While negotiating with the United States and without any warning, Japan carried out an air attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The attack destroyed much of the American Pacific fleet and killed several thousand Americans. Roosevelt called it that will live in as he asked “a date infamy” Congress to declare war on Japan. After Pearl Harbor, Hitler honored a pact with Japan and declared war on the United States. The debates over isolationism in the United States were over. World War II was now a true world war, and the United States was fully involved. STANDARD VUS.11b The student will apply social science skills to understand World War II by b) describing and locating the major battles and key leaders of the European theater; Essential Understandings Military miscalculations by the leadership of the Axis powers led to a strategic Allied victory in World War II. Essential Knowledge Key Political Leaders of the European Theater United States of America Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry Truman Great Britain Winston Churchill Soviet Union Joseph Stalin Germany Adolf Hitler Military Leaders Dwight D. Eisenhower George C. Patton Allied Strategy in the European Theater America and its allies (Britain and the Soviet Union after being invaded by Germany) followed a Hitler “Defeat First” strategy. Most American resources were targeted for Europe. Axis Strategy in the European Theater
While negotiating with the United States and without any warning, Japan carried out an air attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The attack destroyed much of the American Pacific fleet and killed several thousand Americans. Roosevelt called it “a date that will live in infamy” as he asked Congress to declare war on Japan. After Pearl Harbor, Hitler honored a pact with Japan and declared war on the United States. The debates over isolationism in the United States were over. World War II was now a true world war, and the United States was fully involved. STANDARD VUS.11b The student will apply social science skills to understand World War II by b) describing and locating the major battles and key leaders of the European theater; Essential Understandings Military miscalculations by the leadership of the Axis powers led to a strategic Allied victory in World War II. Essential Knowledge Key Political Leaders of the European Theater United States of America Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry Truman Great Britain Winston Churchill Soviet Union Joseph Stalin Germany Adolf Hitler Military Leaders Dwight D. Eisenhower George C. Patton Allied Strategy in the European Theater America and its allies (Britain and the Soviet Union after being invaded by Germany) followed a “Defeat Hitler First” strategy. Most American resources were targeted for Europe. Axis Strategy in the European Theater