Kick Off December 13, 2013

1. Kick OffDecember 13, 2013 Match the vocab word on the left to the description on the right. • Central Powers • Armistice • League of Nations • Bolshevik • Total war • U-boat • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire • War using all of society’s resources • German submarine • Truce that ended the fighting in WWI • Radical Communist group that took over Russia in 1917 • Organization of countries proposed in Wilson’s Fourteen Points

2. World War II Chapter 28

3. Quick Quiz! • Mussolini (Il Duce) was the fascist dictator of ________________. • The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life is called ______________. • Stalin, the totalitarian dictator of ___________, used the Great Purge to get rid of his opponents. He sent them to the ___________, or labor camps. • Hitler’s Nazi government passed ___________________, which created a separate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship and many civil property rights.

4. Quick Quiz! Italy • Mussolini (Il Duce) was the fascist dictator of ________________. • The attempt by a government to control all aspects of life is called ______________. • Stalin, the totalitarian dictator of ___________, used the Great Purge to get rid of his opponents. He sent them to the ___________, or labor camps. • Hitler’s Nazi government passed ___________________, which created a separate legal status for German Jews, eliminating their citizenship and many civil property rights. totalitarianism USSR Gulag Nuremberg Laws

5. Japan, 1920s • Economic challenges due to rapid industrialization • Not enough natural resources in Japan • Social changes as Japan became westernized • Built up military

6. 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

8. 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

11. World war II Chapter 28

12. 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

14. 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

15. 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)

17. 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

19. 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. • Why is the man- and the viewer- being told to be quiet? How can talk “cost lives”? • Why do you think the artist used the symbol of Uncle Sam?

20. 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. • Why is the man- and the viewer- being told to be quiet? How can talk “cost lives”? • Why do you think the artist used the symbol of Uncle Sam?

21. The allied response

22. 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)

23. 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

24. The home front • Total war • Women volunteered as clerks, pilots, nurses • Rationed essential goods • Patriotism led todiscrimination • Germans and Italians distrusted • Japanese sent to internment camps

25. 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

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

27. 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

30. 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

32. 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)

33. 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 won Allies won Allies won

34. 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

39. Kick Off December 17, 2013 United Nations appeasement radar ghetto Axis Holocaust Battle of Stalingrad violate • Neville Chamberlain pursued a policy known as _______ in dealing with the Germans. • Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance known as the _____________. • The British used the technology of ______ to help them win the Battle of Britain. • In 1941, Hitler’s forces began the widespread, systematic killing that marked the start of the ______________. • Hitler’s plan to rearm German was an action that would ____________ the Treaty of Versailles.

40. 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)

46. 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)

48. 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…

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

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