USH2 Unit 5: America and the
World
Lesson 5.3 part 8
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What events led to the
end of WW2? What were
the consequences of
WW2?
Frayer: United Nations
WWII ENDS
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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.
THE THIRD REICH COLLAPSES
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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
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
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HITLER STAGED LAST
DESPERATE OFFENSIVE
CATCHING AMERICANS
BY SURPRISE
GENERAL PATTON AND
HIS TROOPS SLAMMED
INTO GERMAN LINES
WE WIN
THE WAR ENDS IN EUROPE
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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 21ST, 1945
BY APRIL 30TH, HITLER
COMMITTS SUICIDE
VE DAY MAY 8, 1945
AP
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DRIVING BACK JAPAN
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ISLAND HOPPING
CAMPAIGN” BEGAN
IN FALL OF 1943
INCREDIBLY BLOODY
FIGHTING
JAPANESE WOULD
DEFEND EACH
ISLAND TO THE
DEATH…NO
SURRENDER =
BRUTAL FIGHTING
JAPAN IS DEFEATED
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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
FIREBOMBING JAPAN
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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
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
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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
AP: How did we force Japan to surrender?
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BUILDING A NEW WORLD
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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
PUTTING THE ENEMY ON TRIAL
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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.
AP
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America the Story of Us
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WW2
Learning Log
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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?