Quickwrite

• Was America Justified in using the Atomic Bomb? Explain your reasoning.

• During the video, note pros and cons as demonstrated by visuals and events.

Closure- On Quickwrite Paper

• Was America justified in using the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Explain.

• Use your notes from the video to support your answer. Finish for HW if you need more time.

By: Ms. Susan M. PojerBy: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua,

NYNY

By: Ms. Susan M. PojerBy: Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua,

NYNY

Quickwrite

• What event “officially” signals the beginning of WWII?

• Please pass your homework (Ch. 18 Section 2a forward).

The Versailles TreatyThe Versailles Treaty

A Weak League of Nations

A Weak League of Nations

The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations

The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations

y No control of major conflicts.y No progress in disarmament.y No effective military force.

Failure of the Weimar RepublicFailure of the Weimar Republic

The Great DepressionThe Great Depression

Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931

Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931

Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935

Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935

Emperor Haile

Selassie

Germany Invades the Rhineland

March 7, 1936

Germany Invades the Rhineland

March 7, 1936

U. S. Neutrality Acts:1934, 1935, 1937, 1939

U. S. Neutrality Acts:1934, 1935, 1937, 1939

The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939

The Spanish Civil War:1936 - 1939

The Spanish Civil War:A Dress Rehearsal for WW II?

The Spanish Civil War:A Dress Rehearsal for WW II?

Italian troops in Madrid

“Guernica” by Pablo Picasso

“Guernica” by Pablo Picasso

The Japanese Invasionof China, 1937

The Japanese Invasionof China, 1937

The Austrian Anschluss, 1938The Austrian Anschluss, 1938

The “Problem” of theSudetenland

The “Problem” of theSudetenland

Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938

Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938

Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do

business with.

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939

Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939

The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939

The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939

Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop &

Molotov

Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939

Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939

Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940

The Tripartite Pact

European Theater of Operations

European Theater of Operations

The “Phoney War” Ends:

Spring, 1940

The “Phoney War” Ends:

Spring, 1940• After the

invasion of Poland, there was a lull in the action. This is called the “Phony war.”

Blitzkrieg- Lightning War

• Spring 1940- Hitler attacked Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Dunkirk EvacuatedJune 4, 1940

Dunkirk EvacuatedJune 4, 1940

Operation Dynamo commences and 300k men are evacuated from Dunkirk aboard “anything that floats.”

France SurrendersJune, 1940

France SurrendersJune, 1940

Now Britain Is All Alone!Now Britain Is All Alone!

US Congress agrees to loan $Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union..........................$11 billionFrance..................................$3 billionChina..................................$1.5 billionOther European......................$500 millionSouth America.......................$400 million

The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941

U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941

Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”Germany begins operation

Sea Lion, a joint sea and air invasion of Great Britain.

Just short of success, Hitler abandons the strategy and begins to plan an invasion the USSR.

The London “Tube”:Air Raid Shelters during the

Blitz

The London “Tube”:Air Raid Shelters during the

Blitz

The Royal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

The Atlantic CharterThe Atlantic Chartery Roosevelt and

Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941.

Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest

Mistake?

Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest

Mistake?

Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

German Army Russian Army1,011,500 men 1,000,500 men

10,290 artillery guns

13,541 artillery guns

675 tanks 894 tanks

1,216 planes 1,115 planes

The North Africa Campaign:

The Battle of El Alamein, 1942

The North Africa Campaign:

The Battle of El Alamein, 1942 Gen. Ernst

Rommel,The “Desert Fox”

Gen. Bernard Law

Montgomery(“Monty”)

The “Big Three”The “Big Three”

Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

Bert Schapelhouman

• What was the most memorable thing Bert said to you yesterday?

• I called Mr. Schapelhouman last night to thank him for coming to class. He related that he loves nature and the outdoors. I bought an Ansel Adams card that I thought we might sign. I will deliver it.

Good Morning!Thanks for your work on the D-Day

Simulations.• Please pass your homework forward.• Please pass your D-Day invasion plan

forward (name of the person who did each job on each paper and stapled)

• Do you need a semester 2 project paper? (A’s and B’s)

• Review the WWII Study Guide• Take out your spiral notebooks for

some notes.

Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation

Overlord”]

Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation

Overlord”]

D-Day (June 6, 1944)D-Day (June 6, 1944)

Normandy Landing

(June 6, 1944)

Normandy Landing

(June 6, 1944)

Higgins Landing Crafts

German Prisoners

TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944TThe Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944

De Gaulle in Triumph!

U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive

The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive

Dec. 16, 1944to

Jan. 28, 1945

Yalta: February, 1945Yalta: February, 1945

y FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war.

y FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of influence and a weak Germany.

y Churchill wants strong Germany as bufferagainst Stalin.

y FDR argues for a ‘United Nations’.

US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:

April 25, 1945

US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:

April 25, 1945

Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed

Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed

Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed

Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed

Mass Graves at Bergen-Belsen

Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945

Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945

The Führer’s Bunker

Cyanide & Pistols

Mr. & Mrs. Hitler

V-E Day (May 8, 1945)V-E Day (May 8, 1945)

General Keitel

Good Morning!

