KICK OFF
DECEMBER 13, 2013
Match the vocab word on the left to the description on the right.
a.Central Powers
b.Armistice
c.League of Nations
d.Bolshevik
e.Total war
f.U-boat
1.Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman
Empire
2.War using all of society’s resources
3.German submarine
4.Truce that ended the fighting in WWI
5.Radical Communist group that took
over Russia in 1917
6.Organization of countries proposed in
Wilson’s Fourteen Points
WORLD WAR II
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QUICK QUIZ!
1. Mussolini (Il Duce) was the fascist dictator of ________________.
2. The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life is called
______________.
3. Stalin, the totalitarian dictator of ___________, used the Great Purge to
get rid of his opponents. He sent them to the ___________, or labor
camps.
4. Hitler’s Nazi government passed ___________________, which created
a separate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship
and many civil property rights.
QUICK QUIZ!
Italy
1. Mussolini (Il Duce) was the fascist dictator of ________________.
2. The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life is called
totalitarianism
______________.
3. Stalin, the totalitarian dictator of ___________,
USSR used the Great Purge to
get rid of his opponents. He sent them to the ___________,
Gulag or labor
camps.
Laws which created
4. Hitler’s Nazi government passedNuremberg
___________________,
a separate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship
and many civil property rights.
JAPAN, 1920S
• Economic challenges due to rapid
industrialization
• Not enough natural resources in Japan
• Social changes as Japan became westernized
• Built up military
THE MANCHURIAN INCIDENT
• 1931, Japan attacks Manchuria (northeastern
China)
• Claimed that Manchuria was now under
Japanese control, changed name to Manchukuo
• Japan leaves League of Nations
JAPAN’S FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
• 1936, Japan signs Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany
• Work together to stop the spread of communism
• 1937, 2nd Sino-Japanese War between Japan and
China
• Nanjing Massacre
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GERMANY EXPANDS (AND VIOLATES THE
TREATY OF VERSAILLES)
• 1933, Hitler secretly rebuilds German military
• Claims he’s resisting the spread of communism
• Militarized the Rhineland
• Annexes Austria
• Annexation- formal joining of one country to another
• Tries to incorporate Czechoslovakia
• Chamberlain’s Policy of Appeasement
• Avoid war
AXIS
• 1936, Germany and Japan sign Anti-Comintern Pact
• 1939, Spanish Civil War (fascists v. Republicans)
• Fascists win, new dictator: Francisco Franco
• 1939, Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan
WORLD WAR II
• Blitzkrieg against Poland
• 1939, GB and France (Allies) declare war on Germany
• German attack on France, France loses
• Battle of Britain
• British radar
• 1940, London Blitz
• 1941, Hitler calls off plans to invade GB
• 1941, Invade Soviet Union (despite pact)
JAPAN ATTACKS
• 12/7/1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
• 12/8/1941, US declares war on Japan
• 12/11/1941, Germany and Italy declare
war on US
• US with Allies
KICK OFF
DECEMBER 16, 2013
The American propaganda poster to the right
shows a man being urged to be quiet by Uncle
Sam, a symbol of the United States.
1. Why is the man- and the viewer- being told
to be quiet? How can talk “cost lives”?
2. Why do you think the artist used the symbol
of Uncle Sam?
KICK OFF
DECEMBER 16, 2013
The American propaganda poster to the right
shows a man being urged to be quiet by Uncle
Sam, a symbol of the United States.
1. Why is the man- and the viewer- being told
to be quiet? How can talk “cost lives”?
2. Why do you think the artist used the symbol
of Uncle Sam?
THE ALLIED RESPONSE
EARLY US INVOLVEMENT (PG. 844)
• Battle of the Atlantic
• Winning the Atlantic
• 1. Who is involved?
• 1. Who won?
• 2. Why is it so
important?
• 2. How did they
win? (Give 2 ways)
• 3. What is a U-boat?
• 4. What happened to
the Reuben James?
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC
• Germany, Great Britain, US involved
• If Germany controlled the Atlantic, Allies wouldn’t
get supplies
• 1941, U-boat (German submarine) sank USS Reuben
James
• 1st US Navy ship sunk by Germany during the war
THE HOME FRONT
• Total war
• Women volunteered as clerks, pilots, nurses
• Rationed essential goods
• Patriotism led to discrimination
• Germans and Italians distrusted
• Japanese sent to internment camps
WINNING THE ATLANTIC
• Allies won the Atlantic by breaking the German code
• US out-produced Germany
• When something was destroyed, the US had a back-up
waiting
MORE FIGHTING
• Americans join fighting in North Africa
• 1943, Germans and Italians surrender North
Africa
• Next goal for Allies: Italy
SOVIET UNION
• Siege of Leningrad
• German siege (military blockade) cut off supplies
• 1 million civilians died in the winter of 1941-1942
• Battle of Stalingrad, 1942
• “Surrender is forbidden” –Hitler
• Germans lost, but massive causalities on both sides
FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC
• Bataan Death March
• American-held Philippines, April 1942
• Americans and Filipino march to prison camp, many died
• Island Hopping – Allied forces skipped over Japanese
strongholds and capture weaker targets
• Captured islands would serve as based for next attack
FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC
• For each of the battles below, identify who won.
