Download World War II SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major

World War II
SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, especially the
growth of the federal government.
a. Explain A. Philip Randolph’s proposed march on Washington, D.C., and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s response.
b. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese- Americans, German-Americans, and ItalianAmericans.
c. Explain major events; include the lend-lease program, the Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin.
d. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war industries.
e. Describe the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of developing the atomic
bomb.
f. Compare the geographic locations of the European Theater and the Pacific Theater and the difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering
weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops
LEADERS OF THE AXIS POWERS
ITALY- _______________________
JAPAN-_______________________O
GERMANY-_______________________
Events leading to WWII
Italy
Benito Mussolini seized power, became dictator and made Italy a _______________________ state
Japan
Invaded and took the _______________________ province of Manchuria. (Protested by League of Nations)
Germany
Adolph Hitler became _______________________ (leader) of Germany
Hitler
 Destroyed the Republic
 Persecuted _______________________
 Drove out political enemies
 Made Germany a _______________________ state (one party) state
Mussolini’s army invaded and conquered _______________________ in Africa
German Troops marched into the _______________________ (area between Germany and France) in
violation of Treaty of _______________________.
Germany and Italy sent planes and troops to Francisco Franco, a revolutionary leader in Spain.
Germany and Italy formed the Rome-Berlin _______________________ (Later Japan joined , making it
the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis)
 Japan began an undeclared war with _______________________.
 Though the democracies condemned Japan’s action, the U.S. and England continued to ship vital
______________________________________________ to her
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Hitler’s Legions marched into _______________________ and annexed it to Germany.
Hitler threatened war if the _______________________ (part of Czechoslovakia) were not turned over to
Germany
France and England, anxious to avoid war_______________________Hitler and gave the area to him.
He then demanded and got the remainder of Czechoslovakia after signing a non-aggression pact with Russia
September 1, 1939 Germany attacks _______________________
This marked the beginning of World War II
France and Great Britain declare war on _______________________
_______________________invades Poland from the east and seized the Baltic States.
The Axis Powers The Allied Powers
The United States attempts to remain _______________________ (isolationism)
As Germany and Japan gained ground, the U.S. changes her policy from one of strict neutrality to one of
aiding the Allies “______________________________________________”
______________________________________________ Act, 1941, authorized the President to send aid to the
Allies. The U.S. became the “arsenal of democracy”
The U.S. Made preparations for defense in case of war
 Billions of dollars were appropriated for strengthening the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
 In 1940, the ______________________________________________Act was passed to raise an army
of fighting men.
Western Front
April 1940, Germany invades and occupies Denmark (four hours) and Norway (four
days)
May 1940, Hitler invades Holland (three days) and Belgium (fourteen days). His army skirts the
Marginal Line of France and races to the English Channel
June 1940, France is forced to surrender in the same railway car in the forest at Campiegne, where
Germany signed the Armistice in 1918. Then Hitler orders the railway
car blown up.
The British Expeditionary forces are pushed back to Dunkirk Belgium with the backs to the Sea
Through a supreme effort the entire army is evacuated by the British Navy but all their equipment is
lost.
July 1940- Hitler begins preparations for the invasion of _______________________.
_______________________ becomes Prime Minister of England (Great Britain) and
vows
to fight on.
August 1940- Germany begins the _______________________ (Lightning War) against
England by trying to bomb her into submission
September 1940- The Royal Air Force (RAF) Turns back the German Air Force and
forces them to
give up round-the- clock bombing. Now the Germans can only carry out _______________________ terror
raids.
October 1940- Hitler gives up plans to invade Great Britain and decides to turn against Russia. He
plans to defeat England with submarines by cutting off supplies. His U-boast
sink more than a British ship
a day
June 1941- Hitler invades _______________________. His army drives a thousand
miles into
_______________________. At a spot fifteen miles form Moscow, he is stopped by the
______________________________________________.
1941- Mussolini invades Egypt and is thrown out by the _______________________.
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1941- Italy and Hitler invade and conquers Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Albania,
Greece, and
Crete.
This is done with the leadership of ______________________________________________for
Germany, known as “______________________________________________”.
Events leading American involvement in WWII
December 1941- The U.S. placed an _______________________ on all war materials sold to Japan.
(Oil,steel, iron, etc) because of their refusal to stop her aggression against China. Japan knows she cannot
exist without these material so she decide on radical
action. Two of Japan’s top diplomats are dispatched
to Washington D.C., in early December 1941, to try to negotiate a compromise .In the meantime the Japanese
Fleet sets sail.
______________________________________________-“A Day that will live in Infamy”
U.S. Naval and Military installations in Hawaiian Islands are surprise attacked by the
Japanese
without a declaration of war.
All ______________________________________________battleships were sunk or
badly
damaged.
The U.S. world War II battle cry becomes “remember pearl harbor”
December 8, 1941-The U.S. congress Declares war on _______________________
December 11, 1941-______________________________________________declare war on the
U.S.
