Monday -
USSR Prior to WWII
- Russia drops out of WWI to fight Bolshevik Revolution.
- Russia become communist and changed name to USSR in 1922.
- Purges and deportation to slave labor camps in Siberia.
- Strengthened the intelligence and secret service.
- Created a "cult of personality".
- Nationalization and collectivization of the Soviet economy.
- Industrialization of the Soviet economy.
- Five year plans.
- Policies led to famine in Ukraine (5-10 million died- considered a genocide by some).
- Banned religion.
- Signed German- Soviet non- aggressive pact in 1939 leading to the invasion of Poland.
- Also invaded Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland in 1939.
- Signed neutrality pact with Japan in 1941.
- Invaded by Germany in June, 1941.
- The Russian winter of 1941-42 changed the tide of the war.
Bataan Death march-Philippines -1942
- Up to 10,00 Filipino and 650 American Pow's died during March.
Tuesday -
island hoping:
- strategy
Kamikazes:
- Japanese dive bombers
The Manhattan Project:
- code name for bombing project
VJ Day:
- stand for victory in japan day
- august 14/15, 1945 (official UK)
- September 2, 1945(official for US)
- when japan officially signed on USS Missouri
Wednesday:
Potsdam Conference --> July, 1945
- the united states, great Britain, and china issued the Potsdam declaration
- dismantle the current government of Japan (excluding Emperor)
- the allies will occupy japan
- japan will consist only of the major islands
- it will loose all territory gained in WWII and years leading up to it
- Japanese military air forces will be disarmed and allowed to return home
- there will be war crimes trials for the
- we pushed democracy and japan was no different
Europe:
German U boats:
- US soldiers were told to shoot down any German ships in the water so German came back with U boats
Allie Intelligence:
- churchill and roosevelt knew the importance of intelligence in safe gaurding allied commerce to defeat the axis powers
- the allies sahred info from RADAR and high frequency radio direction finding
- radar provided a means of defeadting vessels and aircraft about the surface
- allied intelligence leaders shared info
Enigma:
- system in which Germany transferred their info through codes
Hunter Killers:
- US soldiers trained to go find German ships, soldiers, etc. and kill them
Dwight Eisenhower:
- he became president for 8 years
- he lead certain countries
D-Day:
- June 6th we invaded
- by June 11, the beach heads were firmly secured
- pairs was liberated
Italy was our Allie, but Germany took it over 4 months after we got it. We attacked it to take it over again
there was blimps with wires attached to them to prevent airplanes coming in and bombing. Planes would fly and get caught in them.
Thursday:
We watched a movie about Saint Patrick's day
Battle of the bulge:
- coldest war
- worst battles of WWII because of loses of lives
Yalta Conference:
- some people got together to decide what they were going to do after the war
- establishment of the united nations
- Germany to be divided into 4
- free election allowed in the states of eastern Europe
V-E Day --> May 8, 1945:
- victory in
FDR dies, Harry Truman is sworn in April 12, 1945
Homefront --> what going on in our country during the war
- it was mostly women in the US
- women worked in factories
Nursing was a big job during WWII
WAVES --> women navy
- they weren't on a ship
- they answered phones or little jobs like that
WASP --> women test fly planes
Tokyo Rose Iva Toguri:
- forced to broadcast propaganda to the allied troops for Japan
Why did we win --> we broke their code, but they didn't break our's
Tuskegee Institute/Airmen
- most famous African american air fighters
Hollywood in WWII
- their job was to entertain
- they played movies where they made the US look good and other countries look bad
- propaganda
OPA and Rationing
- limiting things
- limiting certain things to save money for the war
Thursday -
Friday -
Rationing
- The office of Price Administration was established in 1941 under to administer price
War finance
- Over the course of the was 85 million Americans purchased bonds totaling approximately $185 billion
- Helped pay for the war.
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