Tuesday March 30 2010 Grab your clicker Sit

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Grab your clicker. Sit with a partner of the opposite gender but same hair color. When finished with the reading quiz, have out your notes from yesterday – we’ll be adding to those. GRADES will be on the REPORT CARD. You can realize your grade based on the previous report and the assignments you’ve gotten back. Remember : Chapter 34 -36 Test is Wednesday (periods 2 -4 -6) Thursday (periods 3 -5) ** Outline is due day of test **

Where we left off. . NOTES: Ch 36 Hitler cleaned up Europe by taking France & Soviet Union. US declared war on Germany after Pearl Harbor (help Britain) General Mac. Arthur was keeping the Japanese busy – and overtook the Philippines in June, 1944. AND NOW. . WWII, Part II

Use of radar helps both air and sea patrols. Broke German codes – allowed location of U-Boats (ruined German sea war) Summer, 1942 – air raids on German cities ; Pushed Germany out of Africa. By November, 1942 Stalin had retaken 2/3 of Soviet Union Ally Game Plan : attack Europe off Mediterranean. Assault N. Africa – then move North into Italy. Led by General Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower.

‘Unconditional Surrender’ of Italy – September, 1943 (Italians declared war on Germany, October, 1943) Allies move North through Italy – closer to Germany D-Day : June 6, 1944 - Attack Germany from east (Soviet Union) while Allies assault from west (France) - Attack at Normandy (Northern Beach), led by General George Patton - Liberated Paris August, 1944.

US Presidential Election of 1944 FDR wins a FOURTH TERM!! Vice President : Harry Truman

Hitler’s last stand Battle of the Bulge – pushed back line protecting Belgium & France from Germany December 1944 – January 1945 Americans reached Berlin April, 1945 (marched through concentration camps – WHOA. . ) Hitler & FDR died in April, 1945. May 7, 1945 – Germany government Surrendered! (V-E Day : Victory in Europe Day)

Now – to the Pacific! Submarines & air bombing raids ruined Japanese cities & military support. US took Iwo Jima in March, 1945. US took Okinawa in June, 1945. (strategic islands) KAMIKAZES – Japan’s last ditch effort to protect the emperor So what to do about Japan? Potsdam Conference

Albert Einstein – Manhattan Project = Atomic BOMB First bomb – dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945 Then the Soviet Union pulls into Korea & Manchuria, decimating Japanese forces. Second bomb – dropped on Nagasaki August 9, 1945 August 14, 1945 – accepted ‘conditional’ surrender of Japanese. Allowed them to keep their emperor. Official surrender : September 2, 1945 (V-J Day)

Aftermath of War on America One million casualties. . Revolutionary help (penicillin) Two Japanese subs attacked CA & OR, but. . unharmed Excellent war leaders made politicians (Eisenhower) Industry : assembly lines, excess of war products *** The US allowed the government to gain excess control of liberties during war time, but pulled the country through.