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20. Navajo Code Talkers
- People who knew a different language and sent war messages
- 29 men sent messages across the world and the Germans could not figure it out because the language was never written down
- The recieved no recognition until the declassification of the operation in 1968
- silver medals given to the 4 survivors; gold given to the families of the others
- August 14-Navajo Code Talkers Day
- gave victory to US
21. Doolittle's Raid
- led by Doolittle
- April 18,1942
- US first air attack on Japan
- we had to launch from aircraft carriers
- had to crash land in china cause they couldn't land on the aircraft carriers
- all aircraft was lost; 11 men were either dead or a POW
22. Manhattan Project
- project to build an atomic bomb
- they heard that hitler was going to build one but all of his scientists were jewsish so he killed them or they left
- Nobody knew what they were doing cause it was top secret
- J Robert Oppenheimer was very important sceintist in charge
- people had to keep a very good eye on him b/c they thought that he would turn on them
- Trinity- code name of the test bomb "Fat Boy"
23. Hiroshima bombing
- August 6, 1945
- "Little Boy"-Uraniun 235 Bomb
- Pul Tbbits
- Dr. only helped the people that they thought would make it and left the serverly wounded
- US wanted to make sure that they didn't have any casualties trying to make japan surrender
- They had to make an airplane strong enough to carry the atomic bomb
- T shaped bridge was the main target, but it survived the bomb
- Radiation sickness was the main caus for deaths
24. Nagasaki bombing
- August 9.1945
- "Fat Man"-Platonium bomb
- had one of the largest sea ports in japan
- was more power ful but it missed its target
- Bockscar plane
- The plane had to crash land because they were runnign out of gas
- Nagasaki was not going to be the main target it was Kokura
25. VJ Day
- Victory over japan day
- ended WWII-August 15th (in Japan) or 14th (in US)
- Document signed on the USS Missouri
26. Yalta Conference
- held in the libeaughta palace
- war time meeting of the heads of gov
- Germany would be broken into four organizations zones (GB, US, France, USSR)
- Stalin promised free elections in Earstern Europe
- Stalin promised to join the war against Japna after war with Germany was over
- Have a conference at San Francisco to set up the UN
- Stalin, Chruchill, FDR held the confrence
27. Nuremburg Trials- Assigned blog #6
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US- Assigned Blog #6
- If an adult you were put to work (not slave labor sports)
- there was sports that they could play and entertainment
- kids went to school
- it took away their rights
- California, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas
- The Executive Order 9066
29. GI Bill of Rights
- General Issue
- help soliders that were coming back from WWII to help them find jobs, homes, and get education
30. Why did the Allies win WWII?-ON THE TEST!!
- Hitler tried to fight a multifront war- he had troops everywhere and he over extended his army...couldn't get supplies any where, didn't have enough troops
- attacked russia when didn't need to
- Over production of goods-women
- made a lot for US and Allies
- US had better technology- Atomic bomb
- more countries on US side- US, China, GB, soviet union, France, Canada
- Good generals and president
- worked really well with other countries-GB
- better trained and good soliders
- Ultra and Magic-codes, Najavo Code talkers
On Test1!
- 2 generals
- 2 battles
Cold war Project
15. Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative(Missile Defense System today)-
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