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SOL BOOTCAMP 2011

SOL BOOTCAMP 2011. World War II. DA PLAYERS. European Theater Allies Britain Soviet Union United States Literally dozens of other small nations – DON’T WRITE Axis Germany Italy. DA PLAYERS. Pacific Theater Allies United States – only one you need to know China Australia Axis

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SOL BOOTCAMP 2011

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  1. SOL BOOTCAMP 2011 World War II

  2. DA PLAYERS • European Theater • Allies • Britain • Soviet Union • United States • Literally dozens of other small nations – DON’T WRITE • Axis • Germany • Italy

  3. DA PLAYERS • Pacific Theater • Allies • United States – only one you need to know • China • Australia • Axis • Japan

  4. THE PEEPS • European Theater • Allies • Leaders • Churchill – Britain • Roosevelt – USA BABY • Truman after Roosevelt dies • Stalin – the pinko commie from the Soviet Union • Generals • Eisenhower – the Man • Bradley – the myth • Patton – the LEGEND

  5. THE PEEPS • European Theater • Axis • Leaders • Hitler – Germany • Mussolini - Italia • Generals • Rommel – smart guy, too bad he played on the losing side

  6. THE PEEPS • Allies • Roosevelt – you know this already • Truman after Roosevelt dies • MacArthur – top general in charge of Pacific • Nimitz – top Admiral • Axis • Tojo – emperor of Japan • Yamamoto – top Admiral

  7. How to win a war - strategy • European Theater • Allies • “Defeat Hitler First” – all resources devoted to killing as many Germans as possible • Axis • Defeat Soviet Union, take their oil, bomb the heck out of Britain, and use submarines to keep U.S. out of war

  8. How to win a war - strategy • Pacific Theater • Allies • “Island Hopping” – NO, I’m not talking about the Easter bunny – take one island at a time to get close enough to Japan so we can bomb the heck out of them and cut their supply lines • Axis • Japan invaded the Philippines and Indonesia, had plans to invade Australia and Alaska (did invade an island in the Aleutian’s) and hope we will think they are too tough to beat – how stupid can you get

  9. MAJOR BATTLES AND TURNING POINTS • European Theater • Poland – September 1, 1939 begins WWII • El Alamein – Allies defeat Germany in North Africa • Stalingrad – Soviet Union defeats Germans – Turning point of war on the Eastern Front • D-Day – Allies invade Europe – Turning point of war on Western front • Battle of the Bulge – last German offensive – unsuccessful • VE Day – May 8, 1945

  10. MAJOR BATTLES AND TURNING POINTS • Pacific Theater • Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941 – Japan attacks us, cripples our fleet, brings U.S. into the war • Midway – Turning point of the war in the Pacific – U.S. victory puts Japan on a slow retreat across the Pacific Ocean • Iwo Jima and Okinawa – take these islands after suffering heavy casualties. Okinawa is the bloodiest battle in the Pacific. We begin to bomb Japan without mercy • Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 • Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 • VJ Day – August 14, 1945 surrendered • Signed the surrender treaty on September 2, 1945

  11. Minority Participation • Tuskegee Airmen – segregated air group of African Americans flew in Europe • Nisei – segregated Japanese unit fought in Europe • Navajo – used as radio men in Pacific • Mexican Americans – not segregated

  12. Women and African Americans on the Home Front • Women • Worked in factories – Rosie the Riveter • Worked in the military as nurses, noncombat roles • African Americans • Migrated to cities for jobs in war plants • Sought victory and equality

  13. Media and Communication • Strict censorship of war reporting • Used propaganda to keep morale high • Posters • Radio • Movies • Hollywood produced patriotic movies to keep morale high

  14. Holocaust • Genocide • Groups • Jews • Pols • Slavs • Gypsies • Undesirables • Lead to the creation of a Jewish homeland - Israel

  15. Japanese Internment • Japanese Americans relocated to camps on West Coast • Anti-Japanese prejudice • Korematsu v. United States – upheld the internment

  16. Geneva Convention • Sought humane treatment of POWs (Prisoners of War) • Followed the treatment of POWs in the Pacific • Bataan Death March – Americans suffered horrible treatment at the hands of the Japanese

  17. Resources • Economic • Rationing • War Bonds • Factories Retooled to make weapons of war • Human • Women/minorities enter work force • Military • Draft

  18. Defeat • Europe • Germany is divided – East and West – and occupied • Berlin is divide four ways and occupied • Marshall Plan rebuilds Europe to prevent spread of communism • Pacific • Occupied by U.S. lead by MacArthur • Japan is rebuilt • Becomes a democratic ally in the Pacific

  19. United Nations • Formed at the end of World War II to prevent future global wars

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