Download Allied Victory in Europe

November 21, 2016
Goal: Explain the role that geography
played in the development of military
strategies and weaponry in World War II.
 QOD: Why did America get involved in the
war in Europe?
 Agenda: Battles in Europe and American
Goes to War PPT with notes
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North African Front
Eisenhower commanded 107,000 allied
troops in North Africa in 1942
 After months of fighting the Germans
surrendered in May 1943
 Allies hoped to draw Germans away from
Stalingrad (Soviet Union)
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Italian Campaign
Allies capture Sicily in 1943 and Mussolini
resigns
 Hitler turns full attention
 Some of the bloodiest battles of war
fought right outside Rome Hitler did not
want the fight coming to Germany. Effort
did not succeed. In 1945 Germany
surrenders
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D-Day (Operation Overlord)
June 6, 1944
 Occurred on beaches in France, led by
Eisenhower (GB and Canada help)
 7 days of fighting, the Allies held the 80
mile strip
 By Sept. 1944 the Allies had freed France
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82RTzi5Vt7w
Battle of the Bulge
Oct. 1944 Americans capture their first
German town
 Battle lasted 1 month
 Germans had been pushed back
 Allies liberated death camps
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In the final days of war, Italians who
supported the allies capture and execute
Mussolini and Hitler will commit suicide
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known
as V-E Day, marked the formal
acceptance by the Allies of World War II
of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender
of its armed forces.
 May 8th 1945
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The Pacific Theater
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Japan was working on expanding empire
throughout the Pacific
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The U.S. had a trade embargo on Japan to
try and deter Japan from invading countries
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U.S. was able to intercept and break Japan's
secret codes
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Intercepted the code about Pearl Harbor sent the message on a slower telegram (by
accident) to warn U.S. Navy about attack
Pearl Harbor
2 full blown attacks on Pearl Harbor December 7,
Japan saw the US military fleet in Pearl Harbor as their
only challenge in the Pacific. It must be destroyed!!!
“A Date Which Shall Live in Infamy”
Pearl Harbor Continued
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Japan viewed as a stunning victory
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December 8, 1941, U.S. declares war on
Japan
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxIsVYdB
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Island Hopping
A military strategy employed by the US in the
Pacific War against Japan during World War II.
The idea was to bypass heavily fortified
Japanese positions and instead concentrate the
limited Allied resources on strategically
important islands that were not well defended
but capable of supporting the drive to the main
islands of Japan.
 US fights Japanese from island to island all the
way back to Japan
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Island Hopping Reading
Battle of Midway (US win) Strategic island
to refuel ships (1942)
 Guadalcanal- US win brings us one step
closer to Japanese mainland, keeps
Japanese from invading Australia
 Iwo Jima (1945) Americans now in striking
distance to mainland
 Okinawa (1945) Close to Japanese
mainland
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Guadalcanal-Reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQKJ
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 Iwo Jima- The Tunnels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyZU
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 Okinawa Reading:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztvm
UXkS5h0
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Navajo Code Talkers
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Young Navajo Indians who transmitted secret
communications on the battlefields of WWII. At a time
when America's best cryptographers were falling short,
these modest sheepherders and farmers were able to
fashion the most ingenious and successful code in
military history. They drew upon their proud warrior
tradition to brave the dense jungles of Guadalcanal and
the exposed beachheads of Iwo Jima. Serving with
distinction in every major engagement of the Pacific
theater from 1942-1945, their unbreakable code played
a pivotal role in saving countless lives and hastening the
war's end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rSvm3m8ZUA
Atrocities leading up to attack
Worksheet
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Your job: Slam poetry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAx84
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