SSWH17 The student will be able to identify the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II. Warm up (Opening):
Work Session Allied Powers vs Axis Powers | Turning Points of WWII (Allied victories) Code talker The name code talkers is strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by the Marines to serve in their standard communications units in the Pacific Theater. Code talking, however, was pioneered by the Cherokee and Choctaw peoples during World War I. Turning Points of WWII (Allied victories) Battle of Midway The battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), one of the decisive Allied victories of World War II, involved the island but mainly occurred between opposing fleets at sea. Fought mostly with aircraft, it resulted in the destruction of four Japanese aircraft carriers, crippling the Japanese navy. The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943), was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. ... It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. |
- Go to USAtestprep and FINISH the section called WWII