KICK OFFDECEMBER 13, 2013

a.Central Powersb.Armisticec.League of Nationsd.Bolshevike.Total warf.U-boat

1.Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

2.War using all of society’s resources3.German submarine4.Truce that ended the fighting in

WWI5.Radical Communist group that took

over Russia in 19176.Organization of countries proposed

in Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Match the vocab word on the left to the description on the right.

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QUICK QUIZ!

1. Mussolini (Il Duce) was the fascist dictator of ________________.2. The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life is

called ______________.3. Stalin, the totalitarian dictator of ___________, used the Great

Purge to get rid of his opponents. He sent them to the ___________, or labor camps.

4. Hitler’s Nazi government passed ___________________, which created a separate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship and many civil property rights.

QUICK QUIZ!

1. Mussolini (Il Duce) was the fascist dictator of ________________.2. The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life is

called ______________.3. Stalin, the totalitarian dictator of ___________, used the Great

Purge to get rid of his opponents. He sent them to the ___________, or labor camps.

4. Hitler’s Nazi government passed ___________________, which created a separate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship and many civil property rights.

Italy

totalitarianismUSSR

Gulag

Nuremberg Laws

JAPAN, 1920S

•Economic challenges due to rapid industrialization•Not enough natural resources in Japan•Social changes as Japan became westernized•Built up military

THE MANCHURIAN INCIDENT

•1931, Japan attacks Manchuria (northeastern China)•Claimed that Manchuria was now under Japanese control, changed name to Manchukuo• Japan leaves League of Nations

JAPAN’S FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

• 1936, Japan signs Anti-Comintern Pact with Germany•Work together to stop the spread of communism

• 1937, 2nd Sino-Japanese War between Japan and China•Nanjing Massacre

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GERMANY EXPANDS (AND VIOLATES THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES)

• 1933, Hitler secretly rebuilds German military• Claims he’s resisting the spread of communism

•Militarized the Rhineland• Annexes Austria•Annexation- formal joining of one country to another

• Tries to incorporate Czechoslovakia• Chamberlain’s Policy of Appeasement• Avoid war

AXIS

• 1936, Germany and Japan sign Anti-Comintern Pact• 1939, Spanish Civil War (fascists v. Republicans)• Fascists win, new dictator: Francisco Franco

• 1939, Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact• Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan

WORLD WAR II

• Blitzkrieg against Poland• 1939, GB and France (Allies) declare war on Germany• German attack on France, France loses• Battle of Britain• British radar• 1940, London Blitz• 1941, Hitler calls off plans to invade GB• 1941, Invade Soviet Union (despite pact)

JAPAN ATTACKS

•12/7/1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor•12/8/1941, US declares war on Japan•12/11/1941, Germany and Italy declare war on US•US with Allies

KICK OFFDECEMBER 16, 2013

The American propaganda poster to the right shows a man being urged to be quiet by Uncle Sam, a symbol of the United States.

1. Why is the man- and the viewer- being told to be quiet? How can talk “cost lives”?

2. Why do you think the artist used the symbol of Uncle Sam?

KICK OFFDECEMBER 16, 2013

The American propaganda poster to the right shows a man being urged to be quiet by Uncle Sam, a symbol of the United States.

1. Why is the man- and the viewer- being told to be quiet? How can talk “cost lives”?

2. Why do you think the artist used the symbol of Uncle Sam?

THE ALLIED RESPONSE

EARLY US INVOLVEMENT (PG. 844)

• Battle of the Atlantic• 1. Who is involved?• 2. Why is it so important?• 3. What is a U-boat?• 4. What happened to the Reuben James?

•Winning the Atlantic•1. Who won?•2. How did they win? (Give 2 ways)

BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

•Germany, Great Britain, US involved• If Germany controlled the Atlantic, Allies wouldn’t get supplies• 1941, U-boat (German submarine) sank USS Reuben James• 1st US Navy ship sunk by Germany during the war

THE HOME FRONT

• Total war•Women volunteered as clerks, pilots, nurses•Rationed essential goods• Patriotism led to discrimination•Germans and Italians distrusted• Japanese sent to internment camps

WINNING THE ATLANTIC

• Allies won the Atlantic by breaking the German code•US out-produced Germany•When something was destroyed, the US had a back-up waiting

MORE FIGHTING

•Americans join fighting in North Africa•1943, Germans and Italians surrender North Africa•Next goal for Allies: Italy

SOVIET UNION

• Siege of Leningrad• German siege (military blockade) cut off supplies• 1 million civilians died in the winter of 1941-1942

