I.C.9-12.8

Analyze and evaluate the causes, events and impacts of World War II from various perspectives, to include:<ol type="a"><li>failures and successes of the treaty of Versailles and the league of nations; rise of totalitarianism (e.g., Nazi Germany's policies of European domination, holocaust)</li><li>political, diplomatic and military leadership (e.g., Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco)</li><li>principal theaters of battle, major turning points and geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., Pearl Harbor, "island-hopping," D-Day invasion, Stalingrad, atomic bombs dropped on Japan)</li></ol>