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Understanding the War in Europe: Review Notes and Class Agenda for April 28

This guide outlines the activities for the April 28 class, focusing on the War in Europe. The warm-up activity involves individual completion of the review sheet, both with and without notes, followed by checking answers with a partner. Key agenda items include reviewing class schedule, watching a video on the War in Europe, and preparing review questions for upcoming classes. The document also highlights significant events and strategies during the war, including notable figures like Churchill, FDR, and key military operations such as Operation Torch and Operation Overlord.

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Understanding the War in Europe: Review Notes and Class Agenda for April 28

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  1. Warm-Up 4/28 Complete the review sheet in the following order: • Individually, without your notes • Then, with your notes • Finally, check answers with your partner

  2. Agenda 4/28 • Warm-Up • Review Class Schedule • The War In Europe Notes (Part II) • “War in Europe” Video • Prepare Review Questions

  3. Upcoming Class Schedule • Today: Finish the War in Europe • Friday, 4/30: End of War/Legacy • Monday, 5/3: Review Session for Exam • Wednesday, 5/5: Movie • Friday, 5/7: WWII Exam

  4. Assignment #45: War in Europe Notes (Part II)

  5. Churchill and FDR Meeting • December 22, 1941 • Meet at the White House to develop joint war policy • Plan: weaken Germany on two fronts • North Africa/southern Europe • France

  6. North Africa Campaign • Codename: “Operation Torch” • Over 100,000 Allied troops • Launched as Rommel retreats West after GB victory • Africa Korp beaten by May 1943 • Allied victory Major Players: • Gen. Rommel (Germany) • Gen. Montgomery (GB) • Gen. Eisenhower (US)

  7. What happened to Barbarossa? • Germans had been stalled at Leningrad and Moscow • Ready to attack after recovering from winter • Launch Battle of Stalingrad Aug. 1942 • Another winter…Soviets surround Germans • 90K Germans surrender; Soviets march West

  8. Italy • Attack decided by FDR and Churchill after meeting at Casablanca • July 1943, “Operation Husky” launched • Allies capture Sicily and topple Mussolini • Italy surrenders, but fighting continues through 1945

  9. Now onto France… • Part Two of the two-front strategy • Plan: attack Germans across the English Channel at Normandy • Big fight, but Allies dig in until more troops arrive • Aug 25 – Allies march into Paris D-Day Facts • June 6, 1944 • Led by Gen. Eisenhower • 3.5 million troops • Codename: “Operation Overlord” • Greatest land and sea attack in history

  10. Battle of the Bulge • Sept. 1944 – France, Belgium, Netherlands free from Germans • Dec. 1944 - Battle of the Bulge = last German offensive • Allies win • Hitler commits suicide at Chancellery Bunker the next April • German surrender in May 1945

  11. Prep for Review Session • Fascism – 3/17, 3/26 • Competing Ideologies – 3/24 • WWII Causes – 3/29 • Hitler and Stalin – 4/2 • Fall of France/Battle of Britain – 4/5 • Operation Barbarossa – 4/7 • Pearl Harbor – 4/7, 4/26 • Holocaust – 4/9, 4/23 • War in the Pacific – 4/26 • War in Europe – 4/28

  12. Your Group’s Task • Draft 3-5 review questions within your group about your assigned topic • Format: Multiple Choice with four options (A,B,C,D) • You must write out each question and answer on a sheet of binder paper and turn it in • Circle the correct answer

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