Today, we took even MORE notes. These are the notes that I took today, and then some.
20. Navajo Code Talkers
Code we used to give information about where people were, where to bomb, other military info. Navajo language put into a code. Officers ordered to shoot and kill Navajo talker if they were being captured. Code was that important.
21. Doolittle's Raid
Mission; bomb Tokyo, Japan. Said to be a suicide mission. Happened because an attack on Japanese homeland would cause confusion and questioning of the reliability of their leaders. Americans needed a morale boost.
22. Manhattan Project
Codename for the development of the atomic bomb. Leslie Groves; General in charge. J Robert Oppenheimer; scientist in charge. First tested in wasteland in New Mexico; "Trinity". Enola Gay
23. Hiroshima bombing
"Little Boy". Aimed for bridge. Many died, not only from explosion but also radiation. B-29 plane dropped bomb
24. Nagasaki bombing
"Fat Man" B-29 plane. Mushroom clouds. Bomb was bigger but did less damage due to the mountainous terrain.
25. VJ Day
Victory in Japan day. August 14, 1945; Japan surrendered.. ending WWII.
26. Yalta Conference
Winston Churchill, FDR, and Stalin; dealt with fate of post-war Europe. February 1945; before anyone surrendered. Germany would be broken into four occupation zones; US, GB, France,(West Germany) USSR(East Germany). Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe. (lie) Stalin also promised to join war against Japan after war with Germany was over.(truth) Have conference at San Francisco to set up UN.
27. Nuremburg Trials
Nuremburg, Germany. War crimes trials of Nazis. Herman Goering; leader of German luftwaffe.. killed himself by hanging during the trials.
*Government passed GI Bill of Rights helped WWII veterans get jobs, through college, get homes, helped transition soldiers to get back to "normal" life.
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
We forced Japanese-Americans to sell all their things they couldn't pack in suitcases and come work in internment camps. Army barracks; desolate areas. Government told them it was for their safety; lies. Played sports, went to school, had jobs. We basically isolated them away from us because we didn't trust them.
-Hitler's suicide; gets married to long time sweetheart Eva Braun. Died same day she married him. Both took poison, he shot himself. He had his bodyguards burn his body. Gubbels killed his entire family.
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