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Monday 10/22/12
■Essential Question:
–What role did the United States
play in fighting in Europe during
World War II?
From 1939 to 1942, the Axis Powers
dominated Europe, North Africa, & Asia
Germany used blitzkrieg tactics to
dominate Eastern & Western Europe
England was wounded
Hitler broke the
from German attacks in Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression
the Battle of Britain
Pact & marched into Russia
The German & Italian armies dominated
Northern Africa, threatened the Suez
Canal & the oil fields in the Middle East
The Japanese dominated Asia, crippled
the U.S. navy after the Pearl Harbor attack,
& seized most Western colonies in the Pacific
However, U.S. entrance into the war in 1941 helped
the Allies turn the tide and defeat the Axis by 1945
FDR & Churchill agreed that defeating Hitler was
the top priority, but American troops would be
deployed to fight Japan at the same time
To win in Europe, the
The Allies won the
U.S. had to secure the trans- Battle of the Atlantic by
Atlantic supply lines against
breaking Germany’s
German submarines
coded communications
American & British
troops invaded Italy,
took Sicily in 1943,
seized Rome in 1944
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By 1944, the Allies decided
to open a Western Front by
invading
Nazi-occupied France
Operation Overlord
(called D-Day) in June
1944 was the largest land
& sea attack in history
The Normandy invasion
was deadly, but the
Allied victory created
a Western Front…
America: Story of Us: D-Day
…and allowed the
Allies to push towards
Germany from the West
At the same time, the Soviet
army pushed from the East
Forced to fight a two-front war, By March 1945, the
Hitler ordered a massive
Allies were fighting in
counter-attack at the
Germany & pushing
Battle of the Bulge...but lost
towards Berlin
In February 1945, the
Stalin agreed to send troops
“Big Three” met at the to help the U.S. invade Japan
Yalta Conference to
They agreed to allow selfcreate a plan for Europe determination (free elections)
after the war was over in nations freed from Nazi rule
They agreed to
occupy Germany
after the war
They agreed to
create & join a
United Nations
As the Allies pushed into Germany & Poland, troops
discovered & liberated concentration & death camps
Liberation of Nazi
Concentration Camps (2.16)
In April 1945, the Soviet
army captured Berlin
On April 30, 1945,
Hitler committed suicide
On May 9, 1945, the
German government
signed an unconditional
surrender to the Allies
The world celebrated
V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
The United States & the Holocaust
■ Examine the timeline “Stages of the Holocaust” &
read “Response to the Holocaust from the U.S.”
■ With a partner, answer the 3 discussion questions
& prepare for a class discussion
■ 1. During World War II, women and
minorities made economic gains
mainly because
A.a shortage of traditional labor
created new opportunities in the
workplace
B.more educational opportunities
increased the number of skilled
workers in these groups
C.labor unions successfully demanded
equal opportunities for these groups
D.new civil rights legislation forced
businesses to change their hiring
practices
■ 2. A violation of civil rights that
occurred in the United States during
World War II was the
A.arrests made as a result of the
Palmer raids
B.passage of an open immi-gration law
C.internment of Japanese Americans
D.forced removal of Native American
Indians from their reservation
■ 3. The United States became involved
in World War II primarily because
A.Germany refused to pay its debts
from World War I
B.European democracies supported
United States policies toward
Germany and Japan
C.President Franklin D. Roosevelt did
not enforce the Neutrality Acts
D.Germany and Japan achieved
important military successes in
Europe and Asia