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bataan death march
the bataan death march happened after the us surrender of the peninsula it affected the war tide in favor of the axis powers allied prisioners were forced to march 6.5 miles to prison camps -
benito mussolini italy
-fascism was an authoritarian political movement that developed in italy and other european countries after 1919
-fascist program emphasized intense nationalism, produsctivism, anti socialism, elitism and the need for a strong leader -
joseph stalin ussr
-joseph stalin was a powerful communist leader in the early years of the soviet union
-he was a dictator who terrorized the population and sent many people to prison and labor camps
-while stalin was the leaders great task was collectivize farming -
allied powers
-great britan vs china and the soviet union along with others
-prime purpose was to defeat the axis powers and create the peaceful post of ww -
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axis powers
-includes gemany japan and italy along with others
-prime purpous was to establish and maintain a new order
-supported each others goal for territorial expansion, waned the destruction of the soviet union and adknowledge each others suprimsy in their geographic region -
japan expansion
in september 1931 japan army moved into manchuria after an explosion damaged a railway line near the city
-wanted to control china and its asain markets
they could be used for economic prosperity -
japanese expansion
-japaese expansion in east asia began in 1931 with the invasion of manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on china. sept 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 a bomb on pearl harbor leading to the us declairing war on the japanese and joining the war -
tuskegee airman
-their main job was to provide escorts for piolets on bombing missions
-by 1944 the army had came under pressure to allow african americans to engage in combat on the ground
-the flying tigers were recruited to send supplies and engage in combat with japanese piolets
-they were all volenteers -
germany expansion
-started aquiring german speaking areas lost after ww2
-increasingly a global political division emeeged between democratic societies and totalitarian states -
m1 semi automatic
m1 was the design that allowed americans to fire five more shots against the germans and japanese
battles were won by the side that was first to spot the enemies ships or planes -
rationing
rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources and goods
rationing items were gasoline tires meat butter and jellies
people had to used rationing goods which were issued to each family based on its size -
civilization defense organization
roosevelt set up the office of civilion defense to coordiate state and federal measures to protect civilians in war related emergency. the ocd organized the us citizens defense corps -
rosie the riveter
was a cultural icon during ww2 representing the women who worked in factories many who produced munitions or war supplies -
lend lease program
-gave the president the authority to sell lease lend or otherwise dispose of an defense article to any nation whose defense article to any nation whose defense he consitered critical to the us
-it allows the us to provide its allies with aid in the form of tanks ammuniition and construction supplies -
women in the military
-wacs = women army corp
auxiliary unit
women were doing office things while men in the office were shipped over seas to fight
the women did paperwork supply food telegram
at the end of ww2 women couldnt stay in the military -
war bonds
way to remove money from cirulation as well as reduce inflation
people would buy bonds and the gov promised to return to them with intrest after ten years or more
gov needed money for war equiptment -
pearl harbor
the japanese royal navy launched a suprise attack on the americans killing over 2400 americans and militant personal
destroyed 18 ships and 32 airplanes
roosevelt famous day of infamy speech was a response to the attack -
executive order 9066
-presidential order signed during ww2 by fdr
-document ordered the removal of resident enemy allies from parts of the west vaguely identified as military areas
-affected italian and german americans the largest numbers of detainees were by far japanese
-this order permitted military commanders to require japanese americans to relocate -
battle of midway
pushed the war tide in favor of allied powers since it was the one with the most decisive us victories against japan because major advances in code breaking -
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 offense against the island of guadalcanal -
victory corps
the purpous of this student organization was to prepare highschool students to aid in the war effort on homefront lines
-both girls and boys from white and african american schools partisipated -
victory gardens
as part of the war effort the goverment rationed food like sugar butter milk cheese coffee meat and canned goods
gov turned to its people and encouraged them to plant victory gardens -
douglas macarther
was an america five star general and feild marsall of the philipine army
-was cheif of the staff in the us army during the 1930s and during ww-led island hobbing -
bernard montgomery
-was a senior british army officer who fought in both wars
-during the second war he commanded the eigth british army
-commanded the 21st army group for the rest of the campaign in the northwest europe -
higgins boats
higgins boats were a landing crat used extensively in amphibious landing in ww2 the crafts were designed by andrew higgins based on boats made for opperations in swamps or marshes -
isoroku
japanese marshal admiral commander in cheif on the combuned flight
played a vital role in pearl harbor -
erwin rommel
-feild marshal
germans most popular generals during ww2
on d day he discussed with other officers about surrendering
due to his ties to the plot to overthrow hitler he was murdered -
chester w nimitz
was leadign the us army authority on submarines
was the last us surviving officer who ranked as fleet admiral
-was appointed commander and cheif of the us pacific fleet just after pearl harbor
commanded us forces at the battle of midway -
george marshall
secretary of state proposed that massive aid be given to the countries of war torn europe to rebuild their economy
believed this aid would create strong allies and trading partners -
george patton
-led the us 7th army in its invasion of sicily and swept across northern france
-pattons forces played a key role in defeating the german counterattacks in the battle of bulge
-patton died in germany in december 1945 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident -
.dwight d eisenhower
he was a supreme commander of allied forces
led the massive invasion of nazi occupied europe
lead republicans convine eisenhower -
omar bradley
highly distinguished 4 star general of the us army who saw distinguished service in north america and western europe
throught the end of the war in europe he commanded all us ground forces including germany -
dwight d eisenhower
-he was a supreme commander of allied forces
-led the massive invasion of nazi occupied europe that began on d day
-leading republicans convince eisenhower -
invasion of normandy
d day affected the wartide for the allies positivley because the battle foreshadowed the end of hitlers dream of nazi domination d day was the largest air land and sea opporation undertaken. the landing included 5000 ships 11000 airplanes and over 150000 service men. by the end the allies had reached seine river paris was libeated and the germans had been removed from northwestern france -
liberation of concentation camps
the liberation of the camps pushed towards the victory for the allies because they were slowly starting to shut down hitlers operation of the nazi takeover. the soviet were the first forces to reach concentrration camp. germans had burned the camp but the gas chambers were left standing -
korematsu vs us
1944 was a lanmark us supreme court case conserning the constitution of excutive order that ordered japanese americasns into internment camps during ww2 -
postdam conference
-the big three soviet leader joseph stalin british prime minister winston churchill replace on july 26 by prime minister winston
-roosevelt churchill and stalin met at yalta to plan the reorganization of europe at the end of the war agreed on the formation uninted nations -
us and european countries
-the war happened after the great depression and 30 percent of employment was cut down
-lended money to many countries -
women and minority
while the men went to fight in the war the war the women were left to work in the factories
after the war the men came back to reclaim their positions but women didnt want to give them up starting up the feminist movement
in the war women of color fought along side the men -
us office of information
-responsible for production of proallied, anti axis propoganda such as movies and posters and to make citizens aware of how they could help in the war effort
-activities for producing it own radio, programs, released its own newreels and required that all movies produced during the war contribute to the war effort -
adolph hitler germany
a dictatorship requires one person and one party to be in control of a nation
personal freedom dissapeared in nazi germany
hitler asked hinderburg to grant him emergency power in view of the communist takeover