COS STANDARD 9
Describe the significance of major battles, events, and consequences of World War II
campaigns, including North Africa, Midway, Normandy, Okinawa, the Battle of the Bulge,
Iwo Jima, and Yalta and Potsdam Conferences.
LOCATING ON A MAP OR GLOBE THE MAJOR BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II AND THE EXTENT OF THE ALLIED AND AXIS TERRITORIAL EXPANSION
DESCRIBING MILITARY STRATEGIES OF WORLD WAR II, INCLUDING BLITZKRIEG, ISLAND-HOPPING, AND AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS
EXPLAINING REASONS FOR AND RESULTS OF DROPPING ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN
EXPLAINING EVENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF WAR CRIMES COMMITTED DURING WORLD WAR II, INCLUDING THE HOLOCAUST, THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH, THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, THE POST-WAR UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION
Chapter 24, 25 and 26
YALTA CONFERENCE Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin Plan a postwar world
Poland: Soviets set up government, made up of prewar Polish leaders and would hold free elections.
Declaration of Liberated Europe: get to choose the form of government which they want
Dividing Germany: 4 zones divided between, Great Britain, US, Soviet Union and France, Germany pay reparations
Caused parts of the Cold War
YALTA CONFERENCE
POTSDAM CONFERENCE Truman, Stalin Truman wants German industry to recover Stalin disagrees Truman compromises
German industrial equipment goes to Soviet Germany, while food shipments go to the other Allies.
New German-Polish border Truman threatens Stalin with the atomic
bomb if Stalin does not agree Increased Cold War tensions between US
and USSR
POTSDAM CONFERENCE
HOLOCAUST Hitler’s attempt to rid the world of the
Jewish population Ultimately killed about 6 million Jews Final Solution: Wannsee Conference
Extermination camp: killing centers attached to concentration camps; example: Auschwitz
Concentration camp: detention/work centers for healthy Jews; example: Buchenwald
NUREMBERG TRIALS Tried and
decided the punishment of people who committed war crimes from Europe and Japan
UNITED NATIONS League of Nations changed to the
United Nations. Goals: preserve peace, prevent another
world war Made up of
General Assembly every nation would have one vote Powers: vote on resolutions, choose the non-
permanent members of the Security Council, vote on UN budget
Security Council Britain, France, US, USSR and China; permanent
members who have veto power International peace and security, investigate
international problems and propose settlements, take military action to preserve peace
UNITED NATIONS
UNITED NATIONS: UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Universally protects the rights of all humans in the world
Adopted December 10, 1948
30 articles
UNITED NATIONS: GENOCIDE CONVENTION Genocide: deliberate and systematic
destruction of a whole group of people Defines genocide, prevention of
genocide and punishment for committing genocide
December 8, 1948