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1939-1945

The Second World War

• Describe how WWII was going prior to the United states becoming involved.

• Describe the US’ attempts to remain neutral and FDR’s attempts to support the allies in spite of neutrality. Evaluate the role played by the US in the early years of the war.

• Explain why the US eventually joined the war, and describe our early role in the conflict.

Learning Targets

• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

• German invasion of Poland

• The “Sitzkrieg” or, “Phony War”

• The Blitzkrieg

The War Before Us

• France

• Occupied France

• Vichy France

• The Free French

• The French Resistance

• The Blitz/Battle of Britain

• German invasion of the USSR

The War Before Us

• The Militarization of Japan.

• The Japanese invasion of Manchuria

• The Japanese invasion of China

• The “Rape of Nianjing”

The War Before Us

•Describe how WWII was going prior to the United states becoming involved.

Learning Target

• Neutrality Acts

• Lend-Lease Programs

• U-Boats in the Atlantic

American Neutrality

•Describe the US’ attempts to remain neutral and FDR’s attempts to support the allies in spite of neutrality. Evaluate the role played by the US in the early years of the war.

Learning Target

• Pearl Harbor

• Philippines and other Pacific Holdings.

• Casablanca Conference

• North Africa campaign

The Early War

•Explain why the US eventually joined the war, and describe our early role in the conflict.

Learning Target

•Describe the key strategies and major turning points that led to Allied victory in WWII.

WWII: Learning Target

• Initial defeats in the Pacific

• Initial defeats in North Africa

• German advance through the USSR.

WWII: The Early Months

• Victory at El Alamein

• Casablanca Conference

• Invasion of Sicily

• Battle of Stalingrad

The First Major Turning points in Europe

• Battles of Midway and the Coral Sea.

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Island Hopping

• Kamikazes

Major Turning Points in the Pacific

• Invasion of Italy

• Allied Bombing of German cities.

• D-Day

• The Battle of the Bulge

Final Turning Points in Europe

• The Philippines

• Iwo Jima

• Okinawa

Final Turning Points in the Pacific

•Describe the key strategies and major turning points that led to Allied victory in WWII.

WWII: Learning Target

•Evaluate the decisions leading to the end of the war in both Europe and the Pacific.

End of WWII: Learning Target

• The Yalta Conference

• Unconditional Surrender

• Division of both Germany and Berlin

• VE Day!

The End of the War in Europe

• Potsdam Conference

• The Manhattan Project

• Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• VJ Day!

The End of the War in Japan

•Evaluate the decisions leading to the end of the war in both Europe and the Pacific.

End of the War: Learning Target