• 1942, Battle of Midway (p 849)
• Battle of Guadalcanal (p 850)
• 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf (p 850)
FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC
• For each of the battles below, identify who won.
• 1942, Battle of Midway (p 849) Allies won
• Battle of Guadalcanal (p 850) Allies won
• 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf (p 850)
Allies won
• Kamikaze – Japanese pilots who sacrificed their lives
to crash into enemy ships
THE HOLOCAUST
• Nazi Anti-Semitism
• Nuremberg Laws created separate legal status for German Jews
• “Final Solution”: deliberate mass execution of Jews
• Nazis forced Jews into ghettos
• i.e. Warsaw, Poland
• Concentration Camps
• 1942, US and Europe learn about Holocaust
• Didn’t react until 1944, when US created War Refugee Board
KICK OFF
United Nations
Axis
appeasement
Holocaust
DECEMBER 17, 2013
radar
Battle of Stalingrad
ghetto
violate
1. Neville Chamberlain pursued a policy known as _______ in dealing with
the Germans.
2. Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance known as the _____________.
3. The British used the technology of ______ to help them win the Battle of
Britain.
4. In 1941, Hitler’s forces began the widespread, systematic killing that
marked the start of the ______________.
5. Hitler’s plan to rearm German was an action that would ____________ the
Treaty of Versailles.
WAR ENDS IN EUROPE
• Soviet pushing Germans back into central Europe
• D-Day: June 6, 1944
• Allied forces invade France
• Battle of the Bulge, December 1944
• Hitler’s last stand
• Allies won
• Hitler kills himself, Germany surrenders, and V-E Day
(Victory in Europe Day)
WAR ENDS IN THE PACIFIC
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Okinawa
• Atomic Bomb
• US President Harry Truman
• 1st: Hiroshima
• 2nd: Nagasaki
• August 15, 1945, V-J Day (Victory in Japan Day)
POSTWAR PERIOD
• Yalta Conference
• What to do with Postwar Europe?
• 1945, United Nations designed to encourage
international cooperation and prevent war
• 1945, Potsdam Conference
• Drama building between Allies and USSR…
Write down everything you know about the dropping of
the Atomic Bomb.
Today, you will choose an image that will go on a United Nations
website commemorating the dropping of the atomic bomb.
HISTORICAL NARRATIVES
• Narrative- a story. Like anything, there are many different
ways to tell stories
• 1. In 1-2 sentences each, explain the two narratives (stories)
about Hiroshima.
• 2. Which narrative do you agree with more? Why?
• A- Japanese Experience Experts
• B- American Experience Experts
• With your shoulder buddy, read through the documents and
find evidence to support your side. Record it on a separate
sheet of paper.
KICK OFF
DECEMBER 18, 2013
United Nations
Battle of Stalingrad
Holocaust
D-Day
Final Solution
V-E Day
ghetto
Axis
V-J Day
concentration camps
League of Nations
Siege of Leningrad
1. The Germans lost the ______________ after being surrounded by Soviet Troops.
2. In some cities, the Nazis forced Jews to live in a _________, or confined area.
3. The ______________ was the Nazi plan for the deliberate, mass execution of Jews.
4. On ___________, the Allies launched a major, long-planned invasion of Europe.
5. The ___________ was formed after the war to encourage international cooperation
and prevent war.
GROUP DISCUSSION
My group:
The other group’s main points were:
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•
•
Image title:
The following caption will accompany this image:
We chose this image because:
GROUPS OF 4
• 2 Japanese Experience Experts, 2 American Experience
Experts
• Share your arguments
• With your group, decide which image you think should be
selected to represent the dropping of the atomic bomb on a
UN website.
• Write a paragraph describing why your group chose this
image.
• Which images were easy to eliminate?
• Should the US have dropped the atomic bomb?
• Why is that a difficult question?
• Do you feel like we can judge Truman’s decision? Why or
why not? What would we need to know to be qualified to
judge?
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
US War Aim
American Survivors of the Bataan Death March
General Paul Tibbets and Enola Gay
Hiroshima After the Bombing
A boy’s burned flesh after the bombing of Hirsohima
A Girl with her skin hanging in strips
after the bombing of Hiroshima
Treatment of POWs by Japanese Soldiers
Japanese performing experiments on POWs