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T3/20/12; T3/22/11; H-F3/25-26/10; M3/23/09; M4/1/08; M-T3/26-27/07; H3/30/06; F4/8/05

T3/20/12; T3/22/11; H-F3/25-26/10; M3/23/09; M4/1/08; M-T3/26-27/07; H3/30/06; F4/8/05. WWII Strategies & Key Battles ( Ch. 27.4 & 27.5; pp. 779-787 ). I. Theaters of War. war fought in 2 regions: Asia/Pacific & Europe/North Africa A . Asia/Pacific pre-P.H. Japan vs. China/Br.

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T3/20/12; T3/22/11; H-F3/25-26/10; M3/23/09; M4/1/08; M-T3/26-27/07; H3/30/06; F4/8/05

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  1. T3/20/12; T3/22/11; H-F3/25-26/10; M3/23/09; M4/1/08; M-T3/26-27/07; H3/30/06; F4/8/05 WWII Strategies & Key Battles (Ch. 27.4 & 27.5; pp. 779-787)

  2. I. Theaters of War • war fought in 2 regions: • Asia/Pacific & • Europe/North Africa A. Asia/Pacific • pre-P.H. • Japan vs. China/Br. • After-P.H. • U.S. vs. Japan • public – Japan 1st • FDR – Ger/Eur. 1st

  3. I. Theaters of War (cont.) A. Asia/Pacific(cont.) • Midway/Coral Sea • turning point • Japan on defensive • “island hopping” – MacArthur & Nimitz • high casualties • Guadalcanal – 1942-43 • Okinawa/Iwo Jima – ‘45 • “no surrender” • mainland – estimated 1M+ U.S. • A-Bomb – Aug. ’45 • Hiroshima – 8/6/45 • Nagasaki – 8/9/45 • surrender – 8/14/45

  4. I. Theaters of War (cont.) B. Europe 1. Axis Success, 1939-42 • blitzkrieg – conquered most of Eur. • allied w/ USSR • Battle of Britain – Summer ’40 • strategic – factories/RAF • Luftwaffe • civilians – united, rallied • Churchill – “never surrender” • Operation Barbarossa – R • G attacks R – June 1941 • R – 2nd Front?

  5. II. Major Issues B. Europe (cont.) 2. Allied Success, 1942-45 • a. Africa – summer ’42 • El Alamein • Suez Canal • b. Sicily/Italy – ‘43 • c. France – D-Day – June 6, 1944 • Battle of Bulge • low point • last G. offensive • V-E Day: May 8, 1945 • Germany: divided at Elbe (East-West)

  6. II. Conferences • series of conferences • Big 3 • FDR, Churchill, Stalin • Tehran – winter ’43 • 1stmtg. of Big 3 • open 2nd Front by June ‘44

  7. II. Conferences(cont.) • Yalta – Feb. ’45 • last mtg. of Big 3 • R – promise of dem.gov’t in E. Eur • buffer zone • E. Eur. • R agree to fight Japan w/in 3 months of V-E Day

  8. II. Conferences (cont.) C. Potsdam – July 1945 • Big 3 changes • Truman, Attlee replace FDR & Churchill • agreed on little • animosity among Allies • esp. over E. Eur. • US & Br want democracy • recourse? • postponed decisions on E. Eur. • warn J of “prompt & utter destruction”

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