Warm-Up
• WW2 was a global conflict fought on a
massive scale, from the Arctic to the deserts of
Africa, throughout the islands of the Pacific
and the jungles of Burma, across the former
battlefields of WW1 in Europe, and on (and
under) every ocean.
• Of all the key campaigns and battles in WW2,
which do you think marked the point when
the war turned in favor of the Allies?
Thursday, April 9th
Focus:
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How did the U.S. contribute to the Allied victory in WWII?
How did tensions between the US and the Soviet Union begin during WWII?
Agenda
1. Warm-Up
2. How did the U.S. contribute to the Allied military victory
3. Hiroshima – The end of the world as we knew it?
4. Practice DBQ – Why did the US drop the bomb?
5. Exit/4-corners debate
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HW: ch 37 858-883 – Focus on post-war economy,
lifestyles, and un-American activities . . .
Blog Post from Saturday - Tuesday
How did U.S. forces contribute to
the Allied military victory?
Countries
Total Deaths
Military Deaths
Civilian Deaths
USSR
20,600,000
13,600,000
7,000,000
China (19311945)
11,500,000
1,500,000
10,000,000
Germany
6,850,000
3,250,000
3,600,000
Japan
4,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
Britain (including 900,000
Empire)
838,000
62,000
USA
500,000
6
500,000
Where did U.S. forces contribute to the
Allied military victory?
North Africa
• 1942-1943
Italy
• 1943-1945
Western Europe
• D-Day – June 6th, 1944
• Why was D-Day so
important?
• How close to Berlin did US
troops actually get?
Where did U.S. forces contribute to the
Allied military victory?
The Pacific
• Kicked out of
Philippines, 1942
• Why was the Battle of
Midway so crucial?
• Island-hopping 194345 – Why fight over
such tiny places?
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Guadalcanal
Guam
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
The Pacific War
• Devastating losses –
Spring 1945
• Iwo Jima –
– 18,000 Japanese casualties;
– 4,000 American
• Okinawa –
– 100,000 Japanese casualties,
– 50,000 American
• Fire-bombing Tokyo
– 80-130,000 dead in 2
nights
– 250,000 buildings
destroyed
How to end the war?
• Germany quits – May
8th 1945
• July - Potsdam
declaration
• “Manhattan Project”
• July 1945 - “Trinity
Test”
• Invade Japan?
Practice DBQ prep
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Why did the US drop the A-Bomb on Japan?
To end the war quickly? Or to intimidate
the Soviet Union?
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(20) Read & annotate
(10) Discuss & Brainstorm possible facts
(5) Group collaboration thesis statement
4 - corners
1. Using the atomic bomb was the only
way the Allies were going to get
Japan to surrender
2. The primary motive behind the
decision to use the atomic bomb was
to intimidate the Soviet Union
Exit Ticket
• “The United States decision to drop an
atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a
diplomatic measure calculated to
intimidate the Soviet Union in the postSecond World War era, rather than a
strictly military measure designed to force
Japanese surrender.”
• Your full thesis paragraph