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    10HASS

    WEEK 1
    • Analyse source data and make reasoned conclusions
    • Explain data trends and what they mean for our
    LEARNING understanding of WW11
    INTENTIONS • Recall different types of sources of information about
    WW11
    INTRODUCTION

    • In Australia, we have a strong tradition of remembering our war time losses and celebrating
    the nation’s courage against tyrannical regimes. Often though, we tend to forget that our
    own efforts, struggles and losses were fortunately small compared to the sheer horrific
    magnitude of loss felt in other parts of the world. This course will examine Australia’s role,
    and the impact of that role during World War two. Before we do, we should use some data
    to fully contextually the ‘World War’ element of the study and fairly place Australia’s
    ‘punching way above our weight’ role against those international giants who suffered
    losses not seen before in human conflict.
    ANALYSE THE
    PAGES 8 & 9
    GRAPHS
    RELATED TO
    WW2 DEATHS
    • China, Soviet Union, Germany and Japan had far more
    military deaths than the rest of the world combined
    1. MILITARY
    DEATHS • Soviet Union had highest death toll
    2. CIVILIAN DEATHS

    • Soviet Union and China had catastrophically high civilian


    deaths
    • Both lost more than the rest of the world combined
    • Poland lost more as a percentage of the population than any
    other country
    • Eastern European countries bore the brunt of civilian death
    The fighting and losses endured by
    Eastern European nations was
    considerably higher than western nations.
    5. WHAT Soviet Union (an ally against Germany
    CONCLUSIONS and Japan) suffered most from the
    CAN WE MAKE fighting.
    ABOUT THE
    STATISTICS? Statistics also show the extent of crimes
    against humanity
    COUNTRIES • Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,
    INVOLVED Burma, Canada, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,
    Denmark, Dutch East Indies, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia,
    Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Hungary,
    Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea,
    Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaya, Singapore,
    Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherland,
    Newfoundland, New Zealand, Norway, Papua new
    Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portuguese Timor,
    Romania, Ruanda, South Africa, Soviet Union, Spain,
    Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United
    kingdom, United States, Yugolsavia
    REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PAGES THAT RELATE
    TO ALL COUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN
    WW11
    REFER TO THE
    FOLLOWING
    PAGES THAT
    RELATE TO ALL
    COUNTRIES
    THAT
    PARTICIPATED
    IN WW11
    THIS DATA COMES FROM 128 SOURCES. WHAT ARE THE
    STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES OF USING SO MANY SOURCES?

    Strengths:
    • Avoids false readings or heavily biased results from a small sample
    • Strong representation of trends from such a wide range of sources
    • Peer review (Wikipedia writers checked the information) helps prevent bias
    Weaknesses:
    • Not all peer reviewers may have sufficient skills so their credibility may be questioned
    • Still only a small collection of sources in comparison to those available
    QUICK • 1939-45
    SUMMARY • Most destructive and largest war in history
    OF • AXIS (Germany, Italy, Japan) v Allies (UK, US,
    WW2!!!!!!!! Soviet Union, China)
    (Axis - alliance of 2 or more nations to co ordinate
    invasion across a geographic axis)
    • 40-50million deaths
    HOW DID IT START?

    • Hitler wanted to expand German


    territories and so Germany invaded
    Poland
    OUTCOME • Germany eventually defeated
    • Japan eventually defeated
    • Soviet Union’s power extended
    • Communist movement achieved power in in China
    • US and UK power demonstrated
    • August 31 1939 Hitler invaded Poland. Poland was promised
    support from France and UK if invaded by Germany
    • German –Soviet Non Aggression Pact signed to prevent
    Soviet’s assisting Poland – Soviet’s given 2/3 of Poland if
    they allowed the German invasion
    DETAIL • September 1939 start of Holocaust
    • Allies were superior in industrial resources, population size
    and military manpower. UK developed radar
    • German Army more efficient due to expert training,
    discipline, doctrine, national pride; better firepower, strategy
    and had tanks. Best airforce in the world but weaker navy.
    • Soviet Union entered Northern and Western Europe
    • French relied on a series of fortification running from
    one side of country to others Switzerland to Belgium)
    to defend southern Europe (Low countries0
    • Germany attacked further north – occupied much land
    DETAIL • Churchill took over in UK and became more organized
    and strategic
    • Dunkirk was a key battle
    • Italy who had partnered with Germany were
    unprepared but declared war on France and UK after
    Germany invaded Poland
    • An armistice was signed by Germany and France on June
    24 1940, giving Germany all northern France and France
    controlled the south. Italy was to occupy a small frontier
    tract near the Italian border
    • Germany had won the war in Europe when it began the
    invasion of Britain.
    DETAIL • English Channel protected UK and UK had more naval
    power. Germany took to air but was detected by British
    radar. Months of attacks, finally won by UK. (The Blitz)
    • UK bombed Berlin
    • US had remained relatively neutral, just providing
    equipment
    • Hitler prepared to invade Soviet Union while Italy invaded
    Greece
    • Japan joined the AXIS after invading China
    • British set up defence in Africa to prevent Italian invasion
    • Japan saw opportunity to become self sufficient by taking
    DETAIL over SE Asia – trade routes and all land in the pacific
    • July 2 1941 as Japan pressed south, US froze Japanese
    assets. Japan declared war on US and Britain
    • Japan set up defence from Burma (Thailand) to South of
    the Dutch East Indies and New Guinea
    • Japan invaded US through Pear Harbour on Dec 7 1941

    • US was taken by surprise.

