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Notes - U.S. Strategy for Winning World War II
Slide A: The U.S. Alliance with Great Britain and the Soviet Union - In this slide you see a
poster of the “Big Three”: British prime minister Winston Churchill, U.S. president Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, and Soviet prime minister Josef Stalin.
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Why did they align?
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What did Stalin want?
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Impact on Eastern Front:
Slide B: The Allied Invasion of Northwestern Europe - In this slide you see General Dwight
D. Eisenhower, the Allied supreme commander, giving orders to troops shortly before the
invasion at Normandy.
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The invasion was code named ________________________ and came to be known as
__________________________.
D-Day began on ____________________________.
Allied troops faced…
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By fall 1944…
Slide C: The Battle of the Bulge – In this slide you see three U.S. soldiers trying to identify the
body of another soldier who was machine-gunned after being taken as prisoner by the German
Nazis in January of 1945.
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Hitler launched a surprise offensive…
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What did American troops face?
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How did Germany go on the offense?
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How did it end?
Slide D: The Allied Victory in Europe - In this slide we see Trafalgar Square in London filled
with people celebrating the German surrender and the end of World War II in Europe.
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Hitler delayed surrender until-
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Where did the Allies meet?
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On April 25, 1945…
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On May 7, 1945…
Slide E: U.S. Strategy in the Pacific War - In this slide we see a map of Asia and the Pacific
during World War II.
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In December of 1941…
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The U.S. military and political leadership adopted an “_______________________” approach to
defeat the Japanese in the Pacific.
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What was the Doolittle Raid?
Slide F: The Turning Point of the Pacific War - In this slide we see Americans abandoning
the carrier Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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The key to winning the Pacific war was…
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The first major battle between the American and Japanese fleets was
__________________________________.
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What was key about the Battle of Midway?
Slide G: The Battle of Iwo Jima - In this slide we see men taking cover in the black sands
of the island of Iwo Jima in February 1945.
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In 1943 and 1944, the United States captured…
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Describe fighting on Iwo Jima.
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What was the impact of American victory at Iwo Jima and then Okinawa?
Slide H: The End of World War II - In this slide we see U.S. soldiers raising the American
flag atop Mount Surabachi on the island of Iwo Jima.
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Explain the Manhattan Project.
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Over _______ people were killed in the bombing, and the Japanese surrendered on
__________________________.
World War II was a costly war: ______________________ American soldiers were killed and,
worldwide, as many as _______________________ lives were lost.
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