wwii

  • US neutrality

    US saw it as '' European war''
    - couldn't sell/give arms to nations at war
  • African American Discrimination

    1941- A. philip Randolph (and 100,000)
    planned march on washington
    FDR feared
    -A riot
    -it would like a victory for hitler
  • Pearl Harbor

    jap launched surprise attack
    pear harbor hawaii
    over 240
  • Internment Camps

    Pearl Harbor = japanese collusion
    -more widespread racism
    support for harsh treatment
    executive order 9066
  • D Day (operation Overlord)

    Operation overlord ''
    Allied invasion of normandy france
    largest seaborne invasion in history
  • Harry Truman

    early 1945 - FDR dies
    truman must now decide invade japan or use atomic bombs ?
    manhattan project
  • Atomics Bombs / Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    killed 40,000
    August 15- japans emperor
    hirohito surrenders
    a new and cruel Bomb
    september 2nd - formally
    surrendered