Timeline Review for WW2

By GabeH17
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    The planned end for the Great depression

    This was the period of the great depression.
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    End of world war 2

    This was the period of ww2 of when it started to end. Germany would later declare its unconditional surrender which would bring the end to the dreaded war.
  • Starting place of WW2

    It started when Germany invaded Poland
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    Manhattan Project

    The code name for the U.S created the atomic bomb. We did this in order to end of the war with japan by dropping the atomic bomb. This started in 1939 and was completed in december 31st of 1946.
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    Aushwitz

    Was a jewish concentration camp that housed 1.3 million immates and the Nazis killed about 1.1 million immates in that camp as well.
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    Lend Lease

    Americans plan in defeating the Axis powers by distributing food, oil and different materials to Uk china and soviet union
  • Pearl Harbor

    The Japanse bombed Hawii on the Islands of Hololulu and throughout Hawii. The U.S was not prepared for this at all they did not have any time to respond to Japan. Japan totally outdid us in their surpise attack of Hawii as well.
  • Japanese atrocities

    Its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on 12-7-1941 prior to a declearation of war and without warning killed 2,403 neutral military personnel and civilians and wounded 1,247 others.
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    Philippines

    The Japanese empire invaded the Philippines island that was in control by the U.S. Japan then took over the island and made the U.S. do a death march and japan killed hundreds apon hundreds of Americans during that time as well.
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    Internment Camps

    Were concentration camps that the U.S used against the Japanese Americans who were living in the U.S. FDR did this since he was in fear the Japanese Americans being spies and leaking information back to japan about what are we going to do to fight back.
  • Final Solution

    Germanys plan to exterminate all of the jews
  • Doolitles raid

    U.S air raid against Japans captial. Help changed U.S Morale when japan bombed pearl harbor.
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    Coral Sea

    The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. The battle is historically significant as the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, as well as the first in which the opposing ships neither sighted nor fired directly upon one another.
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    Battle of Midway

    Was a naval battle between U.S and Japanese and resulted in the U.S. Victory. This took place one month after the bombing of pearl harbor and the battle of Coral Sea. Back at home the U.S used an cultural icon called Rosie the riveter in order to get women working in the factories in order to produce war materials and also to show what women are supposed to look like. U.S also used war bonds as a way for funding the U.S military
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    Gudalcanal

    Was the battle where Japan took out the U.S navy forces and had left the soldiers that was already on the island to fed for them self as they fought against the Japs. The U.S. had to use the rationing technique in order to stretch the already small amount of food they had left in order to survive.
  • John Brown

    The SS John Brown was a U.S. naval ship that was the largest ship in the U.S navy and helped guide them to victory
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    Sicily and Italy

    Code-name operation Husky was a major campaign in which the allies took the island of Sicily from the axis powers. It began with a large airborne operation followed by a six week land campaign and initiated the Italian campaign.
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    Island hopping

    Was a successful military strategy used by the U.S in order take over Japans islands in the WW2 and to always keep the enemy guessing where your next move will be.
  • Operation Fortitude

    Was the U.S miltary diversion tactic against Germany they opended a second front against Germany in order to keep them guessing on where we were coming from. This was until june of 1944
  • Operation Overload

    Was also known as D Day. The U.S landed on the islands of Normandy. To face off against the Germans. That battle is so bloody that the sea was the color of blood.
  • Battle of Bulge

    This was Germans last line of offense against the U.S and their offensive almost broke through our lines.
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    Iwo Jima

    The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the South Field and the Central Field), to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the Pacific War of World War II. Japan used the tunneling system on volcano island in order to gain the upper hand in battle.
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    Okinawa

    code named Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. The initial invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945, was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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    Enola Gay

    Was the plane that dropped two atomic bombs on japan they were Fat man and Little boy. This crumbled japan which eventually brought an to the war. This was until 7-24-1946
  • Little Boy

    Was the atomic bomb that was dropped on the city of Hiroshima
  • Fat man A bomb

    This was bombing of Nagasaki 3 days after U.S bombed Hiroshima.