Monday-
Great Britain- Winston Churchill- born into an aristocratic family- grew up in Dublin, Ireland-rebellious child in school
Came to Power- Joined parliament-in the prime Minister's Cabinet-served in British Army-first lord of Admiralty and part of War Cabinet,WW11
-Lost Power- War was coming to an end, Churchill tried to create social reforms, but could not convince the public
- was only seen as a wartime minister
-retired in 1955 due to bad health
The Home Guard- local defense volunteers - Woman's Land Army-helped supply food for En
- Frequent Bombings- Hitler's goal was to terrorize them until they surrendered-really screwed up their lives
-Hitler failed to gain air superiority- British planes faster easier to move and fly
Propaganda- "Careless talk costs Lives" - be careful what you say, there could be spies right around the corner -"Dig for victory" -victory gardens- We shall never surrender!- V for victory!
Battle of Britain- battle with aircraft-Germans needed to be able to control the skies or else if they invaded they would get shot down by the British
-Alan Brooke- Field Marshal and senior commander in the British Army
Clement Attlee-Domestic Affairs-economy-successor of Churchill
Charles Portal- Commander in Chief of Bomber Command for most of the war- Strategic area bombing
-Marshal of Royal air force
Why the Allies Won
-Germany hadno navy left- British attacked on Berlin, which led the luftwaffe to change operations and planned a massive attack on london.
MERICA-
Japanese attack on Perl Harbor thrust us into the war
-everything was rationed - food, gas, clothing
-Basic Facts- Women got jobs to help with the war effort- had to take over their jobs- brought us out of the depression
- Lost 407,000 in the military
-Franklin D. Roosevelt - born in 1882, New York- college at Harvard- married distant cousin Elanor Roosevelt - got polio in 1921
- Coming to Power- Senator for Ne York- Assistant Secretary of the Navy - Governor of New York
- Lost power- served 4 terms-died by a stroke
- Harry S. Truman- did not attend college- joined National guard- middle name is just "S"
- elected to US senate in 1934- Vice president 82 days before Roosevelt's death
- First few months in office, dropped the atomic bombs on Japan
-Great Britain, France, US, China, Soviet Union
Tuesday-
Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps-lost rights-until war was over
Propoganda- Rosie the Riveter- meant to encourage women to work in factories and they can do things without men
recruitment
battle strategies-defeat Germany first-then Japan-needed to help Great Britain
attack weakest points- Island hopping, making our way towards Japan
Major Battles-Battle of Midway- Battle of the Coral Sea- The Philippines
Operation Torch- happened in North Africa- Battle of the Bulge- D-Day Invasion- American, Canadian, and British forces invaded the beaches of Normandy to push back the German forces out of France
- Douglas MacArthur- cocky- The man in charge of the Army- Aboard the USS Missouri where Japan surrendered
- Dwight Eisenhower- Supreme Allies commander of D-/day invasion
- George Patton- Under Eisenhower- Commanded US troops in the fight for North Africa
- Philip Johnston- proposed idea using Navajo language as a code for the US
Impact - 17 million new jobs were created -federal powers increased so less power to state laws
- women worked
Soviet Union pt 2
over 60 million people died- Stalin's cleansing, sickness, starvation
- everyone was involved-women made up a lot of the work force
-War on their territory
- Ivan Bagramyan- Marshal of the Army- fought in many famous battles- Georgy Zhukov- Marshal of ARmy- allied control council for Germany- most famous russian general of WWII
Wednesday
US before the war- Neutrality Act of 1935
-lasted 6 bmonths
-declared that there will be no trading with countries at war because ships were being sunk
-Belligerents- country at war
-Cash and carry system- so people wouldn't die and ships wouldn't sink
Bases for Destroyers- gave Britain destroyers in return we got naval bases around the world
-Germany could only defeat England with their submarines
-draft- 21 and 35 register for the draft
Manhattan Project- building of the atomic bomb
Paul Tibbits- Pilot for the bomb
-Hiroshima and Nagasaki - thousands of people died- burned alive- radiation sickness
September 2nd- Japan Surrendered
Potsdam Conference
Battle of the Atlantic-
Huff Duff- (basically sonar)- Radar- Magic- code name for Japanese ships
Enigma- decoding machine
June 6th,1944-D-Day
Yalta Conference- last time WW2 leaders would meet together (allies)
Why we won the war- had many resources to make battle ships, bullets, etc. - became a word power afterwards
Thursday
Yalta Conference- Germany would be divided into 4 zones- Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe
-Truman took over FDR
Woman- Nursing- working in factories, typists, typists- Join the Waves - WASP- Women's Army Service Pilots
Semester Test questions
-Be able to describe the causes (in Asia, Europe and for the US) effects and major events of WWII
Be able to describe why the US and Allies won WWII
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