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Rape of Nanking
a mass murder and war rape that occurred during the six-week period following the Japanese capture of the city of Nanking,the former capital of the Republic of China, on December 13, 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. estimated that 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed. -
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World war 2 era
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War Bonds and Rationing
war bonds were sold to americans to basically cover the debts of the war. the government paid them back with interist. rationing is when the government hold back valuable stuff for the war effert. like tin and valuable metals. the government decides who gets what and how much. -
U.S. declares Neutrality
the united states declared this because we dident want to get in the middle of the war breaking out in europe. we dident side with anyone for many years. we did help the allies under the table for a little before we got in it all. neutrality means your nuetral pretty much. -
Nazism
the ideology of the Nazi Party and Nazi Germany. It was designed to draw workers away from communism and into völkisch nationalism. hitler was the leader of this party. he is mos famous for it as well. nazism is known for having a bad rep in history because of hitler. -
Harry S. Truman
(May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972), Truman succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when Roosevelt died after months of declining health. Under Truman, the U.S. successfully concluded World War II. -
Winston Churchill
known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. he is the only british prime minister to receive a nobel prize. -
Victory Gardens
also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany[1] during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. -
Lend Lease Act
the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of World War II in Europe in September 1939 but nine months before the U.S. entered the war in December 1941. -
Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy was a decorated WWII soldier, Medal of Honor recipient and a movie star. Murphy became a celebrated Hollywood actor after the war for over two decades, appearing in 44 films, mostly westerns. -
dictator
A dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and absolute power (sometimes, but not always, with military control or bribes) but not officially sanctioned by heritage, as in an absolute monarch. examples of these are hitler and stalin. very few of country's have them. -
Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with military actions. this cripaled the U.S. navy but they got back up on there feet and joined the war soon after. -
Japanese-American Interment Camps
the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. 150,000-plus Japanese Americans composed over one-third of the population, an estimated 1,200[4] to 1,800 were interned. -
Women’s Roles in WWII
women took the place of men all over during ww2. they went to factry's and built weopons for the war effert. they became the new men while they were at war. they earned money for woking and evan had free time to hang out with there freinds. they became big help during the war effert and afte they still worked with the men. -
Vernon Baker
(December 17, 1919 – July 13, 2010), a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor, the highest military award given by the United States Government for his valorous actions during World War II. awarded the medal for his actions on April 5–6, 1945 near Viareggio, Italy. -
Propaganda
a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument. Propaganda is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes. -
Office of War Information
was a U.S. government agency created during World War II to consolidate government information services. It operated from June 1942 until September 1945. coordinated the release of war news for domestic use, and, using posters and radio broadcasts, worked to promote patriotism, warned about foreign spies and attempted to recruit women into war work. -
Fire Bombing of Dresden
an attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, that took place in the final months of the Second World War. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 722 heavy bombers of the British Royal Air Force. dropped more than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices on the city. -
FDR
the 32nd President of the United States. only American president elected to more than two terms. he made the team of alliance that the united states was apart of during ww2. -
Benito Mussolini
he was a italian fasish who was the dictator of italy. him and hitler were good freinds during ww2. destroyed all political opposition through his secret police and having outlawed workers to go on strike. ruling the country from 1922 to his ousting in 1943. -
Adolf Hitler
he was a nazi dictator and took cotroll over germany. he was the main reason why world war 2 happend. he hatted jews and convenced garmans that they deserve to all die in hell. some called him crazy and others a hero. he is in history for what was called the gollocast. -
Fascism
a form of radical authoritarian nationalism. Fascists seek to unify their nation through a totalitarian state that seeks the mass mobilization of the national community through discipline, indoctrination, and physical training. Benito Mussolini is a good example of a fascis.
