Warm up Q
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Prompt: Recall an advertisement that you
remember. (TV ad, billboard ad, radio ad,
etc.) What was the advertisement? What
made it memorable?
Please write the question, and respond in
complete sentences!
Axis vs. Allies
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Axis Powers
Allied Powers
Germany
Italy
Japan
AKA “Grand Alliance”
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Attack on the USSR
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 Loss with BofBritain – Hitler turned East
 Operation Barbarossa – Invasion of USSR
 June 22, 1941 – Hitler invades USSR, assumed it
would be a quick win before the Russian winter set
in
 Early winter, Soviet counterattack in Dec. 1941, and
unprepared troops stopped Hitler’s advances – first
time in war!
US Entry to War

Recall: When was Pearl Harbor?
 Dec. 7, 1941 – the date that will live in
infamy
After Pearl Harbor, the US joins the war –
Allies
US fight in Pacific against Japan (Pacific
Campaign) & Europe
 First stop – N. Africa

Battle of El Alamein
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Gen. Rommel (the Desert Fox) & Axis Powers
had Egyptian city of El Alamein
Brits, led by Gen. Montgomery, took them by
surprise with massive attack
Battle of El Alamein (Oct. 23 – Nov. 4, 1942)
–Monty pushes Rommel out
Operation Torch (Nov. 8) – Am. troops
surrounds Rommel, pushed out of N. Afr.
Battle of Stalingrad

Front of Euro. – USSR
 Soviets surrounded
 2nd
 Battle of Stalingrad (Aug. 23,
1942 – Feb. 2, 1943)
Stalingrad and cut of
supplies to Germ. troops
 Both Stalin and Hitler
told soldiers to win “at
all costs”
 Feb. 1943 – Germ.
Soldiers surrender, but
city is mostly destroyed
 Germ. Luftwaffe
bombed the city of
Stalingrad, hoped
Soviets would surrender
 By Nov. 1942, Germ.
controlled most of city
but winter was coming
TPS: What advantages might a weaker army fighting
on its home soil have over a stronger invading army?
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The Turning Tide of the
War

Germ. are now on defensive, fighting on two
fronts
Before going to France, Allies (Brit. and Am.)
attacked Italy – take out Mussolini
July 1943 – invasion into It.  Sept. 3 – It.
Surrenders
Mussolini is captured on April 27, 1945 –
shot and hung in Milan
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Allied Home Fronts

In war-torn countries (USSR, Brit.) civilians
suffered extreme hardships
Am. did not suffer as much (other than PH)
Am. made important contribution to Allied
war effort
 Produced weapons and equipment for the war
Allied Home Fronts

Factories converted to wartime production
By 1944, 18 mil. US workers (mostly female) had
jobs in war industries
TPS: Why were so many women needed to work
in war industries?
Rationing – limits on meat, sugar, gasoline, etc.
Propaganda used to inspire ppl to help the war
effort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLrTNKk
89Q
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War Limits Civil Rights
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 After PH, prejudice rose
against Jp.-Am. – seen as
the enemy
 Feb. 19, 1942 – Exec. Order
9066 for internment of Jp.Am. considered a threat
 Internment camps –
rounded up “aliens” and
moved to camps
 Most were native-born
Am. whose parents were
Japanese
 Many Jp.-Am.
volunteered for mil.
service and fought for the
US
 442nd Infantry – fought in
Euro., most decorated
unit in Am. warfare,
almost entirely Jp.-Am.
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Summary Question
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Should governments have the power to limit
the rights of their citizens during wartime?
Explain your answer.