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Adolf Hitler
German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party, Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer of Nazi Germany -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The president during the majority of WW2. -
US neutrality (lend lease & cash and carry)
the US wanted to remain neutral but allowed for nations to buy arms as long as they were able to pay in cash and carry them out themselves. as the war progressed, the started to "lend" arms to the countries -
Axis powers
the group formed mainly by Italy, Japan, and Germany -
African-American discrimination
A. Phillip Randolph led a march to add equality for african-americans searching for jobs and/or were in the military -
Japanese embargo
After Japan invaded China, the US put an embargo on the aircraft parts and fuel that had been traded with Japan -
Rosie the riveter
with all the men on the battlefield, the women needed to move into the workplace. Rosie the riveter was created by the government to encourage them into the workforce -
Conservation/ rationing
A lot of supplies were needed for the war so people started to ride bikes and carpool to save rubber and gasoline as well as cut down on luxury food items -
Allied powers
The group going against the axis. This consisted of Great Britain, The United States, China, and the Soviet Union -
internment camps
many Japanese-Americans were put in internment camps for fear of being a security risk. this was set up with executive order 9066 -
Battle of Midway/ Island hopping
in the pacific theater, island hopping was used as a way to travel the long distances between the enemy. The US won the island of Midway and Japan was not able to travel the distance to attack US soil -
Dwight Eisenhower
American army general during world war 2 -
D-Day (operation overload)
The allied invasion of the beaches in Normandy France -
Pearl harbor
Japanese planes attacked US base at pearl harbor in hawaii. -
Manhattan project
this was a secret research program with european scientists, like Einstein, developed the atomic bombs -
Harry truman
Truman became president after the death of FDR and is left to decide whether to invade of bomb Japan -
The Battle of Berlin
The final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II fought mainly by the Soviet Union -
Atomic bomb at Hiroshima
On this day the US dropped one of two atomic bombs on Japan -
Atomic bomb at Nagasaki
On this day the US dropped one of two atomic bombs on Japan -
Japanese surrender
this is the day that the japanese emperor formally surrendered
