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WWII presentations:
UK: end
The blitz: 57 nights of bombing in London, children and elderly sent to countryside
Food rationning:
Battle of Britain: germans bombing: summer and fall of 1940
Mad Jack Churchill: lieutenant colonel, fought using a bow and sword.
Munich Conference: czechoslovakia. september 30, 1938
Britain army: volunteer army, suffered major losses,
Fall of Simgapore: january to february 1942. Japan won
USA:
Leaders: FDR: president, Mac Arthur: General, Eisenhower: Commander of D-Day, Patton: general.
december 8 1941: Pearl Harbor
Homefront: victory gardens, war bonds, women working in factories,
new soldiers, special soldiers, equipment, iron fist
Major Battles: D-Day, delayed because of the weather.
Fall of Singapore: Fought in S.E. Asia, Was a major British military base, Japan won this battle, Largest surrender by British forces
Mr bruns pwpt:
GB, USA, China, URSS, FR
US never signed the treaty of Versailles or joined the league of nations
4 POWER PACT: US, UK, FR japan: would respect each other possesions
5 " " " + Italy
9 " '' " + Belgium, Netherlands and Portugal: open door policy and guaranteed china independence
Kellogg Briand Pact: not use war as way to resolve conflicts
Neutrality Act in the 1930's: not taking sides
1937: cash and carry system: have to come with their own ships and have to pay before getting goods.
Bataan Death March: Philippines: 10 000 filipinos died.
manhattan project: code name for the bombs project
Battle of the atlantic vs germany: for the control of the ocean
Homefront: Rosie the riveter: women
women's army corps
WASP: women army service pilots
Waves: navy (women)
native americains: codes
african americain: tuskegee airmen
Asian;
Hollywood: entertainment, escape people and the troops (sending actors, famous people) from the war for an hour or so, propaganda movies,
Rationing: The office of price administration: 1941: rationing and prices of goods
Semester test questions:
causes of the war (Asia, Europe and the US): Japan invaded china, pearl harbor, Germany invaded Poland.
effects: usa became a super power, cold war, nuclear weapons,
major events: pearl harbor, holocaust, iwo jima, D day
why we won: war production, women, allies, better technologies, atomic bombs, battle strategies, hitler's mistakes (declaring war to the USA and URSS), ultra and magic
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