Friday, Feb. 6 Objective: Today we will describe the role and sacrifices of members of the American armed forces on D-Day by reading first-hand accounts and watching interpretations of the invasion. Agenda: • Back to Pearl Harbor • Homefront Notes • Open Notes Quiz • Third Reich video • What did you learn in school
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Friday, Feb. 6Objective:Today we will describe the role and sacrifices of members of the American armed forces on D-Day by reading first-hand accounts and watching interpretations of the invasion.
Agenda:• Back to Pearl Harbor• Homefront Notes• Open Notes Quiz• Third Reich video• What did you learn
1. What were the four turning point battles of WWII for the Allies?
2. What was the long term-objective from the D-Day invasion?
3. Who became President of the US after FDR died?
4. Who were the leaders of Great Britain and The Soviet Union during WWII?
The Homefront• After Pearl Harbor, many
Americans came to fear that another attack was imminent on American soil. Fear-not facts- cause the American government to contain 127,000 Japanese-American citizens in internment camps.
Internment Camps: a prison camp for the confinement of enemy aliens, prisoners of war, political prisoners.
The HomefrontBased on these pictures
and what you know, what was the opinion of
Japanese-Americans?
The Homefront• Much like WWI, many
Americans enlisted in the military, leaving their daily jobs behind. Women stepped in to fill the void and keep making bullets, tanks, planes, and other necessities.
• It was a combined effort for everyone. Dad went to war, Mom went to work, and the kids rationed their food for soldiers overseas.
What is the point of these WWII propaganda
posters?
What is the message to
women during WWII?
D-Day (June 6, 1944)D-Day (June 6, 1944)
Normandy Landing
(June 6, 1944)
Normandy Landing
(June 6, 1944)
Higgins Landing Crafts
German Prisoners
The Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944The Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944
De Gaulle in Triumph!
U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944
U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944
The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive
The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive
Dec. 16, 1944to
Jan. 28, 1945
Yalta: February, 1945Yalta: February, 1945
y FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war.
y FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of influence and a weak Germany.
y Churchill wants strong Germany as bufferagainst Stalin.
y FDR argues for a ‘United Nations’.
US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:
April 25, 1945
US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River:
April 25, 1945
Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945
Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945
The Führer’s Bunker
Cyanide & Pistols
Mr. & Mrs. Hitler
V-E Day (May 8, 1945)V-E Day (May 8, 1945)
General Keitel
Soviets take Berlin
What did you learn in school today?1. What was it like on D-Day
for all soldiers?2. Why do you think the U.S.
Military decide upon a land invasion of the French beaches? Was this for the common good?