Monday- Continued taking notes on the US from where we left off
Tuesday- Continued talking about US
Wednesday- Continued presenting over US
Thursday- Continued presenting on US
Friday- Finished presenting over US
United States vs Japan
Backdoor to War Conspiracy
- Pushed Japan into a corner so they would attack us
- Only way to get into war would be for someone to attack us
Bataan Death March- Philippines- 1942
- Up to 10,000 Filipino and 60 American POW's died during the march
Doolittle's Raid- April, 1942
- Bomb Tokyo after Pearl Harbor
- First "Victory"
Battle of Coral Sea
- Seen as victory for U.S.
- Neither side had a decisive victory- since Japan did not win- we saw it as a victory
- "Stalemate"
Battle of Midway- Major turning point in Pacific
- Airplanes were important in this battle
- Wanted airstrips to take off of the islands to get closer to other countries
- U.S. won because of "magic"-code name for breaking Japanese code
Island Hopping
- Hopping from one island to the next
Kamikazes
- Aircraft carriers would dive down into battleships and make them blow up
- Strapped explosives onto the planes and then dove down
- Killed their own pilots
- Used by Japan
Battle of Iwo Jima
- US won after island hopping
- Just under 7,000 deaths
Summer 1945-Preparing for the Invasion of Japan
- Code name- Operation Downfall
- Planned for October 1945
- Estimated to have over 1 million casualties for the US
- Estimated to have 267,000 deaths for the US
- Did not ever invade Japan because of the atomic bombs
The Manhattan Project
- 1939-1945
- plan for the atomic bomb
Hiroshima Bombing
- "Little boy"
- Aiming at T-shaped bridge on the river
Nagasaki Bombing
- "Fat Man"
- Bockscar
VJ Day
- When Japan officially signed on USS Missouri
- September 2, 1945
Potsdam Conference- July, 1945
- On July 26, the United States, Great Britain, and China issued the Potsdam Declaration
- Announced the terms for Japan's surrender
- "We will not deviate from them. There are no alternatives."
Potsdam Declaration- July, 1945
- Dismantle the current government of Japan (excluding Emperor Hirohito)
- The Allies (US) will occupy Japan
- Japan will consist only of the major islands- lose territory gained in WWII
- Japanese military forces will be disarmed and allowed to return home
- There will be war crimes trials for the atrocities committed by Japan throughout WWII
- Japan will be allowed to have industry so they can make money to pay for reparations
- World trade will be enable at some point
- Allied (US) occupation of Japan will end
- Democracy will be promoted, as well as Freedom of speech, religion, and of thought, as well as respect for fundamental human rights
US Vs Germany
Germany U-boats
- After repeated attacks by German U-boats, FDR ordered US Navy to attack German and Italian war ships
Convoy System
- US strategy of fighting off U-boats
- Traveled in big groups
D-day Operation Overlord- June 6, 1944
- Major Generals
- Ike- Eisenhower
- Patton
- Bradley
- The "D" in D-Day stands for day since the final invasion date was unknown
- 5,000 ships and landing craft
- 50,000 vehicles
- 11,000 planes
- Casualties
- US- 6,603 (1,465 killed)
- Beachheads were firmly secured within 5 days
- Germany surrendered
Battle of the Bulge
- Hitler last battle of the war
- Worst battle for the US in WWII- as far as losses
- Malmedy Massacre
- 86 US soldier were shot and killed by Germans
Yalta Conference- February 1945
- Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt met at Yalta, USSR to plan what should happen when the war ended
- They agreed the following:
- The establishment of the United Nations
- Germany to be divided into four zones
- Free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe
- USSR promised to join the war against Japan
FDR died, Harry Truman took over - April 12, 1945
Women in WWII
- Rosie the Riveter
- Represented women workers in WWII
- Jobs
- Stayed home and did housework
- Grow your own food
- Nurses
- Secretaries
- Farm workers
- Typist
- Waitresses
- Bus Drivers
- Taxi Drivers
- Messengers
- Teachers
- Conductors
- Women's army corp
- WAVES- Women's Navy
- WASP- Women's Army Service Pilots
- "Tokyo Rose"
- Forced to broadcast propaganda to Allied troops for Japan
- Taunted the troops and played music from home to make them homesick
- US citizen in Japan
Native Americans- Navajo Code Talkers
- Used their language to make our codes
- Japan couldn't break our code
- Extremely important role in WWII
African Americans in WWII
- Blacks and whites were separated
- Blacks did fight
Asian Americans in WWII
- Played every role in WWII
- Helped at home
- Fought in war
OPA and Rationing
- The office of Price Administration was established in 1941
- Food rationing included restrictions on sugar and meat
- Gasoline rationing limited use to 5 gallons per week
War Finance Committee and War Bonds
- Over the course of the war 85 million Americans purchased bonds totaling approx. $185 billion
- Helped pay for the war
- It was an investment for US citizens
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