Today we continued WWII discussion.
US Homefront: What U.S was doing back home to help win the war.
1. Selective Training and Service Act- first peacetime draft in U.S history. used until 1973 to fill military needs, after 1973 military depended on v
We continued with the WWII information for the second test we will be taking.
The Atlantic Wall
First we started reviewing the powerpoint a little bit, and going into some new stuff.
D-Day-June 6, 1944
-Operation Overlord
-allied invasion of Nazi controlled France(omaha and Utah beach)
-It was conducted in two phases
1.an airborne assault land
d day:
june 6th, 1944
allied invasion of nazi controlled france
conducted in two phases- airborne troops into france; an amphibious landing of allied infantry and armored divisions on the coast of france
decoy operations to distract the german forces fro
D-Day
Operation Overlord
Allied invasion of Nazi controlled France
The assault was conducted in two phases
1. an airborne assault landing of 24000 British, American, Canadian, and Free French airborne troops shortly afer midnight.
2. an amphibious landin
Today we're going over Mr.Bruns power point again. Today i got assigned to the president Gerold Ford.
D-Day- June 6, 1944, operation overload, Allied invasion of NAzi Controlled France, the assault was conducted in two phazes. 1. an airborn assault
used blimps to deter air raaids
hitler and his buddies all killed themselves
V-E Day May 8,1945
fdr died a month before the war is over
truman took over fdrs place as president
US Homefront:
The country where the soliders are from. What they are doing at home to help with the war. We were lucky we didnt have to fight battles in our country. War bonds and taxes. People loan money to the goverment and they will get paid back f
Today we continued the powerpont..
US Homefront:-- what people are doing at home to help with the war
1. Selective Training and Service Ac
-1940; Roosevelt and Congress passed it in 1940; (drafting); First peacetime draft in US history; Used until 197
Today in class we continued our PowerPoint and Blog assigment this week. (President Blog) (eisenhower)
US Homefront:
1. Selective Training and Service Act
-Military Needs
-First Peacetime draft (up to 1973)
-U.S depended on volunteers to fill military n
Today we went over the powerpoint again.
African Americans:
-did everything a white person would do
-was discriminated against
Dwight Eisenhower:
-Ike
-commander and chief of all Allied Powers
-decided to do D-Day
-D-Day was postponed a day due to bad
D-Day-Operation Overlord.
D-Day, the day the stuff hits the fan. The day it goes down. 2 phases.
1.Airborne assault at midnight flinging paratroopers at the enemy.
2. Amphibious assault with the boats. 160,00 troops, largest amphibious attack in history
John Fitzgerald Kennedy or JFK was born on May 29th, 1917. He as elected in 1961 serving as the 35th President of the United States of America. Kennedy worked his way to becoming president by starting in the military. He served during WWII as command
Today my computer didn't work until there were a few minutes of class left... I will update my blog later.
KEEP!!
bruns gave out our next blog assignment which isnt due for the next two weeks. im dueing i have kennedy for my president that i have to blog about.
Then there is the cold war project this will be a 200 pt project
this wont be due for a long tim
four journalists for the New York Times were trapped in Libya a few months ago. Gadhafi's troops had been brutal to them and they actually thought they were going to die there. there were three guys and one woman. the woman, Linsey Addario, said that
International Pillow Fight Day.
April 2 is International Pillow Fight Day. People all around the globe were picking up pillows, heading to a park or square, and having the biggest pillow fight of their lives. People in France wacked each other under t
Born:October 14, 1890
Died:March 28, 1969
Early life:
This story starts out in Tennessee where two little boys, Rafe and Danny are playing around. They have the idea to go play in Rafe's dad's plane and accidentally start it. Danny's father gets really mad about it and actually starts like beating Dan
