USA Goes to war-Europe

WW2-USA Entrance and War in Europe

Poll

How much do you know about WWII in Europe?

• A lot

• Some

• Not much

​By December of 1941...

• France had been taken over by Germany

• London and other cities in Great Britain were being bombed

• The Germans attacked the Soviet Union

  • Broke the Non-Aggression pact

  • Thought they could quickly take over USSR

• USA was still not at war, though they could not stay out forever

​USA Enters WWII

• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941

  • Pearl Harbor is a Navy base in Hawaii

  • It was a complete surprise

• Around 2400 Americans die in the attack

• On December 8th, USA declares war against Japan

• On December 11th, Germany declares war on the US

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

​Axis

• Great Britain

• U.S.A.

• U.S.S.R.

  • France

​Allies

Two sides in WW2

Multiple Choice

What event causes the U.S. to enter WWII?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• German aggression in Europe

• Fall of France

• Bombing of Britain

Categorize

Options (8)

Germany

Italy

Japan

U.S.A.

Great Britain

U.S.S.R.

place in cat 3

Place in cat 4

Categorize the Following

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Axis Powers

Allied Powers

Cat 3

Cat 4

Franklin D. Roosevelt

"YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

USA in Europe

• USA in two front war with Japan and Germany

• USA decides to "get Germany first"

  • Defense in the Pacific against Japanese

• Great Britain wants USA to attack Africa

  • Germany trying to get oil there

• USSR wants USA to invade France

  • Take pressure off USSR soldiers

• USA decides to Invade Africa, then Italy

Multiple Choice

Where does the USA decide to attack first?

• Germany

• Japan

• Africa

• France

​The Tide Turns

• Germany attacks Stalingrad

  • Terrible mistake, costs many lives

• Soviet counteroffensive pushes Germans back in 1942

• Allies push Axis out of Africa

• Launch an invasion of Italy

  • Italians are defeated

  • Mussolini loses power

• Hitler starts to get scared

Multiple Choice

What leader lost power during the invasion of Italy?

• Hitler

• FDR

• Mussolini

• Stalin

DDay-June 6th, 1944

• Largest sea Invasion in history

  • Over 4600 ships

  • Over 1 million troops

• Land in Normandy on coast of France

• Hitler didn't expect it there

  • Was tricked to think it would happen elsewhere

• France is liberated in August 1944

​The Ghost Army

Multiple Choice

What happened on June 6th, 1944?

• Germany surrendered

• D-Day

• The allies were defeated

• Atomic bomb dropped

​Nazis in Paris-1940

​U.S. Soldiers in Paris-1944

The Holocaust

A Tragic event that we will discuss some more

Poll

After our lesson, do you think you now know more than you did?

• Yes

• No

• Somewhat