    • Japan landed in Philippines, and destroyed British air power in Hong Kong

    • 1941 China declared war against Japan, Italy and Germany and fought for
    Burma

    DETAIL • Alliance of US, UK, Dutch and Australia/NZ became operative on Jan 15 1942

    • Japan bombs Darwin 19 February 1942 and enters Sydney Harbour 31 May
    1942
    • Japan won Borneo, Bali, Timor, Java, Singapore – key ports

    • US prevented the fall of Port Moresby –New Guinea (Battle of the Coral Sea)
    • Japan fought for Midway Island (Battle of Midway)
    but had lost most of its ships, trained pilots and aircraft
    carriers
    • Back in Europe Hitler starting making some poor
    DETAIL decisions and was worried about the Soviet Union
    • May 8 1945 War in Europe comes to an end as
    Germany surrenders
    • Atomic bombing of Hiroshima 6 August 1945 by US
    • Sept 2 1945 US victory over Japan
    • Jacaranda textbook PDF on Schoology
    RESOURCES • Booklet - videos
    • Videos and documents from internet
    TERM 3
    • Look over terms on page 18,19 and 20
    REVISION
    TOPIC PRETEST
    WORK TO • Complete questions on page 21,22 and 23 and submit
    SUBMIT for this week’s work
    • Use source documents as evidence
    • What is the source saying, why is it saying that and
    IMPORTANT what does it mean
    SKILLS IN • Be able to identify the writer of the source as credible
    HISTORY or not
    • Select primary and secondary sources
    EVIDENCE –
    SOURCES OF • Refer to Jacaranda chapter 21.2
    INFORMATION • Watch Jac the Blitz in Britain – page 25
    FOR WW2
    1. WHERE WOULD
    YOU FIND
    WRITTEN PRIMARY
    SOURCES FROM
    WORLD WAR 11?
    • Letters from the front
    • Diaries
    • Government documents
    • Transcript of interviews with
    ex serviceman and survivors
    • Newspaper articles
    2. HOW DID MOVIE CAMERAS EXPAND THE KINDS
    OF EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE FOR WORLD WAR 11?
    • First conflict to use extensive movie footage
    • Showed a different perspective of the war
    • Public received regular updates of the war through news reels
    • Used extensively by Nazis and Allies to produce propoganda
    3.LIST VISUAL PRIMARY SOURCES
    THAT CAN PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR
    WW11
    • Photographs
    • Films
    • Propoganda photographs and films
    • Art/Paintings/Drawings
    • Posters
    • Diorama (secondary source)
    6. WHY DO THINK THE
    CARD IN SOURCE 1
    WOULD HAVE BEEN
    ISSUED TO AUSTRALIANS
    AT HOME IN WW11
    • 1942 some food and clothing were rationed because
    production of many goods and services were sent
    overseas to help with the war effort leaving less
    available for those at home
    • Less production occurred because many people who
    would have been working in the factories were
    overseas fighting
    • Also economic safeguard of reducing domestic
    consumption in case supply deteriorated further
    7. SOURCE 2 WHY WERE
    THE MEN IN TOM UREN’S
    UNIT EAGER TO FIGHT
    THE JAPANESE?
    • Determined to hold Timor and repelled the Japanese
    • Had heard about Japanese atrocities – killing, raping women and children
    • Wanted to fight against them
    WHERE AND WHEN DID
    THEY FIGHT?
    THEY FOUGHT IN TIMOR 1941-42
    WHAT WAS TOM UREN’S VIEW OF THE WAY THIS
    PART OF THE WAR WAS FOUGHT?
    • Uren spoke of inhumane, barbaric, and brutal actions of men that happened in the heat of
    war when the worst side of human beings can manifest itself
    8. SOURCE 3 & 4 – WHAT DO THESE SOURCES REVEAL ABOUT
    SOME REASONS WHY CIIVILIANS MADE UP SO MANY OF THE
    CASUALTIES

    • Show the destruction that followed the bombing of enemy cities


    • Many civilians were casualties
    • The nurses are searching through the rubble of the children’s hospital
    • This was very dangerous as the rubble was unsafe and not secured and the Germans could
    have carried out more strikes
    • In source 4, the women move across wide open spaces without any protection from
    German fire
    10. SOURCE 6 HOW DOES THIS
    ARTWORK CONVEY HORROR
    • Scene of total horror
    • Survivors struggling to walk
    • A blind person is in the centre
    • Skeletal people wander aimlessly
    • Naked corpses on the ground
    • No signs of civilization – just a fence that had imprisoned
    them
    • Inhumanity.
    11. WRITE AN ACCOUNT OF THE WAYS THAT
    PEOPLE SUFFERED AND DIED IN WW11
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