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BELLWORK. What was the outcome of the Battle of Britain? List three similarities between Hitler’s war in Europe vs. Japan’s war in the Pacific. Read: “Operation Barbarossa” on pg. 148-149: Why did Hitler invade the USSR? List three reasons.
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BELLWORK • What was the outcome of the Battle of Britain? • List three similarities between Hitler’s war in Europe vs. Japan’s war in the Pacific. Read: “Operation Barbarossa” on pg. 148-149: • Why did Hitler invade the USSR? List three reasons. • What was Hitler’s strategy for invading the Soviet Union? Why was Hitler able to make advances in the first few months? • How did Blitzkrieg fail during Operation Barbarossa? • THINKER: Who should be blamed for WWII in the Pacific? This corresponds to historians arguments on page 129 in ch 7 packet. Which do YOU agree with? Why?
Similarities between Hitler’s war in Europe and Japan’s war in the Pacific
Why did Hitler invade the Soviet Union?German expansion by 1942
Battle of Stalingrad • Hitler reached Stalingrad by August 1942 & occupied the city • Russians refused to surrender and launched a counter-offensive surrounding Germans in a pincer movement • A military maneuver where flanks of the opponent are attacked simultaneously by moving its outside forces to the enemy's flanks, in order to surround it.
Discussion: Who is to blame for war in the Pacific? • Corresponds to historians arguments on page 129. Which do YOU agree with? • Japan aimed to conquer Asia so they were already planning a war in the 1930s; negotiations were a façade – keep enemy off guard • Japan was pursing a traditional imperialist policy and took too many risks/gambles and “stumbled into” war • U.S. was more to blame for war in the Pacific – Japan was just trying to “liberate” Asia from Western domination. They were continually provoked and mistreated by the West. Fought a defensive war triggered by American embargos and restrictions.
Who is to blame? • Discuss: To what extent was the U.S. responsible for war in the Pacific? • US suspicious of alliance between Great Britain and Japan…. Tries to end it! • Did not want an Asian competitor in the region • Wanted to limit Japan’s gains under the Treaty of Versailles • US passed National Origin Act (stopped immigration from Japan) even after Japan warned them not to • Increased aide to China
Fighting WWII New fighting tactics, weapons, and targets
Fighting WWII worksheet • Today, you will research several new air/land/sea tactics used during WWII. • While in the library, you will take notes from the “Fighting WWII” packet • This is self-taught! Complete good and accurate research!