KEEP!!
bruns gave out our next blog assignment which isnt due for the next two weeks. im dueing i have kennedy for my president that i have to blog about.
Then there is the cold war project this will be a 200 pt project
this wont be due for a long time but he wants to get it out for the people who want to work ahead.
my topic is number 2 which is policy of containment: domino effect, iron curain speech, marshall plan, and truman Doctorine. this should be less than 20 slides.
WW2 TEST INFO PART 2!
US Homefront:
-the country from where the soldiers are from. what they are doing to help the win the war
1. Selective Training and Service Act --1940
-first peacetime dret in us history
-used until 1973 to fill military needs
-after 1973, us military depended on volunteers tofill needs
2. Women's role in WWII
- Rosie the Riverter
-represented women workers in WW2
-they took the place of men in the work place when the men went to war
-the women played a huge part in winning the war only it was from the homefront instead of battleing
-nurses were huge
-there were the office jobs also
-farmworkers, typies, bus drivers, time keepers, elevator operators, conductors, launders these were some jobs they did during the war
-the WAC or women's army corps was for the women to be in the army but not go to war
-they wanted them to plant food in gardens and then cann
-after the army was the navy they called them the waves
-also the air force the wasp and it stood for women's army sevice pilots
-Toko Rose or iva toguri
-forced to broadcast propaganda to the allied troops for japaan
-in thses radios programs, she taunted the troops and played musci from home
-she was a US citizen in Japan
-convicted of treason
3. African-American's role in WWII
-there were black units only also
- it wasnt just black it was all the different race ones
-they werent given the right to fight right away
-evenually went to war
-there was no mixing with each other.
-the tuskegee institute was a group of airmen that were african americans that we amazing bombers and they bombed in italy and later germany
4. Asian's role in WWII
-asians did the same as the african- americans
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
-there were alot of movies made during the war about the war
-there were alot of cartoons made about the war also
-casablanca, purple heart were some movies made during this time
-bob hope and the uso tour...he died about 5 years ago
-was a stand up commedian
-the uso tour was a tour that bob hope did to bring entertainment to the troups
-he did this for many different wars doing this
-bing crosby did this also
-john wayne did a few movies about the war along with his westerns
-there was the kilroy was here...mr robato is about him
-kiloy was a ship maker and he put kilroy was here on his ships
6. Office of Price Administration
-the office of price adminstration or opa was established in 1941 to adminster price controls
- 8000rationing boards were ceated with 200,000 volunteers to assist the 60,000 emplyees of the agency
-food rationing included restrictions on sugar and mean, clothing rationing restricted silk and nylon
-gasoline rationing began in may 1942 on the east coast, limiting use to five gallons per week.
-by the end of 1942 half of the nations automobiles were issued an A sticer allowing 4 gallons per week
-the other half of autombiles had either b sticker (supplementary allowance for war wrkers) or a C sticer (vital occupation such as doctor)
-truckers had T sticker for unlimited amounts
-a block market develped in stolen or counterfeit stickers that were used in 5- 30% of gasoline sales
-by 1945 there were 32, 500 motorists arested for using suck false stcers, 1300 convictions, 4000 gas stations closed
-with rations came lines
-horse meat was not rationed
7. War Production Board
-this was a government orgainzation they wanted people to keep and not be messing around
8. National War Labor Board
-it was trying to bring owner and worker together saying dont go on strike and together we win
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
-they built things that the soilders could use
-women did some of the things to help the men in the army and navy
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
-speed was something we had to go against them
-uboats werent good above water
-us. navy signalsmen moniroing eemy radio transmissions in the altanic in 1944
-we would travel with muiltiple ships with the goods ship in the middle and military ships surounding them
-this was called the convoy system
-RADAR would detect things above the water
-HF/DF would detect things under water
-there was technoigy used to go after u-boats they were called hunter-killers
-a depth charge was a bomb that was forced underwater
-hunter killer was also a name of a plane
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
-we intercepted there chatter on their radios
-it was nicknamed ultra because many people didnt know until the 70's that we did this
-ultra was german and magic was japan were code names for there codes
-it was a big thing for us becuase we knew there play book and they didnt know ares
-the enigma was the system that germany used to transfer their information through codes
-this enigma would change wat they were saying into code
-this was one of the biggest things that helped us win the war
-the enigma machine looked like a type writer
-the bombe was the machine that accually decifered the code and was quite like a computer but before them
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
-this was called lebensraum
-he thought that his perfect person was gonna have alot of people and then he thought that they would need a place to move to
-he also wanted the oil in the caucasus mountains
-he didnt trust stalin and he thought they were gonna attack them
-most of the bombing or taking over of land was done in the western front except for Great Britan
-it started at 330 in the morning. it was in the summer of 1941
-the main froont was spread about 1490 miles and was over 600 miles in debth.
