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US History. World War II Battles. Conclusion of World War II - Europe. Germany First Battle of the Atlantic – 1942-1945 War Conferences – Grand Alliance D-Day – June 6, 1944 (2) (SUS Video) Push to Germany – 1944/45 V E Day – May 8, 1945. Conclusion of World War II - Pacific.
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US History World War II Battles
Conclusion of World War II - Europe • Germany First • Battle of the Atlantic – 1942-1945 • War Conferences – Grand Alliance • D-Day – June 6, 1944 (2) (SUS Video) • Push to Germany – 1944/45 • V E Day – May 8, 1945
Conclusion of World War II - Pacific • Japanese Expansion - 1942 • Coral Sea/Midway - 1942 • Island Hopping – 1942-1945 (4) • Invade Japan? • Manhattan Project • Atomic Bombs – 8/45 (5) • V J Day – August 14, 1945
Argumentation – Atomic Bombs Should the United States have dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? Write out a thesis and support it with two pieces of evidence (use at least one document).
Human Rights & WW2 • Mass Bombing of Civilian Territory – Ethical? • Dresden (Germany) • Tokyo (Japan) • Holocaust • Should the US have done more? • Nuremberg Trials • Why was this a revolutionary idea? • UN Declaration of Human Rights • Eleanor Roosevelt
War Conferences Teheran (11/43) • US and Britain would open up a 2nd front in Western Europe • USSR would help against Japan after Germany was defeated Yalta (2/45) *** • Occupation and division of Germany • Free elections in Eastern Europe • Creation of the UN Potsdam (7/45) • Unconditional surrender in Japan • War crimes trials for Nazi leadership