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

in school

Warm UpGreen Desk: Clean UpOrange Desk: Gather MaterialsPink Desk: RecorderYellow Desk: Gather Handouts

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?

3. How was D-Day a turning point in the War?