-he took about 3 quarters of his feilds streght.
-soviet union lost alot of men and was one of the biggest
-over 3.5 million were in captivity and 4 million had died
-at one time they had ove 9 undred miles of su
-he had 3 things he wanted to accomplish in this and the 3 cities. moscouw, lennesgrad and stalingrad
-3 hundred to 400 thousand troop casualtie for ermay and 650 thousand to 1 million 280 thousand troops for soviet union
-hilter believed moscow was the major military and po.lictical targe tin the USSR as it would lead to thecollapse of the country
-germany got with er 12 miles of moscow before soviet troops invaded him
-hitler blamed his commander in cheif in december 1941 so he fired him and took charge of the germany army
-hitler took contral and made all military decisions afterwads
-thisled many experienced german officers to go against hittler
-hitler surounded himself with staff officers with little or no rectent combat experience because they woundnt question him
-the siege of leningrad started on septerber 8, 1941 when the last land commection to the city was cut off by germany
-lifting of the sieg took place on january 27, 1944, 872 days after itbegan
-it was the longest and most destuctive siges in history adn one f the most costly in terms of casualties
-reports of cannibalism appeared in the winter of 1941-42 after al lbirds, rats and pets were eaten by surivors
-hungry gangs attacked and ate defenseless people
-leningrad police even formed a specaial unit to combat cannibalism
-finally a successful russian counter-offensvie at stalingad, drained nessary resouces he germans need to coninue the blockade, adn evenutally it failed
-the germans never tookleningradbut it was one of the mostcostly conflicts russia had ever faced
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
-Ewin Rommel-or the Desert Fox
-he was one of the best gerneral for germany in africa
-africa was ultimatly tank battles
-it didnt last very long after we we joined in the war
-after africa was freed we moved on to italy
-italy was very mountanious
-the government of italy surrenderd very quickly and germany had alot of troops there.
-sicily was one of the hardest places to get control of
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
George C. Marshall
-chief of staff of the us military during WW2
George Patton
-was a tough guy
-had ivory handled pistols
-was very hard on himself and his troops
Dwight Eisenhower
-he was the supreme allie commander in europe
-his boss was FDR and later truman
-he was eventually a president for 2 terms after WW2
Bradley
-another famous US general
Admiral Chester Nimitz
-head hancho of the US navy against japan in WWII
-US navy played a big role and deserves credit
MacArthur
-Battle of Leyte Gulf
-McArthur returns
-significant vitory for the US
-destroyed the japanese navy in the phillipines
-retaking the phillipines
-japanese destroyer sinks after air attack
-japanese navy was devestated
-we destroyed them in the pihllipines
-MacArthur Return to the Phillippines
-he knew this was hitoric
-he walked in water to get to the beach
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
-This was mainly Dwight D Eisenhower
-June 6, 1944 was called operation Overlord
- this was the invation in to france
-it was suppose to be june 5th but they delayed it a day
-we had paratroopers go in frist
-we had to cross the english channel to invade
-the germans knew it was coming so they would come and defend us.
