Today we started WWII Presentations.
Before US Involvement
Hitler tried to take over Czechoslovakia, then Austria, then Hitler took over Poland which started the War essentially. Pearl Harbor is what brought the U.S. into the war. Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor because they wanted to force the U.S. to trade with them.
Pacific Front
D-Day was on June 6, 1944. U.S. invaded France because Germany invaded France in WWI. Iwo Jima was a very small island strategically placed between Japan and the U.S.
European Front
The Battle of the Britain- the Germans started bombing at night instead of bombing during the day and bombing communication and transportation things. Italian Forces were led by Benito Mussolini, who was an Allie of Hitler.
African Front
The first place the U.S. soldiers ever fought in was in Northern Africa, where we invaded. We fought the Desert Fox, Edwin Rommel.
Homefront
The U.S. was the homefront.
End of the War
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