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Benito Mussolini -Italy
-Fascism was an authoritarian political movement that developed in Italy and other Europeans countries after 1912
-Fascist program emphasized intense nationalism productivity, anti socialism,elitism an the need for a strong leader Mussolini -
Stain-USSR
-Joseph stain was a powerful communist leader in the early years of the soviet union the was a dictator who terrorized the population and sent many people to prison and labor camps
-One of the communist leaders greatest task was collective farming Stalin created a state-owned farms
-while Stalin was the leader he steadily increased his power many of his enemies were shot or sent to Siberia -
Japanese Expansion
-Japanese expansion in east Asia began in 1931 with he invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on china. On September 27,1940,Japan signed the tripartite pact with Germany and Italy.Then the US had stopped trade with the Japanese had dropped a bomb on pearl harbor leading to US declaring war on Japanese and joining the war -
Adolph Hitler-Germany
-A dictatorship requires one person and one party to be in control a nation and a climate of fear
-personal freedom dissipated in Nazi Germany
-Hitler asked hinder bug to grant him emergency power in view of the "communist takeover" -
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Advance Technology in WWII part C
-Torpedoes was used to destroy submarines & ships from long distance ,B/C bullets couldn't go far & do a lot of damaged
-Bombing raids, were use to destroy anything in a certain area, such as factories that produce military equipment in WW2
-Wolf Packs were German submarines that had mass-attack tactics against convoys.A group of ships, warships & submarines that attack a certain target all at once -
German Expansion
-The invaded and occupied many countries,including the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg,France, Denmark,Norway and western Poland .The invasion of Poland led both Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and then began war,because German invasions continued continued more of the countries declared war on the Germans and their allies which caused a international response war -
George Marshall
Throughout the war,general George C. Marshal(1800-1959) acted as chief of staff and the organizer of victory.He worked closely with president Roosevelt to urge military preparedness before pearl harbor,built up and supplied an army of 8 million men,and later helped to oversee the creation of the first atomic bomb. -
M1 Semi Automatic rifle & Rader
M1-The design of the M1 allowed the Americans to five more shots against their German & Japanese Coulter parts Radar-Battle were won by the side that was first to spot enemy airplanes,ships, or submarines, the radar helped see hundreds of miles away even at night -
Rationing
-Rationing is controlled distribution of scarce and goods
-Rationing items were gasoline,tires ,meat, butter &jellies
-People had to use "rationing goods" which were issued to each family based family based on its size -
Rosie the riveter
-Was the a cultural icon during the second world war representing the women who worked in factories many who produce munitions or war supplies -
Women in the military
WACS-woman's army corps
-Auxiliary unit
-Women were doing the office things and themen in the offices were shipped over seas to fight -
War Bonds
-Way to remove money from circulation as well as reduce inflation
-People would buy Bonds & the Gov. promised to return to them w/ interest after 10 yr or more
-Gov. needs the $ to pay for war equipment -
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victory corps
-The purpose of this student organization was to prepare high school student to aid in the war effort on the homeliness
-Both girls and boys from white & African American school participated
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Victory Gardens
-As part of the war effort,the government rationed foods like sugar, butter, milk, cheese,eggs,coffee,meat, and canned goods
-The governmnet turned to its citizen and encouraged them to plant "Victory Gardens" -
The Navajo Code talkers
-Navajo American Indians were recruited by the military to encode Transmit and decode message
-The Navajo language was used to develop a code that was not broken by the enemy -
Executive Order
-The document ordered the 9066 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 -
Higgins boats
Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landing in world war 2. the craft was designed by Andrew Higgins based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes -
Bataan Death March
-The Bataan Death march happened after US surrender of the Bataan Peninsula it affected the war tide in favor of axis powers,because approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan -
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,because major advances in code breaking, the United State was able to preempt and counter Japan's planned ambush -
Executive order 9066
-The document ordered the removal of resident enemy from parts of the west
-After bombing Pearl Harbor by Japanese in 1941 Roosevelt came under increase pressure by military and political -
Isoroku Yamagata
-Japanese Marshal Admiral commander in chief of the combined fleet
-Played a vital role in pearl harbor which mad japan victorious -
Bernard Montgomery
-Senior British Army Office in the African&European war
-Commanded the British 8th Army &21st Army during the Euro Campaign -
Erwin Rommel
-Field Marshal
-German's most popular generals during ww2
-on "D-Day" he discussed with other officers about surrendering -
Omar Brady
-Was a senior officer of the U.S. army
-He was in north america and western Europe during WW2
-He then became general of the 1st american army to land in france -
Omar Bradley
-Was a senior officer of the US Army
-He was in service in north America and Western Europe during ww2 -
Korematsu VS U.S.
-1944 was a land mark united states supreme court case concerning the constitutionality of executive order 9066, which ordered Japanese American Americans into internment camps during world war 2 regardless of citizenship -
The US & European Countries
-In the U.S. the war happened after the Great Depression.30% unemployment boost due to the war.The US lended money to the countries,and Germany was the only country to fully pay it back in 1990 -
Nuclear Weapons
-In July 16,1945 president Harry Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against japan.After bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945,Japan surrendered world war 2,in which over 70 million people died when it was over -
Potsdam conference
-three powers were represented by communist party general secretary Joseph Stalin,prime minister Winston church chill, and president Harry S Truman
-Gathered to decide how to punish Nazi Germany
-On July 26 Truman church chill chiang Kai Shek Issued the Potsdam deceleration which outlined the terms of surrender of japan -
Pearl harbor
-The Japanese royal navy launched a 2400 Americans and militant person
-Destroy 18 ships and 32 airplanes -
Chester W. Nimitz
-Was leading the US army authority on submarines
-He was the US' last surviving officer who ranked as a fleet Admiral
-Admiral Chester was appointed commander in chief of the US Pacific fleet just after Pearl Harbor