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WWII leaders con. again
Quoted from primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/leaders.html. Emperor Hirohito was Emperor of Japan in WWII. Seriously, that's all I got. Benito Mussolini was Prime minister of Italy (1922-1943). He joined forces with Adolf Hitler to fight the Allied powers. Eventually, he was sacked as prime minister and executed by his own people. -
The Night of Broken Glass (Photo taken from The History Place)
Quoted from The History Place: A massive attack on the Jews during WWII has come to be known as The Night of Broken Glass. All over Germany and other Nazi controlled areas, Jewish shops and stores had their windows smashed and contents destroyed. Synagogues were also targeted for vandalism, including desecration of sacred Torah scrolls. Hundreds of synagogues were burned while local fire departments stood by or simply prevented the fire from spreading to surrounding buildings. -
WWII diplomatic meetings
Quoting from propagander.tripod.com/ww2.html
"August 22, 1939 -10: From M. Garreau, French Consul-General in Hamburg, to M. Georges Bonnet, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
I learn on good authority that the German Government hopes, by a lightning attack, to dispose of Poland before the end of the month." -
WWII leaders con.
Robert Menzies was the Prime minister of Australia and joined World War 2 beside Great Britain when the war started. Michael Savage was Prime minister of New Zealand and joined World War 2 beside Great Britain when the war started Adolf Hitler served in the Bavarian army during World War I and rose to become the leader of Nazi Germany during World War II. Hideki Tojo was Prime minister of Japan from October 1941 to July 1944. Quoted from primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/leaders.html. -
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D-Day, V-E Day, and V-J Day.
D-Day was on June 6, 1944, the day the Battle of Normandy began. V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe. It marked the end of the war with the Germans on May 8, 1945. V-J Day stands for Victory in Japan. It the marked the day Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war on August 15 1945. -
American WWII vet becomes first soldier honored for saving Jews
Quoting from studentnewsdaily.com The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate. But Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds would have none of that. As the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer held in the German POW camp, he ordered more than 1,000 Americans captives to step forward with him and brazenly pronounced: “We are all Jews here.” -
American WWII vet becomes first soldier honored for saving Jews con
When the German camp commander, speaking in English, ordered the Jews to identify themselves, Edmonds knew what was at stake. Turning to the rest of the POWs, he said: “We are not doing that, we are all falling out." With all the camp’s inmates standing in front of their barracks, the German commander turned to Edmonds and said: “They cannot all be Jews.” To which he replied: “We are all Jews here.” Then the Nazi officer pressed his pistol to Edmonds head and offered him one last chance. -
American WWII vet becomes first soldier honored for saving Jews con
Edmonds merely gave him his name, rank and serial number as required by the Geneva Conventions. “And then my dad said: ‘If you are going to shoot, you are going to have to shoot all of us because we know who you are and you’ll be tried for war crimes when we win this war,'” recalled Chris Edmonds, who estimates his father’s actions saved the lives of more than 200 Jewish-American soldiers. -
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Quoting from The History Place Five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raise the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, using a piece of Japanese pipe as a mast, February 23, 1945. Three of the flag raisers were later killed as the fighting raged on. By March 16, when Iwo Jima was declared secured, 6,821 Americans and 21,000 Japanese (the entire force) had died. The flag raising photo and subsequent statue came to symbolize being a Marine. Never forget our fallen heroes. -
This is a memorable and very real photo
Joe Rosenthal was an AP photographer covering the battle of Iwo Jima. Rosenthal arrived at Mount Suribachi at the exact time the Marines were exchanging the flags, the smaller one for the bigger. He choose to focus on the one being raised, the picture we all know today. Lowery alleged that Rosenthal’s picture must have been posed. According to Hal Buell, “someone asked Joe if he posed his picture, and Joe — thinking they meant the ‘Gung Ho’ photo — said yes.” -
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Atomic Bombs
The bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 was called Fat Man. It was an implosion-type fission bomb that used plutonium. About 90,000-140,000 people were killed. Those who were still alive writhed in agony from their burns. The atom bomb obliterated more than 4 sq miles and there was very heavy damage outside that area. Three days later the USA dropped another atom bomb on Nagaski. About 60,000-80,000 people were killed by this atom bomb. -
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Grandparents' birthdays
Regina Lynn Garrat VanMeter was born on Oct. 24, 1951
Darrell Douglas VanMeter was born on May 20, 1955
Richard Wade Hancock was born on Nov. 27, 1947
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WWII leaders
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of Great Britain during most of the war, from 1940 to 1945, Churchill led Britain to victory. Joseph Stalin was very brutal Communist dictator of Russia. (1928-1953). F. D. Roosevelt was President of the United States of America (1933-1945). He declared war on Japan after the bombing at Pearl Harbor. Quoted from primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/leaders.html. -
WWII leaders con.
Harry S. Truman became president of the United States in the final year of World War 2. He played a major role in the war's outcome by making the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Charles de Gaulle was a French general who led the French in their fight against Germany. After World War II, he became president of France. William King was Prime minister of Canada and joined World War 2 beside Great Britain when the war started. Quoted from primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/leaders.html. -
WWII details
Quoting from thehistoryplace.com
August 31, 1939 - British fleet mobilizes; Civilian evacuations begin from London./September 1, 1939 - Nazis invade Poland./Sep. 3, 1939 - Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany./September 4, 1939 - British Royal Air Force attacks the German Navy./September 5, 1939 - United States proclaims its neutrality; German troops cross the Vistula River in Poland./September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins. -
The Battle of Britain
Quoting from web.archive.org /The bombardment began as a prelude to a planned German invasion that never took place. The Germans bombed Royal Air Force bases and airfields throughout southern England into the late summer of 1940. ... The purpose of the Blitz was to intimidate the British into surrender or withdrawal from the war. The Germans realized this purpose had failed. They would return to bomb London again, but for now the Battle of Britain was won. -
Winston Churchill
Quoting from https://web.archive.org "No wartime leader ever played a more important role than Churchill in maintaining the morale of his people. Churchill may have been the only man in Europe whom Hitler could not intimidate. His refusal to even consider the possibility of a British defeat was communicated to his people in his radio addresses. Churchill and his family set an example of courage by refusing to leave London, despite the nightly bombing by the Germans." -
Radar
Quoting from ww2sci-tech.org The entire technology of radar, which is the ability to use radio waves to detect objects at a distance, was barely invented at the start of the war but became highly developed in just a few years. By allowing people to “see” remotely, at very long distances, radar made the idea of “surprise attack” virtually obsolete and vastly enlarged the arena of modern warfare. Radar allowed tracking incoming air attacks and guidng bombers to their targets. -
Rockets and Missiles (Picture taken from www.ww2sci-tech.org/essays/essay2.html)
Quoting from ww2sci-tech.org The V-1 or “buzz bomb” was an automatic aircraft (or cruise missile) and the V-2 was a “ballistic missile” that flew into space before falling down on its target. The “rocket team” that developed these weapons for Germany were brought to the United States after World War II, settled in Huntsville, Alabama, under their leader Wernher von Braun, and then helped to build the rockets that sent American astronauts into space and to the moon. -
Technologies During WWII
I think that penicillin and computers are the two most important technologies invented during WWII. Penicillin is a very important antibiotic. Part of the reason I choose it is because it was invented by accident. And that amuses me. Because of penicillin, an ear infection is not a life-threatening disease. Computers are obvious. They are one of the only WWII inventions that change our daily lives. Computers helped, and continue to, with science, radar, mathematics, and electronics. -
American WWII vet becomes first soldier honored for saving Jews
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