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Objective 10.02
Identify military, political,
and diplomatic turning
points of the war and
determine their
significance to the
outcome and aftermath
of the conflict.
Major Concepts
• The U.S. at War
• The Influence of
Propaganda at Home
and Abroad
• Designs for Peace
Terms
• Atomic Bomb: gets force
from nuclear reactions of
fusion or fission. U.S. only
country to use when
bombed Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
• Battle of Britain: 1st major
battle fought entirely by air
forces. Largest and most
sustained (almost 4 months)
bombing campaign yet
attempted. Considered 3rd
Reich's 1st major defeat.
• Battle of the Bulge:
Germany's goal was to split
the British and American
Allied line in half, capturing
Antwerp, Belgium. Then to
encircle/destroy 4 Allied
armies, forcing Western
Allies to negotiate a peace
treaty in the Axis Powers’
favor. Failed, but did put a
“bulge” in the Allied line.
Battle of the Bulge
Destruction of the Atomic Bomb
Terms
• Blitzkrieg: “Lightning War” Offensive military doctrine involving initial
bombardment followed by mobile forces attacking w/ speed and surprise
to prevent an enemy from forming a defense.
• Chester Nimitz: Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for U.S. and Allied
forces during WWII.
• D-Day (Operation Overlord): (June 6, 1944) Day the Battle of Normandy
began, which started the Western Allied effort to free mainland Europe
from the Nazis during WWII.
D-Day
Terms
• Douglas MacArthur: Allied Commander in Philippines during WWII.
Commanded invasion of Japan in Nov. 1945 and officially accepted their
surrender on Sept. 2, 1945.
• George Patton: a leading U.S. Army general in WWII in campaigns in
North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany.
• Holocaust: term used to describe killing of approx. 6 million Euro. Jews
during WWII as part of a program of deliberate extermination planned and
executed by the Nazi Party in Germany led by Hitler.
Holocaust Pics
Terms
• Newsreels: filmed news stories regularly released in a public
presentation, such as prior to and after a movie.
• Pamphlets: unbound booklets. Esp. important during wartime and
political protests as a tool of propaganda.
• Airdrops: used in WWII to supply inaccessible troops and drop
propaganda pamphlets.
• War Posters: gov’t. propaganda posted to entice public to join the
military, buy war bonds, etc. during WWII.
War Posters
Terms
• Iwo Jima: site of Feb.–March 1945 battle between the U.S. and Japan
during WWII. Heavily defended by Japanese b/c very strategic.
• J. Robert Oppenheimer: American physicist who headed the Manhattan
Project. “Father of the Atomic Bomb”.
• Manhattan Project: project to develop 1st atomic bomb during WWII by
the U.S. Refers specifically to period of project from 1941–1946 under
control of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Very secretive!
Terms
• Midway: WWII battle of 1942. 1st major victory for U.S. in Pacific, went on
the offensive afterwards.
• Island-hopping: military strategy used in Pacific during WWII. Pass over
Japanese defended islands to take undefended ones.
• Nuremberg Trials: court proceedings held in Nuremberg, Germany after
WWII in which Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes.
Terms
• Okinawa: fierce battle in Pacific during WWII. Previewed
what an invasion of Japan would be like.
• Pearl Harbor: large U.S. Naval base in Hawaii. Attacked by
Japanese on Dec. 7th, 1941.
• Stalingrad: Soviets vs. Germans during WWII. Turning point
for the Soviets b/c turned away the Germans.
Terms
• Tehran: capital city of Iran. British and Russians entered during WWII.
Stalin, Churchill, and FDR attended the Tehran Conference here.
• V-E Day, V-J Day: Victory in Europe (May 7th and 8th, 1945), Victory in
Japan (Aug. 15th, 1945).
• Casablanca, Potsdam: Casablanca- Conference in 1943 between
Churchill and FDR. Also important air base for strikes in Euro. PotsdamTruman, Churchill and Stalin discussed fate of Germany and post-WWII
Euro.
Potsdam Conference