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European Theater
European Theater was known as the European war , it was a heavy fighting area across Europe where germany`s and soviet union`s soilders invaded poland. -
America`s war mobilization
rationing:
All men ages 18-65 were required to join the militgary service.
War time conversion :
was when the U.S government took strong measures to convert the economy to war time standard by making acts that will help like the war production board (WPB).
roles that women had:
over 350,000 women served for the womens army corps or worked as nurses for the navy and army forces -
Lend-Lease Program
The act authorized the president to transfer arms and any other defense material. France, United kingdom, China, USSR, and other Allied nations recieved weapons because of this . This act brought the united states one step closer to entering the war -
Pear Harbor
hundreds of japanese planes attacked the american naval base near Honolulu , Hawaii. The attack lasted two hours , it destroyed 20 american vessels, 300 airplanes , and killed at least 2,000 soilders .this attack is what made the U.S enter war world II -
A. Phillip Randolph
During World war II A. Phillip Randolph organized 100,000 african americans to march in Washington D.C for jobs in the national defense and equal integration in the fighting force. -
internment of japanese
Americans in the U.S was forced to relocate 110,000 and 120,000 japanese people who lived on the pacific coast in camps in the interior of the country. -
internment of german americans
the U.S inforcement forced over 120,000 german americans were forced into camps after the attack of the pearl harbor. -
internment of italian americans
The U.S forced over 160,000 Italian americans into camps -
Pacific Theater
after the pearl harbor the japanese quickly gained control over a large area of the pacific , once the allies became strong enough to take the pacific back , they declared a mini war with japan over who would gain control . The pacific theater during world war II was a war between the allies and japan over who would gain control of the pacific ocean. -
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Battle of midway
six months after the pearl harbor , the united stated defeated the japanese in a crucial and decisive naval battle in the pacific theater. The japanese had planned to capture a stategic island in the middle of the pacific home to the americans military base. American admiral chester nimitz planned a grfeat defense to protect it and they end uup destroying 4 japan aircrafts -
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Manhattan project
Albert einstein who escaped the nazi persecution informed the dangers of atomic technology in the hands of the axis power. He then wrote a letter to president roosevelt urging the development of a atomic reaserch program. Roosevelt then agreed to the plan to make a atomic bomd but with the code name Manhattan Project. -
D-Day
more than 160,000 allied troops landed along the 50 mile stretch of the french coastline to fight nazi germans on the beaches of Normandy France. 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-day invasion but over 9,000 of the allied men was either hurt or killed. -
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Fall of berlin
the battle of berlin was a fight between soviet army and germany army it was the last major battle in Europe in WWII , it resulted the end of germanys army and hitlers rule. The battle began on april 16 and the soviets attacked near berlin. On May 2nd the german generals inside berlin surrendered to soviet army.