• Battle of Stalingrad, 1942• “Surrender is forbidden” –Hitler• Germans lost, but massive causalities on both sides

FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC

• Bataan Death March• American-held Philippines, April 1942• Americans and Filipino march to prison camp, many died

• Island Hopping – Allied forces skipped over Japanese strongholds and capture weaker targets• Captured islands would serve as based for next attack

FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC

• For each of the battles below, identify who won.• 1942, Battle of Midway (p 849)• Battle of Guadalcanal (p 850)• 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf (p 850)

FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC

• For each of the battles below, identify who won.• 1942, Battle of Midway (p 849)• Battle of Guadalcanal (p 850)• 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf (p 850)• Kamikaze – Japanese pilots who sacrificed their lives to crash into enemy ships

Allies wonAllies won

Allies won

THE HOLOCAUST

• Nazi Anti-Semitism• Nuremberg Laws created separate legal status for German

Jews

• “Final Solution”: deliberate mass execution of Jews• Nazis forced Jews into ghettos• i.e. Warsaw, Poland

• Concentration Camps• 1942, US and Europe learn about Holocaust• Didn’t react until 1944, when US created War Refugee Board

KICK OFF DECEMBER 17, 2013

1. Neville Chamberlain pursued a policy known as _______ in dealing with the Germans.

2. Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance known as the _____________.

3. The British used the technology of ______ to help them win the Battle of Britain.

4. In 1941, Hitler’s forces began the widespread, systematic killing that marked the start of the ______________.

5. Hitler’s plan to rearm German was an action that would ____________ the Treaty of Versailles.

United Nations appeasement radar ghettoAxis Holocaust Battle of Stalingrad violate

WAR ENDS IN EUROPE

• Soviet pushing Germans back into central Europe• D-Day: June 6, 1944• Allied forces invade France

• Battle of the Bulge, December 1944• Hitler’s last stand• Allies won

• Hitler kills himself, Germany surrenders, and V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)

WAR ENDS IN THE PACIFIC

• Battle of Iwo Jima• Battle of Okinawa• Atomic Bomb

• US President Harry Truman• 1st: Hiroshima• 2nd: Nagasaki

• August 15, 1945, V-J Day (Victory in Japan Day)

POSTWAR PERIOD

• Yalta Conference•What to do with Postwar Europe?

•1945, United Nations designed to encourage international cooperation and prevent war•1945, Potsdam Conference• Drama building between Allies and USSR…

Write down everything you know about the dropping of the Atomic Bomb.

Today, you will choose an image that will go on a United Nations website commemorating the dropping of the atomic bomb.

HISTORICAL NARRATIVES

• Narrative- a story. Like anything, there are many different ways to tell stories

• 1. In 1-2 sentences each, explain the two narratives (stories) about Hiroshima.• 2. Which narrative do you agree with more? Why?

• A- Japanese Experience Experts• B- American Experience Experts

• With your shoulder buddy, read through the documents and find evidence to support your side. Record it on a separate sheet of paper.

KICK OFFDECEMBER 18, 2013

1. The Germans lost the ______________ after being surrounded by Soviet Troops.

2. In some cities, the Nazis forced Jews to live in a _________, or confined area.3. The ______________ was the Nazi plan for the deliberate, mass execution of

Jews.4. On ___________, the Allies launched a major, long-planned invasion of

Europe.5. The ___________ was formed after the war to encourage international

cooperation and prevent war.

United Nations D-Day ghettoconcentration campsBattle of Stalingrad Final Solution Axis League of NationsHolocaust V-E Day V-J Day Siege of Leningrad

GROUP DISCUSSION

My group:The other group’s main points were:• • •

Image title:The following caption will accompany this image:We chose this image because:

GROUPS OF 4

• 2 Japanese Experience Experts, 2 American Experience Experts• Share your arguments• With your group, decide which image you think should

be selected to represent the dropping of the atomic bomb on a UN website.• Write a paragraph describing why your group chose

this image.

• Which images were easy to eliminate?• Should the US have dropped the atomic bomb?• Why is that a difficult question?

• Do you feel like we can judge Truman’s decision? Why or why not? What would we need to know to be qualified to judge?

Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor

US War Aim

American Survivors of the Bataan Death March

General Paul Tibbets and Enola Gay

Hiroshima After the Bombing

A boy’s burned flesh after the bombing of Hirsohima

A Girl with her skin hanging in strips after the bombing of Hiroshima

Treatment of POWs by Japanese Soldiers

Japanese performing experiments on POWs