-we though out information so they thought that it was gonna be a major invasion but it really wasnt
-they put most of there troops where we thought we were gonna come in at but we didnt go there so we won quite easily
-allied inasion of nazi controlled france
-the assult was conducted in two phases
1. an air borune assalt landing of 24000 british, american, canadican and free french airborne troops shortley after midneight
2.an amphibious landing of allied infantry and armored divisions on the coast of france starting at 630 am
-there was also decoy operations to distract the german froces from the real landing areas
-the operation was the larges amphibious invasion in world history with over 160,000 troops
-roughly 10,000 allied causlties (6,600 US)
the ATLANTIC WAll
-an extensive system of coastal fortifications built by nazi germany between 1942-1944 along the western coast of europe
-built as a defenseagainst an anticipated allied inasion of the mainland continent from great britain
16. Battle of the Bulge
-the coldest,snowiest weather "in memory" in the ardennes forest on the german/belgium border
-over a million men, 500 thousand germans and 600 thousand americans (more thanfought at gettysburg) and 55 thousand british
100 thousand german casualuties, killed, wounded, or captured
-81000 american casualties, including 23,554 captured and 19000 killed
-100 british casualties 200 killed
-800 tanks lost on each side, 1000 german aircraft
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
-april 1945
-died of a screval hemerage
-a month before the war is over
-harry truman is sworn in
18. VE Day
-may 8, 1945
-the war is over
-this is victory in europe day!!
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway , Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa
Island Hopping
-This is where you go hop over the smaller islands and only hit the major ones.
-sometimes people are found on desserted islands and they would ask if the war is still going on..of course its not
Philippines
-December 7, 1941 was the day philippines got attacked
-japan would altimatly take over the philippines on December 16, 1941
-dugout doug said he wouldnt leave so fdr pesonaly told him to leave and he said he would return and he did 2 yr later
-the filopino soldiers burned things to slow the japanese
-we surrendered about 6 months after peral harbor
-this was in may 1942
-bataan death march
-60 mile forcible transfer of 75000 american and filipino pows to a pow camp
-was characterized by physical abuse and muder
-6000 and 11000 men died perhaps closer to 20000
-due to this and other cases japanses officals faced war crimes trials after the war
-on may 30, 2009 the japanese ambassador to the united states offically apoligized on behalf of the japanese government
-people were treated terrilbley
- it was a walk and they didnt get feed very much
Coral Sea
-the battle of the coral sea was fought from may 4-8 1942
-it was a major naval battle between the japanese navy and allied naval and air forces from the united states and australia.
-six months after pearl harbor
-the battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other
-it was the first naval battle in history in which neither sides ships saw or fired directly upon the other
-considered a victory for the US
-first time we stopped their advance towards australia and they had to fall back
-japan sank more US and allied ships
-this was the first major turning point of the war
-we actually lost more ships than japan did
-mostly airplanes and aircraft carriers
Midway
-widely regarded as the most important naval battle against japan
-fought between june 4-7 1942
-the japanese aimed to eliminate the united states as a strategic power in the pacific and believed a victory at midway island would do just that
-united states navy decisiviely defeated the japanese navy attack against midway island
-japans navy suffered heavy losses and never recovered from this battle
-magic played a vital role in the allied victory
-the biggest turning point in the war/ battle of coral sea was a minor turning point
-after midway we destroyed japan
-after midway we hardly ever lost as far as battles go
-japan did some bombing/ oil tanks burned
-we were still three years away from the war being over
Guadalcanal
-the guadalcanal campaign, was fought between august 7 1942 and february 9 1943 in the solomon island archipelago(island chain)
-the guadalcanal campaign was a significant strategic vitory by allied forces over the japnese in the Pacific theatre
-guadalcanal marked the transition by the allies from defensive operations to offensive that resulted in japans eventual surrender and the end of WWII
-we kept island hopping until we got to japan and we started bombing lots of cities in japan but they wouldnt surrender.
