Finished talking about Pearl Harbor and causes and effects of WWII
In Europe
Treaty Of Versailles - Hitler action of undoing the treaty
Policy of Appeasement
The Great Depression - Helped Hitler come to power in the 30's
Failure of League of Nations
Hitler's invasion of Poland
Rise of Nationalism
In Asia
The Great Depression
Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931
Japanese invasion of china in 1937
The United States
Quit trading supplies with them in the summer of 41
Tough policies towards Japan in Fall of 1941
Pearl Harbor Attack
SEMESTER TEST QUESTION!!
Casablanca Conference
They decided where to attack first
Operation husky was the invasion of Sicily
Operation Avalanche Invasion of Italy
Operation Torch invasion of Africa
Rommel GERMAY for North Africa and Europe
Montgomery was a British general who fought in North Africa. Europe BRITISH
Dwight Eisenhower North Africa and Europe USA
George Patton Great athlete took part in poncho via commander for operation torch american commander for invasion of Sicily USA
D-DAY
Europe
June 6, 1944
Operation Overlord code name for D-DAY
Northern France
we invaded them because they were taken over by Germany in 1940 we are trying to get it back for the french
Omaha was one the toughest beaches
We had no tanks they sunk
Germany surrender on May 8th 1945
Battle of the Bulge
Bad Weather
Biggest lost of lives as world war 2 battles goes
Last major offensive chance of a win
V-E DAY May 8, 1945
Coral sea- First turning point in the war with japan
Battle Midway - Important naval battle THE MAJOR TURNING POINT IN WAR... We knew the attack was coming and where they would be so we could get them before they could get us
We used the NAVAJO language to pass our codes around and it was very hard to learn
1942 the U.S. Marines started recruiting the Navajo
A code not there language exactly
First offensive against Japanese was Solomon Islands
IWO JIMA
February - March 1945
Operation Detachment
US armed forces fought against japan for the Island for Strategic Locations
AIR BASES is the main reason
The first piece of Japanese homeland attacked in 4000 years
6,821 deaths for the U.S. in IWO JIMA
Okinawa
April - June 1945
Japanese surrender less than two months after the invasion
august 6 1945 bombing of Hiroshima
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