
North to South across
Europe
 Germans make last
push to stop Allies
 Push into the center of
the line, in hopes back
to the sea
 Attack from behind and
take the Allies out
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Bulge 2
The Allies were able
to make a stand and
push the Germans
back for their final
defeat
 On the Eastern Front
the Russians made
their way into Berlin
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Objective:
Analyze the US strategies and Major battles of WWII
Midway
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Japanese tried to eliminate American’s
Naval power
Surprise attack but US code breakers
intercepted message
Moved American aircraft carriers off the
horizon and pulled Japan into a trap
Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers and a heavy
destroyer
Turning point in Pacific
Japan never recovered from defeat.
America kept a base to launch attacks
Island Hoping
In the Pacific the US used Island
Hoping.
 Jump islands that are heavily fortified
but may not be key to the war
 Go to islands that are important because
of proximity to Japan or resources
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Iwo Jima
For 74 days, the U.S.
pounded the small
island with nearly
7,000 tons of bombs,
and more than
20,000 shells
 110,000 American
soldiers (25,000
killed or wounded)
Vs. 25,000 Japanese
soldiers (only 216
surrendered)
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Okinawa
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180,000 American
soldiers and more
than 1,300 warships
Vs. 100,000
Japanese soldiers
• 2nd largest invasion in
world history behind
D Day
• Japanese pilots flew
2,000 kamikaze
attacks
Okinawa
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Americans: 50,000
dead or wounded –
costliest battle of the
war
Japanese: Out of
100,000 soldiers, only
7,200 remained to
surrender
The importance of
these battles was that
the U.S. was able to
bomb the Japanese
islands at will
Firebombing Europe and Japan
Goal: destroy cities
 All major cities were
“fair” game
 Some considered
this to be war
crimes
 Morale: left people
undeterred, they
wanted revenge
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Atlantic Charter
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Set up goals for Post War world
 No territorial gains by US or Britain
 People have human rights
 Lower Trade barriers
 Freedom of the seas
 World free of want and fear
Roosevelt couldn’t promise declaration
of war
 Do everything to “force an incident”
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Importance
 Through
the Atlantic Charter with
Britain, the United States pledged to
 declare war against the Japanese.
 do everything it could to help defeat
Germany.
 continue to stay completely neutral.
 pray for the war to end soon.
Closure
 During
World War II, the Allied
invasion of France on D-Day (June 6,
1944) was significant because it
 demonstrated the power of the atomic
bomb.
 resulted in a successful German revolt
against Hitler and the Nazi Party.
 led to the immediate surrender of
German and Italian forces.
 forced Germany to fight a two-front war.
Closure
 What
tactic was used by the United
States in the Pacific theater
 Blitzkrieg
 Surprise Attack
 Island Hopping
 Schlieffen Plan
Closure
 The
Battle of the Bulge was
significant because it marked the
 last German offensive.
 liberation of the death camps.
 Allies' first victory in a land battle.
 Axis powers' first loss in a land battle.
Closure
 Which
nation was defeated at the
Battle of Midway after its plans of an
attack were intercepted?
 the Soviet Union
 the United States
 Japan
 Great Britain