-so then we said we would have to invade them. then we used the atomic bomb
-as japan kept getting pushed back they became desperate
Iwo Jima
-one of the more famous battles in the pacific
-we are getting very close to japan now
-landing on shore just like D day
-didnt face as much resistance because the japnese were dug into the mountains
-six months before the end of the war
-6821 US deaths at Iwo Jima
-lots of the island were like little d day iinvasions with heavy casualities
-Raising flag at Mt Suribachi
Okinawa
-kamikaze
-super close to japan now
-it is on the door step of japan
-shelling the island before the invasion
-didnt do as much damage as we had hoped
-they were all dug in under ground
-another D day type invasion on the beach
-moutanous island
20. Navajo Code Talkers
-there are only about 30 people who can talk this at this time
- the code talkers recieved no reongintionuntil the declassificatin of the peration in 1968
-in the 1982 the code talkers were given acertificate of recognition by u.s. president ronald reagan who also named august 1, 1982 navajo code takers day
-on tdecmber 21, 2000 the us. congress passed and pres bill clinton signed a law which warded the comgressional gold medal to twenty nine world war 2 navajo code talkers
-in july 2001 us pres bush the first one presented the medal to four survin code talkers
-gold medals were presented to the families of 24 code talekes
-the month of march is small plant
21. Doolittle's Raid
-this was james doolittle's raid
-this was showing people that hey we can bomb them too!
-FDR was upset after pearl harbor and wanted to bomb japan as soon as possible
-japanese people were told that they couldnt be beat so this would confuse them
-americans needed a moral boost
-they had to stripe down the air planes
-striped down the bombers so that they could take off
-these planes were super light and had no weapons in them
-bombed tokyo and japan
-it wasnt about military goals it was to make americans get a moral boost
-japan paniced
-and wanted to push farther out that they controlled
22. Manhattan Project
-the vp didnt know about it
-was the code name for the atomic bomb
-very few people knew about it
General Leslie Groves
-the general in charge of the manhattan project
J Robert Oppenheimer
-the scientist in charge of developing the atomic bombs
-he was a communist
-they were worried about this so they kept an eye on him
-they couldnt be more different- oppenheimer and groves.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
where they tested the first atomic bomb
Trinity
-code name for the first dropping of the atomic bomb in history
Enola Gay
- title of the movie were watching
-the plane specifically made to drop the bombs
-had to make it powerful enough to take off with this huge load
-named after his mother
Paul Tibbits
-dropped the infamous bomb
-piolet who dropped the atomic bomb at hiroshima
the atomic shadow
-because of the extreme heat it burnt shadows into the cement
radiation sickness
-japan suffered from this
23. Hiroshima bombing
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24. Nagasaki bombing
-the second bombing
-"fat man"
-bockscar
-they almost crashed on the way back because they almost ran out of fuel
-didnt get as much credit as the first one
-better pictures came out of this bombing
25. VJ Day
-this was called victory in japan day
-this is the day when japan surendered
-August 14 1945
-was the ending of WWII
26. Yalta Conference
-germany would be broken into four occupation zones (US, GB, France, USSR)
-stalin promised free elections in eastern europe
-stalin promised free elections in Easten Europe
-stalin promised tojoin the war against japan after war with Germany was over
-Have a conference at San Fancisco to set up the United Nations
27. Nuremburg Trials
-this is where the nazi war trails were held
-war crimes trials for germany
-nuremberg is a city in germany
-herman goering took over after hitler killed himself and he later also killed himself
What did the US do for the soldiers?
-after WII the troops were coming back and the GI bill of rights was passed to get troops back on their feet
-helps them get job training skills or go to college
-gave troops a head start
-gave them something to do when they get back
-definately helped the veterans
-helped get houseing
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
-this was when we sent the japanese americans into camps becase we didnt trust them
-they werent in places beautiful but we didnt kill them.
-it wasnt really bad though.
-they went to school. and they had football and baseball teams
-they were given jobs
-we interned japenese americans in these camps
-they were forced to sell all their belongings and then forced to move to these camps
-we said it was for their protection
-they werent like the concentration camps
-like an army beric
29. Why did we win the war?
Henry Kaiser
- built ships so that we had alot of extras.
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