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Thursday March 31, 2011

How speed defeats a U-Boat montegue dawson iol on canvas the mariners' museum had to go under the water to have sucess in the high seas. became the navy of choice for brittian. build faster and more efficiant ships. one way to fight a U-Boat. would h
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Thursday, March 31

Today we started to review stuff from yesterday, and then got back into the WW2 part 2 powerpoint 2. :p

 

1. Selective Training and Service Act

1940. homefront.

Even though we were not in the war yet, Roosevelt knew we should be ready if the war would co

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Thursday, March 31

Today, we reviewed what what had discussed yesterday on the WWII Powerpoint Part 1..and then we started into the WWII Powerpoint 2...

 

Test Questions:

 

US Homefront:--what people are doing at home to help with the war

 

1. Selective Training and Service

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March 30

US Homefront:
what is going on in the counrty back home dureing the war

1. Selective Training and Service Act
1940

it is the draft

first peace time draft in history- after 73' the millitary depended on volenteers

2. Women's role in WWII
Rosie the Riv
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Thursday, March 31

Today we started World War two, part two, power point two.
US Homefront:


1. Selective Training and Service Act

-This was the first peace draft in US history. It drafted people into the war, without volunteering.

2. Women's role in WWII

-Women didn't seem
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Thursday, March 31st

The Homefront was responsible for keeping the people at home at work and give them food.

 

How Speed defeats a UBoat.  Speed was very important in an attack.

 

US Navy Signalsmen monitored enemy radio transmissions.

 

We used the convoy system to avoid UBo

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Thursday March 31 2011

US Homefront:
a homefront is what we are doing back home to help the war. Making food supplies.

1. Selective Training and Service Act
first peactime draft in US HIstory.Used until 1973 to fill military needs. After 1973, US military depended on volunt

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Thursday March 31, 2011

Today Mr. Bruns continued talking about our informations for the second part of the WWII test.

                                                           U-Boat Attacks

  • We would build ships that are faster and better
  • Our ships could out run the U-Boats
  • T
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Thursday, March 31

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

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march 31

selsctive training and service act 1940first peace time draft in usa historyused until 1973 to fill military needsafter 1973 us military depended on volunteers to fill needsgerorge c marshall cheif of tstaff of the is military druinu boats how speed
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Thursday, March 31

The reason that Hitler invaded the Soviet Union was because of Lebensraum and he despised the ethnic Slavs.

Hitler also did not trust Stalin.

Operation Barbarossa was the greatest land war in recorded history.

The German Army was broken into 3 groups.

Hi

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Thursday March 31st

Today we continued Mr Bruns powerpoint on WWII.. he encouraged people to get their assigned blog done this weekend so we arent so stressed out..

 

Test Questions:

 

US Homefront:-- what people are doing at home to help with the war

 

1. Selective Training

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3/31/11

German u boats were very powerful

U boats were slow

we tried to intercept radio transmissions

convoy systems deterred u boats

allied leaders knew intelligence was important

RADAR AND HFDF were radar and sonar

very advantagous that we knew what they were go

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Thursday, March 31

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

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Thurs., March 31, 2011

how the US/allies fought back against U-boats:

speed was a big thing that was important

german ppl in france transmitted info to U-boats;  this helped us because we could avoid them; interception of radio chatter

convoy system- travelling in large group

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Thursday March 31, 2011

last day of march! no more cartoons! sadness!!! today we ares starting more notes!!!

 

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

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Thursday March 31

Mr. Bruns could teach a whole year of WWII. A whole year!

 

Wikipedia rant.

 

Built ships that can escape U-Boats. Germans in France transmitted info to Uboats, US intercepted the info and avoided the uboats. Used convoy system, merchant ships in the mid

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Thursday March 31st 2011

Today we did more notes on the powerpoint. Then we went over a few battles/sieges of WWII. Then Bruns was saying why Wikipedia is so much better than the Encyclopedia books.

 

Battle of the Atlantic:

-speed helps escape the Uboats, submarines

-France and

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Thursday 31, 2011

The first thing we did was mr bruns showed us some of the battles that happend in WWII. After that we started talking about the powerpoint.

 

The battle of the Atlantic

-Speed could help escape from Uboats

-in france and the US there were Uboat detecting

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US homefront-what are we doing back home to help with the war..-



1. Selective Training and Service Act
-1940.. first peacetime draft in US history used til 1973 to fill military needs..


2. Women's role in WWII
rosie the riveter - represented women worker

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