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World War II Study Objectives

The document outlines learning objectives for studying World War II in chapters 25 and 26. It discusses America's changing foreign policy from isolationism before the war to greater involvement as fascist powers threatened Europe and Asia. It also summarizes key aspects of the American home front during the war, including industrial mobilization, the role of women and minorities, and restrictions on civil liberties. Finally, it provides a detailed overview of the European and Pacific theaters of the war, explaining how the Allies defeated the Axis powers on both fronts through major battles and campaigns until the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 led Japan to surrender.

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World War II Study Objectives

The document outlines learning objectives for studying World War II in chapters 25 and 26. It discusses America's changing foreign policy from isolationism before the war to greater involvement as fascist powers threatened Europe and Asia. It also summarizes key aspects of the American home front during the war, including industrial mobilization, the role of women and minorities, and restrictions on civil liberties. Finally, it provides a detailed overview of the European and Pacific theaters of the war, explaining how the Allies defeated the Axis powers on both fronts through major battles and campaigns until the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 led Japan to surrender.

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Learning Objectives

For the Study of


World War II
Chapter 25 & Chapter 26

1. Explain America’s foreign policy that developed after The Great War in the twenties and
was in place at the beginning of World War II. Discuss how the policy changed as the war
progresses, (665-667) ( 674-677) (679-686)
a. In the Pacific after the Japanese aggression began in 1931
b. In Europe as the Fascist powers began to attack their neighbors and the beginning
of the War in September of 1939.

2. Discuss the American home front during World War II, paying special attention to long-term
changes in: (686-695)
a. Industry and big business—War Production Board, Office of War Mobilization
b. Labor—National War Labor Board—role of women and minorities in workforce
c. Sacrifice—rationing, Civil Air Patrol, increased taxes, buying bonds
d. Civil Liberties---Internment of Japanese
e. Demographic shifts--- South to North continues, to west coast, to urban areas

3. Explain how World War II was brought to an end in the European Theater (695-699)
a. War declared September 1, 1939
b. 1942 Battle of the Atlantic
c. Battle of Britain 1942-1943
d. Operation Barbarosa…Invasion of Russia ---Battle of Stalingrad
e. Operation Torch…Nov. 1942-1943 North Africa Campaign—Rommel v.
Montgomery, Patton
f. Soft Underbelly of Europe—Sicily July 1943
g. D-Day…Operation Overlord, June 4, 1944
h. Germany’s last “push”: Battle of the Bulge December 1944
i. VE Day May 7th…German surrender celebrated May 8th

4. Explain how three of the primary “players in the war” passed into history
a. Franklin Delano Roosevelt….massive stroke 12, 1945
b. Benito Mussolini…captured April 28th
c. Adolph Hitler….suicide April 30th

5. Attempt to explain the “final solution” 9697-699)


a. The policy of the Third Reich
b. Anti-Semitism in the world
c. Allied reaction

6. Discuss how the Allies brought an end to the War in the Pacific Theater (699-703)
a. Strategy: Admiral Nimitz & the US Navy & General MacArthur & Island
Hopping
b. Battle of the Coral Sea—May-June 1942
c. Battle of Midway—June 3-6 1942
d. Guadalcanal—August-February 1943
e. 1943 Burma Road reopened to channel supplies to Chinese fighting Japanese land
forces
f. General Stillwell and Chiang Kai-shek disagree over use of war material
g. June 1944—Americans attack the Mariana Islands capturing Tinian, Guam and
Saipan
h. September Americans land in Carolinas
i. October 20, MacArthur’s troops landed on Leyte Island…returning to the
Philippines
j. Closer Allies get to Japan, the more fierce the fighting becomes
k. Okinawa…370 miles from Tokyo…Kamikaze planes attacked British and US
ships….US suffered 50,000 casualties June 1945
l. Japanese cities being bombed with napalm, killing thousands
m. Manhattan project—Einstein—Fermi, Szilard, others (705-707)
i.
ii. Hiroshima…August 6, 1945
iii. Nagasaki August 9, 1945
n. Japanese agreed to stop fighting August 14,1945
o. Official surrender, end of War, September 2,1945

7. What were the arguments for and against the use of the Atomic Bomb?

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