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Benito Mussolini-itlay
-fascism was an authoritarian political movement that developed in Italy and other Europeans countries after 1919
-Fascism program emphasized intense nationalism,productivism,anti socialism,elitism and the need fro a strong leader Mussolini -
Joseph stain-USSR
-Joseph Stalin was a powerful communist leader in the early years of the soviet union. he was a director who terrorized the population and send many people to prison and labor camps.one of the communists leaders greatest task was collectivize farming.stalin create 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 the 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 which led them to attack the US and British forces in Asia, and shortly after the Japanese had dropped the bomb on pearl harbor leading to the US declaring war on the Japanese and joining the war -
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advance technology in WWII
torpedos was used to destry submarines & ships from long distance b/c bullets couldnt go for &do alot of damaged .bombing rids,were use to destroy anything in a certain area, such as factories that produce military equipment in WW2.wolf paks were human submarines that had mass attack againdt a group of ships that attack a certain target all at once -
German expansion
the German invation of western Poland on September 1,1939 led to WWII.between 1939 and 1941 the German army invaded many countries including France,Belgium,western ,Poland .the ivation to Poland led both in Britain and France to declare war because germans invations continued more of the countries declared war on the germans and their allies which caused on international response of war -
rationing (event #2)
rationing is the controlled distribution of scare resource &goods
radiation items were gasoline,tires,meat,butter,&jellies
people had to use :radiation goods"which were issued to each family raised on size -
M1 semi automatic rifle & radar
the design of the M1 allowed the americans to fire more shots againsts their german and japanese battle were won by the side that was the first to spot enemy radar airplane ,ships ,submarines.the radar helped see hundreds of miles even at night -
Lend Lease Program
Purpose: Franklin Roosevelt introduced the lend lease program to congress.it was intended to help Britain beat back Hitlers advance while keeping america only indirect involved in ww2 .Lease program provided for military did 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 -
Rosie the riveter
-was the a cultural icon during the second world war representing the women who worked in factories many who produced munitions or war supplies -
women in the military
WACS-women army corps
-auxiliary unit
-women were doing the office things themes in the offices were shipped overseas to fight
-the women did paper work,supply food,telegrams,etc
WAVES- women accepted to volunteer emergency service Navy
-At the end of WWII the women couldn't stay in the navy -
lend lease program
grave the president the authority to sellease or otherwise dispose of any defense article to any nations whose defense he considered critical to that of the US
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 -
war bombs
way to remove money from circulation as well as reduced inflation
people would buy bonds&the gov. promised to returned to them w/ interest after 10 yr. or more
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multiple fronts fought by the US
the US had to fought a few fronts during WWII like the Atlantic front the pacific front the European front,and the home front these fronts has the war in a good way for the allies because the US was equipped to produce mass war supply. for and the allied powered enemies and the US attaching on these fronts helped the the allied gain a few a new ally during the war due to the US declaring war on to Japanese after pearl harbor Germany declaring war to the US -
pearl harbor
the japanese royal navy launched a suprise attack against the americans killing over 2,4000 americans
destroyed 18 ships an 32 air planes -
bataan death march
the Bataan death march happened after the US surrender of the Bataan peninsula if affected the war in favor of the axis poners.allied prisoners were forced to march 65 miles to prison Campos,where thousands died from disease,mistreatment -
battle of midway
the battle of midway pushed the war in favor of the battle since if was one of the most devise US victories against JAPAN .the US inflicted damage on the Japanese navy. -
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U.S office o war information
Responsibilities: control the war messages and make citizens aware of how they could help in the war effort
radio program,newsreels,asked citizens to contribute,create products, consence resources,to lower enemy and population morals to promote surrender. -
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island hopping
island hopping was effecting the tide in favor of the allied powers b/c 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 &February 1943,eventually succeed in the forcing Japan to relinquish the island -
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vicrory corps
the purpose of this student organizer was to prepared high school students to the war effort on home front.both girl and boys from white & african american school participated .students participate in physical fitness photogragh and enroll in a war effort class -
victory gardens
-as part of the war effort,the government rationed food like sugar,butter ,milk ,cheese ,eggs,coffee,meat,and canned foods
-the government turned to its citizens and encourage them to plant -
The Navajo code talkers
-Navajo American Indians were recruited by the military to encode.transmit,and decode messages-
the Navajo language was use to developed a code that was not broken by the enemy -
war bonds (event#1)
way to reduce money feonn education aswell as reduce inflation
people would buy bonds and the gov. to them w/ interest ofer 10 yr. or more .gov. needs the $ to pay for equipment -
higgins boats
was a landing effort landind in the world the craft was desighn by andrew higgins based on swamps and marches -
executive order 9066
the document oredered the remooval of the resident enemy from parts of the west identified as military areas
the cause was after bombing pearl harbor by the japanese in 1941 roosevely came under increase pressure by military and political -
Douglas McArthur
-american 5 star general and field of the Philippine army
-MacArthur chief of staff during the WWII
-led the US army in "Island Hopping" in the pacific campaign -
Isoroku Yamamato
Japanese marshal archival and commander in chief of the combine fleet played a vital role in Pearl Harbor which made Japan victories -
George.C.marschall
throughout the war,general George c. marshal(1880-1959) acted as chief of staff and the "organizer of victory".he worked closely with president Roosevelt to urge military preparedness before pearl harbor,build up and supplied on army the creation of the first atomic bomb -
Omar Bradley
-Was a senator officer of the US 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 -
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D-Day
effected the war tide for the allied positively b/c the battle foreshadowed the end of the Hitler's 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 15,000 survived men by the end the allies had reached the Seine River, Paris was liberated &the Germans had been removed from northwestern France, ending the battle of Normandy -
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liberation of the concentration camps
push towed victory for the allies because they were slowly starting to shut down.Hitlers operation on the Nazi take over.they were the first to reach a concentration camps due to the rapid soviet advance the Germans had burned the camps but the gas chaimber were left standing . the soviets also the overran the of the first largest concentration camp -
Koremastsu U.S
Fred Koremastsu a Japanese US citizens refuse to leave his home in San leandro ,CA court decided the nations security concern out the constitution promised equal rights .The executive order 9066 banned Japanese alien &non-alien from the US -
korematsu vs. US
was a land mark united states supreme court case concerning the constitutionaly of executive order 9066 which ordered japanese americans into interment camps during wwii regardless of citizenship -
Potsdam conference
participants were the US and the 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 26 Truman Churchill Chiang Hai Shrek issued the Potsdam declaration which outlined the terms of surrender of Japan
-broke Germany into 3 parts -
women and minority after WWII
While the men went to fight in the war the women left to work in the factories after the war men came back to reclaim their positions at factories but the women didn't at factories but the women didn't want to give it up -
The US european countries
in the US the war happened after the Great depression 30% unemployment was cut down to less than 5% after the unemployment boosts due to the war. the European countries where left to rebuild.the US lended mone y to the countries and germany was the country to fully pay it back in 1990 -
adolph hitler-germany
a dictatorship requires one person to be in control of a nation and a personal freedom disappear in Nazi Germany. hlither asked Hindenburg to grant him emergency power in view of the "communist takeover" -
Erwin Rommel
field mashall
Germans most popular generals WW2
on D-Day he discussed with other offers about surrendering
due to his ties to the plot to overthrow Hitlers he was murdered -
nuclear weaponds
president Harry Truman decided to use atomic bomb against japan. after bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Hagasaki in August Japan surrendered in WW2 in which over 70 million people died when it was over