today we take part of the test. it is a group test.
1. what were the causes of WWII?
2. what impact did the US have on WWII.
3. why did the US na d allies win WWII.
-The US Home front.
Women's role-
- Rosie the Riveter-represented women workers in WWII.
- nursing was a very important role for women during WWII.
- WAVES-women navy.
- WASP- women's army service pilots.
Factories-War Production Board-
- together we win-if we work together we can win.
War bonds-
- they helped U.S pay for the war.
Japanese relocation camps-
- kinda like concentration camps but only a few died. most from diseases.
- happened because we were fearful of Japanese spies. could not trust them.
- kids were able to go to school.
- they played sports like football.
- they were paid for the jobs that they did.
Propaganda-
- propaganda is persuading people to do something.
- get people to buy war bonds.
- enlist in the war.
- Make US look good and make Germany look bad.
- do your part today-do not wait-urgency.
War rationing-Office of Price Administration-
- made it so the rich could not buy all the goods.
- hoarding during this time was illegal.
- somethings were rationed while others were not.
Hollywood in WWII-
- many Hollywood celebrities were spies working for the US.
- tries to make US look like there is nothing wrong with us.
- makes the opponent look stupid.
The story of "Kilroy was here".
US Fighting:
-US in Africa-
- took place in North Africa from June 1940 to May, 1943.
- they wanted resources and control the colonies.
- wanted to take control of the Mediterranean.
- took place in Libyan and Egyptian deserts also in Morocco, Algeria, and ended in Tunisia.
-US in Italy
-D-Day-
- invasion of Normandy.
- force Germany out of France.
- delayed it one day because of the weather.
- it was the beginning of the end for Germany.
- June 6th, 1944 is when this attack happened.
- Ike, Patton, and Bradley. 3 U.S. generals.
-US bombing of Germany-
- we bombed Germany every single day.
- tried to soften them up.
- killed a lot of people.
- cities were demolished by our bombing.
-VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering
- island hopping- used the island that we took over as a naval base so we could bomb Japan.
-Battle of Coral Sea
- it started on May 4, 1942.
- it was a naval battle.
- Japanese won technically because they did more damage then us.
- no one actually won this war though.
- turning point of the war against Japan.
-Battle of Midway
- most important naval battle.
- this was a major turning point for Japan.
- Japan was never the same again.
- was never going to keep up with us.
-Battle of Iwo Jima
- between Japan and US.
- lasted a month.
- Japanese knew that they wouldn't win this.
- Japan was going to fight to the death. did not want to surrender.
- we won.
- one of the bloodiest battles.
-Battle of the Philippines
- Japan wanted it as a base operation to get at US.
- lost it to the Japanese.
- MacArthur came back later in the war and won it back.
-Battle of Okinawa
- lasted 82 days
- high casualties for both sides.
- Kamikaze-suicide naval planes. they crashed into a US navy warships.
-Hiroshima bombing-
- Manhattan project-Oppenheimer and Groves. the place where they tested the bombs were Alamogordo, New Mexico.
- U235 bomb was used, weighed about 10,00 to 20,000 pounds. the plane was named named Enola Gay, named after his mother.
- Bomb was named "little boy."
- today that bomb wouldn't even be able to take out Omaha.
- the bridge that they were targeting actually survived, it was really damaged though.
- a lot of people were burned by the bombing.
- 1945 is when this happened.
-Nagasaki bombing-
- bomb was named "fat man." plutonium based bomb.
- did not cause as many casualties because it was up in the mountains.
- bomb was dropped in the wrong area.
- you were only supposed to drop your bomb if you saw your target.
-VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering
- known as victory over Japan day.
- August 14th or 15th, 1945. different because of the time differences.
-Yalta Conference-
- happened in February, 1945.
- Germany would be broken into four occupation zones. (United States, Great Britain, and USSR.)
- Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe.
- Stalin promised to join the war against Japan after war with Germany was over.
- Have a conference at San Fransisco to set up the US.
-Potsdam Conference-
- July, 1945.
- focused on punishing Germany, making sure it they would not do it again.
- Germany would have to be more democratic.
- Temporarily divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
- Japan would surrender to Great Britain in the south and China in the north.
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