• Please turn in your homework (War in the Pacific)

• Take out your spiral notebooks for some notes.

• There will be a formative assessment at the end of the period.

Prelude to Pearl Harbor

• In 1941 the US cuts all oil exports to Japan.

• Japan simultaneously prepares to attack the US and sends diplomats to Washington.

Pearl HarborPearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941

A date which will live in infamy!

President Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of WarPresident Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of War

Pacific Theater of Operations

Pacific Theater of Operations

U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,

the Philippines [March, 1942]

U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor,

the Philippines [March, 1942]

Bataan Death March: April, 1942

Bataan Death March: April, 1942

76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans] Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to

POW camps in the Philippines.

Allied Counter-Offensive:“Island-Hopping”

Allied Counter-Offensive:“Island-Hopping”

Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942

Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942

Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942

Battle of Midway Island:June 4-6, 1942

US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,

Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

US Marines on Mt. Surbachi,

Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

Potsdam Conference:July, 1945

Potsdam Conference:July, 1945

y Make conditions for Japanese surrender.y The United States

has the A-bomb.y Allies agree Germany

is to be divided into occupation zones.

P.M. Clement President Joseph Atlee Truman Stalin

Tinian Island, 1945Tinian Island, 1945

Little Boy Fat ManLittle Boy Fat Man

Enola Gay Crew

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945

Hiroshima – August 6, 1945

© 70,000 killed immediately.

© 48,000 buildings.

destroyed.© 100,000s died of

radiation poisoning & cancer later.

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945

Nagasaki – August 9, 1945

©40,000 killed immediately.

©60,000 injured.©100,000s died of

radiation poisoning& cancer later.

V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

V-J Day (September 2, 1945)

V-J Day in Times Square, NYC

V-J Day in Times Square, NYC

WW II Casualtie

s

WW II Casualtie

s

Country Country Men in war Men in war Battle deaths Battle deaths WoundedWounded

Australia Australia 1,000,000 1,000,000 26,976 26,976 180,864180,864

Austria Austria 800,000 800,000 280,000 280,000 350,117350,117

Belgium Belgium 625,000 625,000 8,460 8,460 55,51355,51311

BrazilBrazil22 40,334 40,334 943 943 4,2224,222

Bulgaria Bulgaria 339,760 339,760 6,671 6,671 21,87821,878

Canada Canada 1,086,3431,086,34377 42,04242,04277 53,14553,145

ChinaChina33 17,250,5217,250,521 1

1,324,516 1,324,516 1,762,0061,762,006

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia — — 6,6836,68344 8,0178,017

Denmark Denmark — — 4,339 4,339 ——

Finland Finland 500,000 500,000 79,047 79,047 50,00050,000

France France — — 201,568 201,568 400,000400,000

Germany Germany 20,000,0020,000,000 0

3,250,0003,250,00044 7,250,0007,250,000

Greece Greece — — 17,024 17,024 47,29047,290

Hungary Hungary — — 147,435 147,435 89,31389,313

India India 2,393,891 2,393,891 32,121 32,121 64,35464,354

Italy Italy 3,100,000 3,100,000 149,496149,49644 66,71666,716

Japan Japan 9,700,000 9,700,000 1,270,000 1,270,000 140,000140,000

Netherlands Netherlands 280,000 280,000 6,500 6,500 2,8602,860

New Zealand New Zealand 194,000 194,000 11,62511,62544 17,00017,000

Norway Norway 75,000 75,000 2,000 2,000 ——

Poland Poland — — 664,000 664,000 530,000530,000

Romania Romania 650,000650,00055 350,000350,00066 ——

South Africa South Africa 410,056 410,056 2,473 2,473 ——

U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. — — 6,115,0006,115,00044 14,012,0014,012,0000

United Kingdom United Kingdom 5,896,000 5,896,000 357,116357,11644 369,267369,267

United States United States 16,112,5616,112,566 6

291,557 291,557 670,846670,846

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 3,741,000 3,741,000 305,000 305,000 425,000425,000

1. Civilians only.2. Army and navy figures.3. Figures cover period

July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps.

4. Deaths from all causes.5. Against Soviet Russia;

385,847 against Nazi Germany.

6. Against Soviet Russia; 169,822against Nazi Germany.

7. National Defense Ctr., CanadianForces Hq., Director of History.

Massive Human Dislocations

Massive Human Dislocations

The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two

Superpowers of the later 20c

The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two

Superpowers of the later 20c

The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of

the Cold War

The Bi-Polarization of Europe: The Beginning of

the Cold War

7 Future American Presidents Served in World War II

7 Future American Presidents Served in World War II

The Emergence of Third World Nationalist

Movements

The Emergence of Third World Nationalist

Movements

The De-Colonization of European Empires

The De-Colonization of European Empires

Quickwrite

• At the beginning of the unit I had you write down everything you knew about WWII.

• Then we had a Moodle post that asked what you want to know. (In a moment we will review these.)

• Now I want to know what you learned. Please quickly list everything you learned about WWII in our unit.