Big Picture Theme: In what ways did involvement in World War II fundamentally change the United States’ role in the world?
Overview:
World War II killed more people, involved more nations, and cost more money than any other war in history. Altogether, 70 million people served in the armed forces during the war, and 17 million combatants died. Civilian deaths were ever greater. At least 19 million Soviet civilians, 10 million Chinese, and 6 million European Jews lost their lives during the war.
World War II was truly a global war. Some 70 nations took part in the conflict, and fighting took place on the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as on the high seas. Entire societies participated as soldiers or as war workers, while others were persecuted as victims of occupation and mass murder.
World War II cost the United States a million causalities and nearly 400,000 deaths. In both domestic and foreign affairs, its consequences were far-reaching. It ended the Depression, brought millions of married women into the workforce, initiated sweeping changes in the lives of the nation's minority groups, and dramatically expanded government's presence in American life.
Source: Digital History
Essential Questions:
World War II killed more people, involved more nations, and cost more money than any other war in history. Altogether, 70 million people served in the armed forces during the war, and 17 million combatants died. Civilian deaths were ever greater. At least 19 million Soviet civilians, 10 million Chinese, and 6 million European Jews lost their lives during the war.
World War II was truly a global war. Some 70 nations took part in the conflict, and fighting took place on the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as on the high seas. Entire societies participated as soldiers or as war workers, while others were persecuted as victims of occupation and mass murder.
World War II cost the United States a million causalities and nearly 400,000 deaths. In both domestic and foreign affairs, its consequences were far-reaching. It ended the Depression, brought millions of married women into the workforce, initiated sweeping changes in the lives of the nation's minority groups, and dramatically expanded government's presence in American life.
Source: Digital History
Essential Questions:
- What was Lend Lease?
- Was war between the United States and Japan inevitable?
- How important was the home front in the United States’ victory in World War II?
- How did the US deal with Japanese Americans during World War?
- Why did the President authorize use of nuclear weapons?
World War Looms 1939-1941
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U.S. in World War II 1941-1945
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Witnesses of Pearl Harbor
Read through the first hand accounts of the Pearl Harbor attack by regular Americans all over the country:
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FDR's Cabinet Members and Advisers' recount of the Pearl Harbor attack within the White House
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Sailors and soldiers first hand account of the Pearl Harbor Attack
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