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Key Concepts

• the different types of people who served in the U.S. military during WWII
• key advances by Allied forces in North Africa and Italy
• the major steps taken to force Germany's surrender, including the air war over Europe, D-Day, and the Battle of the Bulge
• Conditions surrounding the final German surrender
• the ways in which WWII served to magnify the problems of African Americans, both in the military and on the homefront

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• the strategic importance of the island hopping campaign
• the tactics involved in island hopping and the style of combat they involved
• the actions take by the Japanese as they became more desperate in their defense (Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc.)
• the key factors involved in the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb

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• the major ways the U.S. economy was changed to boost wartime production
• the impact of the war on the American workforce, especially as it relates to unions and the role of women

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• The ways that war shaped daily life on the homefront, especially as it relates to popular culture and support for the war
• The ways that war changed the lives of women through employment
• the specific challenges wartime life brought to women
• the reasons for the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, and the realities of the internment process for the internees