______________________________________________-Relocation and Internment of
approx. 110,000 Japanese American citizens. Japanese Americans who were too
close to the
Pacific Coast.Government afraid of spies. Referred to as “War
Relocation Camps”. FDR
authorized the Internment with
_____________________________________________________________________on February
19th, 1942 Allowed Military commanders to designate exclusion areas for Japanese American
“_______________________”.
America Enters the War- WWII- Two Front War
_______________________ Theater-Attempt to defeat Germany and Italy in Europe
_______________________ Theater-Attempt to stop Japanese aggression in the Pacific Region
_______________________ -Within hours of attacking Pearl Harbor, Japan attacks the
_______________________. U.S. forces are forced to surrender to Japanese. American General
_______________________vows, “I shall return!”
______________________________________________of surrendered U.S. Troops
Battle of _______________________-Japan attacks Midway Island (American Naval
station) in an
attempt to wipe out the
entire U.S. fleet.
The critical Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942
______________________________________________in the Americans' favor and
they now
controlled the _______________________.
Pacific Theater-The allied powers leapfrogged from island to island until they controlled the island
of Saipan, the last island that protected the Japanese mainland.
Raid on Tokyo
______________________________________________led the audacious April 1942 bombing raid
on Japan from the decks of an aircraft carrier. Although little damage resulted, his action raised American
morale
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European Theater-Allies prepared to invade Italy and Benito Mussolini. On July 9, 1943,
_______________________ and _______________________parachute and amphibious landings in
_______________________ marked the beginning of the invasion.
Allies led by General _______________________make a secretive massive assault on France near
_______________________.
The secret operation is code nicknamed “Operation _______________________”, which became
known through history as ______________________________________________
More than 150,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of _______________________ in
an
early phase of the largest _______________________ military operation in history
Although the Allied troops suffered heavy losses, including a casualty rate of 90% in
several
companies attacking Omaha Beach, they broke through German defenses after
heavy fighting.
The Battle of the _______________________e-Germans mounted one final, desperate offensive
through the Ardennes Forest, in _______________________, against the
relatively weak center of the
American lines
U.S. Division Commander of the surrounded _______________________were asked to surrender to
the Germans. He sent back his reply, “_______________________”
After 10 days of fighting, the Allies had crushed the German offensive. The Battle of the Bulge was a
major defeat for the German Army; it opened the door for Allied invasion of
Germany
Fall of _______________________
Final Chapter of the destruction of Hitler’s 3rd Reich. April 16th, 1945
_______________________ 20 armies(USSR)
6300 tanks and 8500 aircraft
Allies held off to give _______________________a Free-Hand
Huge Artillery Barrage and Air-Raid on _______________________….. Hitler’s Birthday.
Death of _____________________________________________________________________dies April 1945, his Vice
President
______________________________________________succeeds him as President.
War MobilizationTo prepare the country for war Roosevelt created the
______________________________________________ard to help regulate the
switch to war
time production.
The _______________________ industry switched to almost exclusively making
tanks, jeeps,
trucks,
and airplanes
Role of _______________________ Over 6 million women took _______________________in
factories or took the filling role for men.
3 million women volunteered with the red cross. And over 200,000 woman served in the military.
The most famous _______________________ tool used to draw women
into the workforce was
“______________________________________________”
European Theater
By early 1945, the combined effect of Allied bombing, invading Americans and British troops from
the West, and vengeful Soviets in the East had reduced much of Germany to
rubble.
The Soviets carried out the attack on Berlin, capturing it by the end of April. Hitler
______________________________________________ in his bunker beneath Berlin on
April
30 as the Soviets closed in. On
May 8, remaining German forces finally
surrendered unconditionally
to the Allies.
_______________________ Day- “Victory in Europe”-May 8 1945 the war was
officially over
in Europe.
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Pacific Theater-Japan still remained _______________________. The prospect of invading the
______________________________________________was daunting, especially in the face of projected
bitter resistance from the Japanese people.
______________________________________________-Counter-offensive strike. Capture specific islands
to take power away from the elite Japanese pacific fleet. Gen. MacArthur Commander of Allied forces in
the SW Pacific.
Roosevelt had gathered hundreds of scientists to develop a weapon of destruction, the A-Bomb. This
secret group was code named the “_______________________”
August 6, 1945 the U.S. dropped the first Atomic Bomb on _______________________, Japan.
August 8, 1945 the U.S. dropped the second Atomic bomb on _______________________i, Japan.
The Atomic Bomb- We wanted to beat the Germans.
Develop the bomb and create enriched Uranium before the Nazis did.
Manhattan Project
$2 billion ($22 billion today) 30 different sites. 10 on Manhattan Island
(Project Name)
Made it for intimidation….. Turned into a weapon of Mass Destruction.
We dropped 2 on Japan in the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
_______________________and _______________________- (The bombs dropped on Japan by
the _______________________)
On September 2, 1945, Japan surrendered aboard the U.S.S. Missouri.
The War is Over!
_______________________ Day -September 2, 1945
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