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Goal: 10.8.3 Explain in detail the war effort on the home front & the major turning points of the war in Europe
In-class: Begin 16.4 Victory in Europe Notes, Japanese Internment Camp Primary Source Document Analysis
Reflection #5: Reviewing 16.1-16.3
Answer the following questions:1. What event triggered WWII? (hint: Germany invaded what country)2. What countries made up the Allies?3. What countries made up the Axis?4. What event made the US join WWII?5. What was Hitler’s “Final Solution”?6. What were two tactics that Hitler used to rid Germany of Jews before creating his “Final Solution”?
Homework: Complete any missing assignments. May 7th- gradebook closes for progress report grades. Improve your grades before then!
Thursday May 1, 2014
Part I: 16.4 Allied Victory
in Europe Ms. Wyatt
Spring 2014
Tide Turns on Two Fronts
Russians want Allies to open a 2nd front in France, but they strike first in North Africa
North African Campaign General Bernard Montgomery—will take control of
British troops
Fighting against Rommel in the Battle of El Alamein
Rommel’s army will fall back
Operation Torch—led by General Eisenhower, will catch Rommel while he is fleeing from Montgomery
Rommel will be crushed for good
Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942)
Hitler sends army in to capture Stalingrad Luftwaffe will night bomb the city Russians trap Germans within the city
& cut off supplies In February, German troops surrender
to Soviets Germans were on the defensive &
being pushed back (turning point!)
Invasion of Italy (July 10, 1943)
Roosevelt & Churchill Choose to invade Italy
Allied forces took Southern Italy
Germans seized Northern Italy
Fighting continues until Germany fell in May 1945
Mussolini found in back of a truck disguised as a German soldier Shot him the next day & hung his body in
downtown Milan for all to see
The Allied Home Front
WWII became total war
Mobilizing for War
American factories were converted to make war supplies
17-19 million Americans, many of them women, became workers in these factories
Shortage of consumer goods rationing
Propaganda used gain support
War Limits Civil Rights
Prejudice becomes a problem
February 19, 1942—Executive Order 9066 Japanese-Americans sent to internment
camps in the middle of the U.S. Suspected of being spies, but none were
convicted 2/3 were Nisei, native-born American
citizens Many volunteered for military service
Kicked out of their homes
Put on trains…
Taken to camps
Held in behind barbed-
wire H
Does this sound familiar?
Finish Internment Camp Worksheet-
DUE IN 10 Min.
Victory in Europe: D-Day
D-Day or Operation Overlord: June 6, 1944
The invasion of Normandy, France
Largest land and sea attack in history landed on Omaha Beach
Heavy casualties
July 25—Allies broke through German defenses & led by General Patton, were able to take Paris
Will eventually liberate France, Belgium, Luxembourg
Victory in Europe: The Battle of the
Bulge Hitler’s plan to split American & British armies & break up Allied supply line
December 16, 1944—German tanks broke through American defenses in the Ardennes
Allies caught off guard & during the coldest winter on record
Allies eventually pushed Germans back
Germany’s Unconditional
Surrender March 1945—Allies cross into Germany
April 12, 1945—FDR dies; Harry Truman takes over as President
April 25, 1945—Soviets surrounded Berlin
April 29, 1945—Hitler married Eva Braun
April 30, 1945—Hitler and Eva kill themselves & were cremated
May 7, 1945—Gen. Eisenhower accepts the unconditional surrender of the Third Reich;
May 9, 1945—V-E Day: Surrender officially signed in Berlin
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