February 29th- March 4th

Monday- Forum post leader shared their topics

Mr. Bruns showed a video on the history of leap day,

US in WWII

Alliance
Belonged to allied powers
Money

- lost 300,000 in battle
- $280 billion dollars
War goals:
- Stop Germany
- stop Japan

Tuesday- Mr. Bruns continues speaking about the U.S. in WWII

US in WWII
- Members of the allied powers
  - Great Britain
  - Soviet Union
  - China
  - France
  - US
  - South American Countries
    - Brazil
    - Argentina
    - Bolivia
    - Peru
    - Ecuador
- US after WWI
  - Treaty of Versailles
    - Never joined
  - Warren Harding
    - "return to normalcy"
    - Went back to focusing on US
  - Power Pacts
    - Designed to prevent issues that caused WWI
      - Imperialism
      - Stopped militarism
      - Guaranteed open door policy
    - Kellogg- Briand Act
      - US not want US to use war to solve issues
  - Neutrality in General
    - Designed to keep us out of war
    - Wanted to stay isolated
    - In response to issues in Asia and Europe
    - Acts
      - 35- Stop trading with countries at war
      - 36- Stop loaning money to countries at war
      - 37- Cash and Carry System- weapons not included
      - 39- Cash and Carry System- Weapons not included
  - Interventionists vs. Isolationists
    - America First Committee
      - Wanted to keep U.S. out of war
      - Worried about being pulled into the war
  - Quarantine Speech
    - Speech saying that we need to quarantine aggressive nations
  - Bases for Destroyers
    - Fifty US destroyers were given to GB in exchange for land rights on British colonies
  - End of Neutrality
    - Lend- Lease Act-
      - giving goods to countries at wars
        Allied powers
        Services
        Medical Supplies
        Blood
- Selective Training and Service Act
  - Passed in September 1940 and ended in 1947
  - Ages 18-45
  - First Peacetime Draft in US history

Wednesday- State Basketball (No classes)

Thursday- Mr. Bruns continued presenting on the U.S. in WWII

U.S. in WWII
- Pearl Harbor
  - December 7th, 1941
    - Invasion of Japanese in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
    - 3 "Waves"
      - 3rd was cancelled by Japanese
      - Surprise attacks
    - Japan
      - Radio Silence for 1 week before
      - Non- direct trade route
      - Went after every part of the base
      - Didn't damage the ships that much
      - Our 3 aircraft carriers were gone
    - US
      - Worried about Japanese on the islands
        Sabotage
      - Put these Japanese into camps
    - USS Arizona
      - Memorial in Hawaii
    - Propaganda
      - "Remember Pearl Harbor"
      - "Buy War bonds"
    - December 8, 1941
      - FDR signs war against Japan
      - War message
        Pearl harbor was not the only place attacked
        Hong Kong
        Guam
        Philippine Island
        Midway Island
        Wake Island
        Malaya
      - Why did Japan attack us?
        US stopped trading with Japan when they invaded French Indochina
        Japan signed Soviet- Japanese Neutrality Pact
        Japan realization of the need for trade
        Force US to trade with us
        the plan backfired
      - Backdoor to war conspiracy
    - Bataan Death MarchDoolittle's Raid- April, 1942
      - Island of the Philippines
      - 10,000 Filipinos and 650 Americans died during the march

Friday- Great Britain presented-

-Major events that impacted their country between WWI and WWII.

London Naval Conference
- Series of 5 meetings
- Formed to place limits on he naval capacity of superpowers
- 1930
League of Nations
- Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
- Created to provide a resolution for disputes
WWI payments
- Germany had to pay 34 billion to GB for war reparations
Washington Naval Conference
- Naval powers gathered in US
- Wanted to discuss growing tension in East Asia
Kellogg Briand Pact
- Agreement to outlaw war

-Discuss basic facts: alliance, total casualties, total cost, war goals, etc

Alliances-

US
Soviet Union
France
China

Casualties-

Military-326,000
Civilian- 62,000

Deaths-

44 million

Cost-

120 billion
In 2015 1.6 trillion

War goals-

-Tell us about their leader(s) during WWII

Churchill-

Born and raised near London
Went to military school
gained members of the conservative party
- Became Prime minister
- 1940
Attlee won the votes in the 1945 election
- Churchill had just won the war

Attlee-

Prime minister that preceded Churchill

Chamberlain-

Prime minister before the war
Led Britain for 8 months of the war.

-Discuss the impact of their Homefront and propaganda and what it was like in their country during the war

-Discuss major battle strategies

Never surrender to Germany
Focus on defeating Italy and Germany in Africa
- Waited to invade France

-Discuss major battles that the country was involved in

Battle of North Africa
- June 1940- May 1943
- Fight for oil
- Britain depended on the oil
Battle of Britain
- July 1940
- Germany and Hitler conquered Europe
- Germany was bombing GB everyday
- Allies won
Battle of Italy
- September 1943-1944
- U.S. and GB wanted to invade Italy
- Plan was to get Italy out of the war
- Italy surrendered, Allies won

-Discuss other people/generals from their country in WWII that had a major impact on the war'

Winston Churchill
Marshal Hugh Dowding
- Air Chief for Britain

-Discuss why they won or lost the war

-Discuss the impact WWII had on the country

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