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World War II
The following is a ½ year course on World War II. The purpose is to examine the
greatest conflict/event of the 20th century in depth. We will look at World War II from
the point of view of the United States without ignoring the worldwide implications that
were involved.
Students will be able to answer several questions by the end of the course,
attached are the corresponding standards. They are as follows.
1. Why and how did World War II start?
2. Could WWII have been avoided?
3. Why and how did the United States become involved?
4. Could the United States have avoided war?
5. Was the U.S. prepared for war and why?
6. What strategies did each side employ in conducting the war?
7. Were the strategies employed in the winning of the war just?
8. Could the U.S. have stopped or prevented the holocaust from happening?
9. What did the U.S. do on the home front to assist in the war effort?
10. What plans did the allies have for the end of the war and post war
reconstruction?
11. Was the use of the Atomic bomb just?
12. How and why does the U.S. become a Superpower?
Notebook
TAB: Reference
Introduction
Syllabus
Outline\
TAB: The Causes
World War I and the Treaty of Versailles
Spanish Civil War
Axis Aggression: Germany in Europe Japan in the Pacific Italy in Africa
Allied Response
U.S. actions
TAB: Start of World War II
Invasion of Poland
Fall of France/Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
Operation Barbarossa
Holocaust
Pearl Harbor/Doolittle Raid
Operation Drumbeat
The Air War
Strategic Bombing
Fall of the Philippines
Guadalcanal
North Africa
TAB: Turning the Tide
The Home front
Mobilizing for War
Delaware During the War
Sicily/Italy
Midway
Stalingrad
Operation Overlord
Operation Bagration
TAB: Victory/The End
Battle of the Bulge
Crossing the Rhine
Island Hopping
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Kursk
Yalta Conference
Fall of Berlin
VE Day
The Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project
VJ Day
WWII Today
Final Exam