Pearl Harbor-
We stopped selling raw materials to Japan. They wanted a surprise attack on the US and chose Pearl Harbor. They hoped to knock our fleet out to make us make a deal with them. Happened on December 7, 1941. 353 Japanese planes. 8 US Battleships were hit, 4 were sunk. Was a pretty laid back day on the base. We declared war the very next day. We lost a lot of stuff while they hardly lost anything. They tried to get our Aircraft Carriers which happened to be out at sea that day. They said they would withdraw from French Indochina if we started trading with them again.
North African Campaign-
Took place in North Africa from June, 1940 to May, 1943. Campaign was fought between the Allies and the Axis powers. The area was in conflict due to colonial interests dating back to the late 1800s. The US began direct military assistance in North Africa in May, 1942.
US War in Europe-
D-Day was on the shores of Normandy France on June 6. Led by General Eisenhower. It was delayed for several days because of weather. 9,000 Allies were either killed or wounded. Atlantic wall was things put in the water to prevent ships from coming onto the land. Paris was liberated on August 25, Germany surrendered on May 8, 1945.
US War in The Pacific Against The Japanese-
Home Front-
We started rationing things to make them last and save money (food, gas, rubbers, metals, health care). The Manhattan project was the project of making the atomic bomb, it helped employ many people, cost 2 billion dollars, that's 26 billion dollars in our time. Propaganda, its the posters and ads to make us seem better and encourage other Americans to help with the war. War bonds, its how we helped the government pay for war. Woman, they started working more since the men were away at war, many nurses, they also started playing some sports. Young people had to work in dangerous work place, many dropped school, lied about their age to join the war. Japanese-Americans, we didn't trust them, took them out of their homes and sent them to camps, they were not killed, just separated.
Holocaust-
Genocide (mass killings of a certain race or group of people in an organized way) of Jews, Catholics, minorities, gays, mentally and physically handicapped, Czechs, Soviet Slavs, people who were not worthy to Hitler (anyone who wasn't of Aryan blood). 6 out of 9 million European Jews were killed. Total of 11 to 17 million people killed all together. They were sent to consecration camps, where they were worked close to death, then they were gassed in a gas chamber, or burned in a furnace. Hitler made it so Jews couldn't be in the armed forces or come into the country and become a citizen. Jewish doctors couldn't practice medicines. Nuremberg laws of 1935, took many rights from Jews. Jewish owned stores and worship places were destroyed and burned down. Death march, Jews walking a far distance to their death. Instead focusing on winning the war, Hitler decided to starting trying to kill the Jews more than ever.
Why did the US and Allies win WWII?-
Woman, home front, factories, weapons and technology, we had great allies, and more allies, presidents, generals, troops and soldiers, Navajo Code Talkers, knowing the enemies plans without them knowing our's, Hitler's and Japanese mistakes.
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