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Great Depression
The Great Depression started in October of 1929 caused by overproduction, lack of jobs, and stock market crash. The US economy was failing and the citizens were paying the price. But when WW2 started the economy in the US blew up do to the need to get ready for, and ultimately ending the Great depression. -
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Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter was used to influence a women to join the workforce because of a lack of men that were working do to the fighting. Then women were able to fill the gap while the men were fighting in the Pacific and Europe. -
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Rationing
Rationing was used by many countries during WW2 that limited the amount certain resources to the population of the country to focus the resources towards war. -
Lend Lease Proposed
Proposed by Franklin D. Roosevelt to convince the american public and congress to give more aid to the British. -
Lend Lease Signed
Roosevelt signs to give more aid to Great Britain. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan's surprise attack against the U.S Navy Base Pearl Harbor. Help lead USA to join WW2. -
Doolittle's Raid
US B-25 bombers equipped with high explosive and incendiary bombs targeted Tokyo. First air attack on Japanese homeland. -
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Island Hopping
Devised by MacArthur and Admiral William “Bull” Halsey, to weaken Japanese forces and create airbases to bomb the mainland.(Successful) -
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Aircraft Carriers
Production dramatically increases. Allows US to Bomb Japanese Mainland. USA had 27 Aircraft carriers by the end of the war -
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Operation Fortitude
Operation Fortitude was using deception to make Germany front line to spread thin in order for the Normandy landing known as D-day to take places. -
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Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the Allied of invasion of Normandy. It was the first successful allied invasion against German controlled France. -
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Philippine Campaign
Us and Filipino campaign to rid the Philippines of Imperial Japanese Forces. -
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Iwo Jima
US Marines invaded Iwo Jima. Japanese used secret tunnels through out the island. US Marines raised a US Flag on Mount Suribachi. Japanese had constructed 11 miles of tunnels and around 1,500 rooms under Iwo Jima's surface. Marines could he the Japanese running under them. -
Little Boy and Enola Gay
Little Boy was drooped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, making it the first atomic bomb to ever be used in war. Little boy was a uranium based bomb with a estimated blast yield of 15kt. Enola Gay was a B-29 Superfortress that dropped Little Boy on Nagasaki. -
Fat Man
Fat Man was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki making it the second Atomic bomb to be use in war. Fat Man was a plutonium based bomb with a blast yield of 21kt. -
Planned End of WW2
USA was demanding and unconditional surrender, when they weren't accepting they planned and invasion. While Early in the war a top secret development of atomic weapons was taken place called Manhattan Project. It was started by FDR and was so secretive that Vice President Truman didn't even find out about it till he became President. When it tested to be successful Truman Ordered an Atomic bomb to be dropped on Japan. After two atomic bombs three days apart Japan finally Surrender
