-
Koremastsu US
Fred Korematsu a Japanese U.S citizens refused to leave his home in San Leandro , CA
Court decided the Nations Security concern out-weighed the constitutions promise of equal rights
The executive order 9066 banned Japanese alien and Non-Alien from the U.S
50 years later it was over turned by congress and an apology was given -
German Expansion
The German Invasion of Western Poland on September 1,1939 led to WWII. Between 1939 and 1941 the German Army invaded and occupied many countries , including France, Belgium , Western Poland and more. The invasion of Poland led both Britain and France to declare war on Germany and then began the war, because German Invasions continued more of the countries declared war on the Germans and their allies which caused on international response of war -
Rationing
Rationing is the controlled destruction of scarce resources and goods
Rationing items were gasoline , tires , meat butter and Jellies
People had to use Rationing which were issued to each family based on iH size -
M1 Semi Automatic rifle and Radar
The design of the M1 allowed the Americans to fire more shorts against their German and Japanese counterparts
Battle were won by the side that was first to spot enemy airplanes, ships, submarines , the radar helped see hundreds of miles away even at night -
Lend Lease Program
Purpose: Franklin Roosevelt introduced the Lend Lease Program to congress. It was interned to help Britain beat back, Hitlers's advance while keeping America only indirect involved in WWII
Result: Lend Lease Program Provided for military and to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States
Effect: Lend Lease program was the principal way to get out of the Great Depression -
Lend Lease
Gave the President the Authority to sell ease lend or otherwise dispose of any defense article to Any Nation whose defense he considered critical to that of the U.S
Neutrality by claiming that loans were made in the interest of national defense : goods were not destroyed or lost in battle were to be returned or paid for
It allowed the U.S to provided its allies wit aid in the form of tanks, ammunition and constructions supplies -
War Bonds
way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation
people would buy bonds and the government promised to return to them with interests after 10 years or more
Gov needs the $ to pay for war equipment -
Women in the Military
WACS- Womens army corps
auxiliary unit
women were doing the office things and the men in the offices were shipped over seas to fight
the women did paperwork , supply food, telegrams, etc
Waves- women accepted for volunteer emergency service in the navy
at the end of WWII the women couldn't stay in the navy -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March happened after the U.S surrender of the Bataan Peninsula, it affected the war tide in favor of the axis powers
Allied prisoners were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps, where thousands died from disease , mistreatment and starvation -
Battle of Midway
The battle of midway pushed the war tide in favor of the allied powers since it was one of the most decisive U.S victories against Japan
The U.S inflicted permanent damage on the Japanese Navy : this was the turning pain of U.S against Japan -
Period: to
Island Hopping
Island hopping was effecting the tide in favor of the allied powers because they kept pushing Japanese forces out of the Islands , through the offensive against the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Archipelago which had marked the beginning of "Island Hopping" fought between August 1942 and February 1943, eventually succeed in forcing Japan to Relinquish the Island -
Period: to
Victory Corps
The purpose of this student organization was to prepare high school students to aid in the war effort on homfrontlines
Both girls and boys from white & African American school participated
Students participate in a physical fitness programs and enroll in a war effort class. -
U.S Office of War Information
Responsibilities- control the content and imagery of war messages and make citizens aware of how they could help in the war effort activities - produced radio programs , newsreels asked citizens to contribute time and money, create products, consume resources , debate, and stir up distract to lower enemy and population morals to promote surrender -
Executive Order 9066
The documented ordered the removal of resident enemy from parts of the West
After bombing Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in 1941 Roosevelt came under increase pressure by military and Political -
Bernard Montgomery
Senior British Army officer in the African and European war (theater)
Commanded the British 8th Army and 21st Army during the Euro Campaign
Was over all British Troops on June 6 1944 "D-DAY" -
Erwin Rommel
German's most popular generals during WWII on "D-Day"he discussed with other officers about surrendering . Due to his ties to the plot to over throw Hitler , he was murdered -
Douglas MacAuthor
American 5 star general and field Marshall of the Philippines army
McAuthor was chief of staff during WWII
Led the U.S army in "Island Hopping" in the southwest pacific campaign -
Chester W
Was lending the U.S Navy authorization on submarines
He was the U.S last surviving officer who ranked as the fleet admiral
Admiral Chester was appointed commander in chief of the U.S pacific fleet just after Pearl Harbor
He commanded U.S forces at the battle of Midway
This battle halted the Japanese advance in the Pacific -
Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander in chief of the combined fleet
Played a vital role (executed the surprise attack ) in Pearl Harbor which made Japan Victories -
Omar Bradley
Was a senior officer of the U.S Army
He was in service in North America and Western Europe during WWII
He then became general of the 1st American Army to land in France -
Period: to
D-DAY
Effected the war tide for the Allies positively because the battle foreshadowed the end of Hitlers dream of Nazi domination. D-Day was the largest air , land and sea operation undertaken
The landing included over 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes and over 150,000 service men
By the end , the Allies had reached the Seine River , Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed From North Western France , effectively concluding the Battle of Normandy -
Korematsu vs U.S
1944 was a land mark united states supreme court case concerning the constitutionality of executive order 9066 , which ordered Japanese Americans into Interment camps during WWII regardless of citizenship -
Potsdam Conference
Participants were the USSR , U.S and UK
Three powers were represented by communist party , General secretary Joseph Stalin prime minister Winston Churchill and President Harry S Truman
-Gathered to decide how to punish Nazi Germany
on July 25 Truman ,Churchill ,Kali Shek issued the Potsdam declaration which outlined the terms of surrender of Japan
Broke Germany into 3 different parts -
Women and Minority
While the men went to fight in the war, the women were left to work in the factories. After the war men came back to reclaim their positions at factories but the women didn't want to give them up. Spooring up the feminist movement . In the war men of color fought along side white men for the first time. When they got back from the war they were treated with the same racial sours. Sparking the civil rights movement . -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack against the Americans killing over 2,400 Americans and Militant Personal
Destroyed 18 ships and 32 Airplanes
Roosevelt famous day of infamy speech was a response to the attack -
The Navajo Code Talkers
Navajo American Indians were recruited by the military to encode, transmit ,and decode messages -
Period: to
Advance Technology in WWII part- c
Torpedoes was used to destroy submarines and ships from long distance because bullets couldn't -
The U.S and European Countries
In the U.S the war happened after the Great Depression 30% unemployment was cut down to less than 5% after the employment boost due to the war.
The European countries were left to rebuild . The U.S leaded many to the countries and Germany was the only country to fully pay it back in 1995