The U.S. helps lead the Allies to victory in World War II, but only after dropping atomic bombs on Japan. American veterans discover new economic opportunities, but also simmering social tensions.
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SECTION 1
SECTION 2
SECTION 3
SECTION 4
Mobilizing for Defense
The War for Europe and North Africa
The War in the Pacific
The Home Front
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The United States in World War II
Section 1
Mobilizing for Defense
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States mobilizes for war.
VLA : Pearl Harbor with die roll details : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBdIR7_B3JA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv1niwxQgoY
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PHOTO Analysis #1: Study this photo and note 3 to 5 details you notice AND PREDICT what is happening:
PHOTO Analysis #2: Study this photo and note 3 to 5 details you notice (“use the 5 W’s”)AND PREDICT what this is:
Message here?
Americans Join the War Effort
**Selective Service and the GI
After Pearl Harbor, 5 million men volunteer for military service
10 million more drafted in lottery to meet needs of two-front war
*Only accepted those men who passed physical requirements
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Expanding the Military
• General George Marshall—Army Chief of Staff—calls for women’s corps
• Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)—women in noncombat positions
• Thousands enlist; “auxiliary” dropped, get full U. S. army benefits
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Recruiting and Discrimination
Minority groups are denied basic citizenship rights
1 million African Americans serve; live, work in segregated units
13,000 Chinese Americans and 33,000 Japanese Americans serve
25,000 Native Americans enlist
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A Production Miracle
The Industrial Response
Factories convert from civilian to war production
Shipyards, defense plants expand, new ones built
Produce ships, arms rapidly
- use prefabricated parts
- people work at record speeds
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Labor’s Contribution
Nearly 18 million workers in war industries; 6 million are women
Over 2 million minorities hired; face strong discrimination at first
• A. Philip Randolph, head of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• Organizes march on D.C.; FDR executive order forbids discrimination
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Mobilization of Scientists
****Office of Scientific Research and Development— technology, medicine, ADD: also developed radar, sonar, ddt, penicillin
• Manhattan Project (as part of OSRD) develops atomic bomb
The Federal Government Takes Control
Economic Controls
• Office of Price Administration (OPA) freezes prices, fights inflation
• Higher taxes, purchase of war bonds lower demand for scarce goods
• **War Production Board(WPB) says which companies convert production
- allocates (*distributed raw materials to civilian companies for use in making WW2 products)
- organizes collection of recyclable materials
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Rationing
• Rationing—fixed allotments of goods needed by military
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Wrap Up Activities for Section 1: Create web or list of die roll details
#1. VLA review of WPB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs3pgaMcV3w
#2: in groups appoint a writer and a presenter and
Review section 1. Discuss and predict 5 questions I may ask on the
WW2 Quiz. THEN write down your 5 questions and include the
Answers. Be ready to share:
Section 2
The War for Europe and North Africa
Allied forces, led by the United States and Great Britain, battle Axis powers for control of Europe and North Africa.
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Warm uP: Use your Psychic Powers & Predict what shall be on the Quiz!
Review the Section 1 Notes from last class and on a separate paper create 5 fill in the blank questions based on KEY material covered. Be sure to write the correct answer to your question and be ready to ask a classmate! (or the teacher/TA make 2 questions very specific!)
(include name & date)
Sims and Differences? 3 each minimum.
Photo Analysis: Details? 4… clever ones and a headline:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLUyEXO-jI0
Before US enters WW2 there is the Battle of Britain: Only WW2 battle to take place entirely in the skY!
Britain’s airforce (RAF) vs German Airforce (Luftwaffe)
July 10, 1940 – October 31, 1940
The United States and Britain Join Forces
War Plans
**Churchill convinces FDR to strike first against Hitler, Japan 2ndary
The War for Europe and North Africa
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The Battle of the Atlantic (battle on Ocean)
Hitler orders submarine attacks against supply ships to Britain
- wolf packs destroy hundreds of ships in 1942
**Allies organize convoys of cargo ships with escort:
- destroyers with sonar; planes with radar
Construction of Liberty ships (cargo carriers) speeds up
The Eastern Front and the Mediterranean
The Battle of the City of Stalingrad
Hitler wants to capture Caucasus oil fields and destroy Stalingrad
Soviets defeat Germans in bitter winter campaign
- Over 230,000 Germans, 1,100,000 Soviets die
*Soviet army begins to move towards Germany Battle a turning point. An Entire German Army lost
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The North African Front
***General Dwight D. Eisenhower commands invasion of North Africa (Later becomes President in the 1950s due to his popularity)
Afrika Korps, led by General Erwin Rommel, surrenders May 1943 (Germans lose a second entire army of 250,000 men on Hitler’s no retreat order)
Interactive
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continued The Eastern Front and the Mediterranean
The Italian Campaign
Allies decide will accept only unconditional surrender from Axis
Summer 1943, Allies capture Sicily; Mussolini forced to resign
Research from your notes and internet as needed and write a CLEVER essay in a letter format to your family or friends that are back home.
Write a letteror NEWS REPORT home about AT least one of the events we learned about from WW2.
Include 5 to10 accurate interesting details about the event. (more facts equals a better grade)
Possible people to be: Be an American or German or Russian soldier, sailor, marine, a photographer, A War Production Board worker, or even a nurse, a WAAC or a wife, entertainer or girlfriend from the time or anyone else from that time that you may think of….
Include a Title, date of battle or event(s) your name AND sign it as someone from then…
Assigned to US 2CP 9/30
Include A URL or CITE where the information came from of all of the Web site you got information from at the bottom of your essay….
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Section 3
The War in the Pacific
In order to defeat Japan and end the war in the Pacific, the United States unleashes a terrible new weapon, the atomic bomb.
VLA intro:
Review your notes from Section 2! (5 min)
Number a blank paper #1-5.
Include your name and date.
I shall ask you Questions reviewing section 2 …..dun dun dun….
VLA Intro: Die roll:
Pacific War:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqM1zcGjt18
Clever headline and 4 details:
Photo Analysis: Details? Headline? Prediction?
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The Allies Stem the Japanese Tide
Japanese Advances
In first 6 months after Pearl Harbor, Japan conquers an empire
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads Allied forces in Philippines
March 1942 U.S., Filipino troops trapped on Bataan Peninsula
FDR orders MacArthur to leave; thousands of US troops remain
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Doolittle’s Raid
April 1942, Lt. Col. James Doolittle leads raid on Tokyo
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continued The Allies Stem the Japanese Tide
Battle of the Coral Sea
May 1942, U.S., Australian Navy stop Japanese drive to Australia
For first time since Pearl Harbor, Japanese invasion turned back
