Today Alex and I presented!
General Info
Axis Forces: Germany, Italy, Japan
Allies: United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Canada, Australia, France, China
About Hitler: Dictator of Germany, he was born in Austria, he wanted to create the Arian race (blonde hair, blue eyes, tall, strong, thin), he even created these places where he tried to "breed" blonde hair blue eyed babies.
About Mussolini: Leader of Italian Forces. He was hung by Italian people and was dragged behind a truck as he was being hung.
About Tojo and Hirohito: Japanese leaders, Hirohito was emperor and he never saw or talked to the Japanese people so Japs thought of him as a God.
About Joseph Stalin: Leader of Soviet Union. Good and Bad
About Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of Great Britain
About FDR: President of the US
About Dwight Eisenhower: supreme Allie Commander of all Allied Forces, they became 34th president of the United States of America.
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.
Japanese invaded China. German Blitzkreig is directly translated as lightning warfare. Surrounding the enemy trying to take out forms of communication and striking quickly against the enemy. Hitler took over France pretty easily in 1940, after waiting 20 years for his revenge on the Treaty of Versailles.
Pacific Front
Iwo Jima was a very small island strategically placed between Japan and the U.S. The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the most famous battles in WWII because everyone wanted to have control of the island. The Southern Pacific Ocean. Pacific Ocean was in between U.S. and Japanese. Iwo Jima was on Mt. Suribachi which was were the famous U.S. flag was raised.
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.D-Day was on June 6, 1944. U.S. invaded France because Germany invaded France in WWI. Victory in Europe Day was on May 8. Battle of Stalingrad was in Russia and was named after Joseph Stalin. The battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of the European Front.
African Front
The first place the U.S. soldiers ever fought in was in Northern Africa, where we invaded. We fought the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel. US commander was General George Patten. The North African Campaign was a series of battles fought in Africa. Line of soldiers walking are British soldiers, Allied Powers soldiers marching into battle.
Homefront
The U.S. was the homefront. Many propaganda posters were hung around the Homefront. Rosie the River was the poster child for women working. Rosalind Walter was the inspiration for Rosie the River based on a song. Many people had to stand in ration lines since the US was so short on food and people could only have a certain amount of food. Women were nurses and some worked in factories during the War. Asians were put in internment camps, mainly the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was on December 7, 1941.
End of the War
Hitler shot himself and committed suicide in April of 1945.
Mussolini was hung and dragged behind a truck and was shot while hung upside down on a meat hook.
The famous picture in Times Square of the sailor kissing the nurse woman happened right after the war was over.
Etc.
the Holocaust, where many Jews were killed by Hitler and many others.
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