Objective:

Analyze the US strategies and Major battles of WWII

Std: 11.7.2

Prior Knowledge

Importance

Through the Atlantic Charter with Britain, the United States pledged todeclare war against the Japanese.do everything it could to help defeat

Germany.continue to stay completely neutral.pray for the war to end soon.

D Day

D-Day Significance Allies had been pushed off of Europe Needed to gain a foothold on the

continent again Took a year to train and supply

before attacking If failed, Russia could possible defeat

Germany and control Europe

Normandy Allies leave from Britain to

attack Northern France Operation Overlord – D-Day Amphibious assault on the

unsuspecting Germans Eisenhower supreme

commander of Allied troops Land on the beach and take

out the sea wall

Battle of the Bulge After D-Day spread out

North to South across Europe

Germans make last push to stop Allies

Push into the center of the line, in hopes back to the sea

Attack from behind and take the Allies out

Bulge 2 The Allies were able

to make a stand and push the Germans back for their final defeat

On the Eastern Front the Russians made their way into Berlin

Objective:

Analyze the US strategies and Major battles of WWII

Midway• Japanese tried to eliminate American’s

Naval power• Surprise attack but US code breakers

intercepted message• Moved American aircraft carriers off the

horizon and pulled Japan into a trap• Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers and a heavy

destroyer• Turning point in Pacific• Japan never recovered from defeat.• America kept a base to launch attacks

Island Hoping

In the Pacific the US used Island Hoping.

Jump islands that are heavily fortified but may not be key to the war

Go to islands that are important because of proximity to Japan or resources

Iwo Jima For 74 days, the U.S.

pounded the small island with nearly 7,000 tons of bombs, and more than 20,000 shells

110,000 American soldiers (25,000 killed or wounded) Vs. 25,000 Japanese soldiers (only 216 surrendered)

Okinawa• 180,000 American

soldiers and more than 1,300 warships Vs. 100,000 Japanese soldiers

• 2nd largest invasion in world history behind D Day

• Japanese pilots flew 2,000 kamikaze attacks

Okinawa• Americans: 50,000

dead or wounded – costliest battle of the war

• Japanese: Out of 100,000 soldiers, only 7,200 remained to surrender

• The importance of these battles was that the U.S. was able to bomb the Japanese islands at will

Firebombing Europe and Japan Goal: destroy cities All major cities were

“fair” game Some considered

this to be war crimes

Morale: left people undeterred, they wanted revenge

Atlantic Charter

Set up goals for Post War worldNo territorial gains by US or BritainPeople have human rightsLower Trade barriersFreedom of the seasWorld free of want and fear

Roosevelt couldn’t promise declaration of war

Do everything to “force an incident”

Importance

Through the Atlantic Charter with Britain, the United States pledged todeclare war against the Japanese.do everything it could to help defeat

Germany.continue to stay completely neutral.pray for the war to end soon.

Closure

During World War II, the Allied invasion of France on D-Day (June 6, 1944) was significant because itdemonstrated the power of the atomic

bomb.resulted in a successful German revolt

against Hitler and the Nazi Party.led to the immediate surrender of German

and Italian forces.forced Germany to fight a two-front war.

Closure

What tactic was used by the United States in the Pacific theaterBlitzkriegSurprise AttackIsland HoppingSchlieffen Plan

Closure

The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked thelast German offensive.liberation of the death camps.Allies' first victory in a land battle.Axis powers' first loss in a land battle.

Closure

Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of an attack were intercepted?the Soviet Unionthe United StatesJapanGreat Britain