We continued presentations: (see below)
-Before the US is involved
- WWII started when Germany invaded Poland
- They invaded Poland to get the land back Sept. 3, 1939
- The Soviet Union also invaded Poland
- There was 62,000 prisoners 12,000 were American—Japan made took the war prisoners weapons away
- Hitler fought as a soldier in WWI.
- The star of David was not allowed to be worn in concentration camps.
- Germany printed a lot of money that they didn't have, led to inflation.
- The Phillipines was a U.S. territory at this point
- Germany bombed London
- Main Axis leaders: Hitler and Hirohito (Japanese Leader)
- Main Allied leaders: FDR, Winston Churchill, and ….
- Japan invaded China in 1939 for raw materials/resources
-Pacific Front
- June 4, 1992 the battle of Midway-turning point for the Pacific front
- Iwa Jima was one of the most famous battles of WWII.
- Battle of Midway was important because it was the first major battle that we won against the Japanese June 1942
- In France the power was more concentrated.
- Italy surrendered to the ally powers and later declared war against Germany.
- The U.S. had their resources concentrated in the Philippines.
- FDR died of a brain hemorrhage.
- France builet a lot of defenses on the border of France and Germany
- Battle of the Bulge was between France, Germany, US, and Etc.
- Jews were forced to wear the star of David so people would know that they were Jews
- D-day-largest amfibious invasion
- Lieutenant Comander Fuchida-European Front(France/Italy)
- U.S. Marines used a flame thrower for a Japanese building
-European Front(France/Italy)
- In France the power was more concentrated.
- Italy surrendered to the ally powers and later declared war against Germany.
- The U.S. had their resources concentrated in the Philippines.
- FDR died of a brain hemorrhage.
- France builet a lot of defenses on the border of France and Germany
- Battle of the Bulge was between France, Germany, US, and Etc.
- Germany bombed London
-African Front
- First in the African front, they fought in Morocco because they thought that was the weakest point.
- Erwin Rommel –German General in Africa for the “Afrika” Corp
- Tanks were used in deserts (Sherman Tank)
- Operation Torch
- Northern Africa
- They were mainly trying to capture the Mediterranean
- Mainly in deserts
- Erwin Rommel—Desert Fox— greatest German Nazi general – With the asasination planning of Hitler—committed suicide
- Difficult to get supplies here
-Homefront
- The spit fire (plane) was used in Great Britain.
- Many women made clothes for the soldiers.
- Many people who fought in WWII were volunteers
- Eisenhower was a general in WWII
- They told wives to save waste fats for explosives
- They had to rationize food so their was enough for troops
- Victory Gardens helped with the food
- Many women went over seas to be nurses
- You were only allowed to buy a certain amount of things at a store even if you had enough money—since supply was a problem during the war
- Many Japanese migrated to the U.S.
- Racism of Japanese
- D-Day June 6, 1944
- “Telling a friend may mean telling an enemy”
-End of war
- Apr. 18th 1945 bombed Japan
- 90% of the city in Hiroshima, Japan died during the bombing
- Many people suffered from radiation poisoning.
- Mussinlini was captured and killed by Italians.
- Germany surrendered and soldiers came home to their families
- Baby Boom
-Etc.
- Gas chambers killed many jews
- Lend Lease Act 1941—lending something to a nation and eventually getting it back
- There was an attempted asasisin on Hitler near the end of WWII, but it failed.
- General Patton died in a car crash in Germany shortly before WWII was over.
- Survivors reached Utah Beach by using a life raft.
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