Do Now: 1. Define Island-

Hopping2. Answer the two

geography questions on page 760

Objective: Students will be able to..(1) describe battle in the Pacific Theater

(2) analyze a video for key information

Homework: Notes on Chapter 25, Section 4 by FRIDAY

Island HoppingO Two Pronged AttackO Required beach

landings (High Casualties)

O Amphtrac Helped – “Alligator”, LVT, Amphibious Tractor

Return to PhilippinesO US assembled

enormous invasion force

O MacArthur makes triumphant return

O Battle of Leyte Gulf – Largest in Naval History

O Kamikaze Attacks – “Divide Wind” – Deliberately crash planes into ships

Victory in the Pacific O We will watch a video that shows

footage of two major battles in the Pacific: O Iwo Jima O Okinawa

O In addition, this video will give you an insight into US and Japanese tactics of that theater

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kky8K2p44Jc

Do Now: Read the “An American Story” on page

755 and summarizeObjectives: Students will be able to...(1) explain the events surrounding D-Day and the events on

that day

Homework: Finish Notes on Chapter 25, Section 4 (Be sure to Read Nat. Geo. Insert on Pg

262/263)

ItalyO Americans land in

Sicily & creates crisisO King arrests Mussolini:

O “ My dear duce, it’s no longer any good. Italy has gone to bits. The soldiers don’t want to fight anymore. At this moment, you are the most hated man in Italy.”

US and StalinMeeting at Tehran

O Stalin agrees to: O attack Germany if US

invades in 1944O break up Germany after

the WarO help US with Japan

D-DayO Operation

Overlord – Code name for invasion of French beaches

O Germans knew an invasion would come eventually and fortified

O US had element of surprise on location

What had to happen…O Invasion beginning at nightO Arrive at low tide O Low tide come in the AM so gunners

bombarding coast could see targetsO Paratroopers dropped behind enemy

lines ahead of timeO Moonlit night to see land O Good weather….

The Longest Day (June 6th, 1944)

O 7,000 ships, 100,000 soldiers, 23,000 paratroopers

O 5 Beaches – Code-named “Utah”, “Omaha”, “Gold”, “Sword”, and “Juno”

Operation Overlord O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

=Wx6n-mw0wu4