Transcription of 7-11: The United States in World War II
1 7-11: The United States in World War IIParticipation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation s proper role in the participation in World War II transformed American society, while the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis powers vaulted the into a position of global, political, and military leadership. The Battlefronts Fighting Germany Defeat Hitler First Defense at Sea, Attacks by Air From North Africa to Italy From D-Day to Victory in Europe German surrender Discovery of the HolocaustThe Battlefronts Fighting Japan Early Japanese victories in the Pacific Turning Point, 1942 Island-Hopping Atomic Bombs Manhattan Project Decision to Use Bomb Saving American lives Force an end to the war Forestall Soviet intervention Bombing of Japan Japan SurrendersWartime Conferences Big Three Casablanca (Jan.)
2 43) Call for unconditional surrender Moscow (Oct. 43) USSR to enter war against Japan after fall of Germany Yalta (Feb. 45) Partition of Germany Soviet satellite States Potsdam (Jul. 45) Atomic bomb decision Call for Nuremberg TrialsThe War s Legacy Costs 50 million deaths military and civilian Asia and Europe ravaged by war : 15 million soldiers; 300,000 KIA and 800,00 WIA emerges as leading World power United Nations Pledged principles of Atlantic Charter Peace-keeping organizatio
