WWII: Turning Point for the United States

1. TURN IN RSG 24

2. Bellwork First: Read the author and date of the quote Second: Read the quote to yourself 3 times Third: Answer the 4 questions in order From Depression to War https://youtu.be/4PF1SKaf6z8

3. I can write an informed response that connects a quote from FDR in 1941 and U2: Participation in WWII was a turning point for the United States as a nation and its role in the world. Learning Target

4. Unit 3 Understanding 2 Participation in WWII was a turning point for the United States and its role in the world What makes something a turning point?

5. WWII Axis and Allied Powers

6. Although WWII began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until 1941. In 1940, Japan was planning on taking over the Pacific Islands in order to gain much needed rubber and oil. One of the areas Japan wanted included the American territory of the Philippines. The United States responded to Japan’s aggression in the Pacific by applying economic pressure on them. Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets that were in American banks, preventing the Japanese from obtaining funds they had in the United States. He also stopped the sale of oil, gasoline, and other natural resources that Japan lacked. Annotate the text as you read

7. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise air attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After just two hours of bombing, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, 21 ships had either been sunk or damaged, and more than 188 U.S. aircraft had been destroyed. The attack at Pearl Harbor outraged Americans. The U.S. declared war on Japan the following day, officially entering World War II. In 1942, Additionally, FDR enacted Executive Order 9066 which resulted in the relocation of Japanese Americans living in the U.S. into Internment Camps on the west coast. The United States faced a mammoth job in December 1941. Ill-equipped and wounded, the nation was at war with three formidable adversaries. It had to prepare to fight on two distant and very different fronts, Europe and the Pacific.The United States fought in the pacific against Japan and also in Europe against Germany. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdIR7_B3JA(3:14)

8. Among the war's major turning points for the United States was the Battle of Midway (1942). The US troops at sea and on Midway continued their attacks, forcing the Japanese to abandon the battle and retreat. The Japanese lost approximately 3,057 men, four carriers, one cruiser, and hundreds of aircraft, while the United States lost approximately 362 men, one carrier, one destroyer, and 144 aircraft. This critical US victory stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire through a years-long series of island-hopping invasions and several even larger naval battles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-au50GxIXw (4:01)

9. The Allied invasion of France (1944), In Europe, the Battle of Normandy, in 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. The battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along the coast of France. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious (water) military assaults in history. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.

10. President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. As a result, The United States on August 6, 1945, under President Harry Truman, sent an American B-29 bomber that dropped theworld’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second American B-29 dropped another A-bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” On May 7, 1945, seven days after Hitler committed suicide, Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. Japan fought on alone, surrendering formally on September 2, 1945. WWII came to and end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wxWNAM8Cso (4:12)

11. Go back into the reading to accurately answer these questions with details • What made the United States officially enter into WWII on December 8, 1941? • What was the biggest problem the United States had to face as they prepared for war? • Describe why the Battle of Midway 1942 was a turning point for the United States. • Describe the Battle of Normandy aka D-Day invasion and its result. • Do you believe it was necessary for the U.S. to use such a deadly weapon against Japan? Why or why not? • How did the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki become a turning point for the United States and it role in the world?

12. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory” Participation in WWII was a turning point for the United States and its role in the world Use the information from the language dive, learned knowledge from text and the unit understanding to develop your response. In a minimum of 8 sentences respond to the question below. CRQ: How does FDR’s quote and the unit understandingalign together?