America in World War II Outline

America in World War II Outline

The Allies Trade Space for Time

ABC-1 Agreement-

Held off the war in the Pacific for time being

The Shock of War

Executive Order 9066-

Korematsu v. US-

Building a War Machine

War Production Board-

Henry J. Kaiser-

Conserver Rubber

Japan invades

Speed Limit/

Manpower and Womanpower

Office of Price Administration-

National War Labor Board-

Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act-

WAAC’s-

WAVES-

SPAR’s-

WASPS-

Women-

Wartime Migrations

Great Migration-

Phillip Randolf-

Congress of Racial Equality-

Fair Employment Practices Commission-

Bracero Program-

Native Americans

Holding Home Front

Macy’s- 1944

National Debt skyrocketed-

Japan’s High Tide at Midway

Japanese overran the Pacific capturing:

Philippines-

Doolittle’s Raid

April 18, 1942-

Midway

June 3, 1942

Scout Planes found

Japanese lost

Kamikaze-

Iwo Jima-

a- Critical to the US

b- Most heavily defended

C- 4,000

D- only 200

Okinawa- April 1945

A-US Marines

B-Japanese unleashed

C-Fighting ended on June 21, 1945

The Allied Halting of Hitler

Wolf Packs-

Radar-

A Second Front from North Africa to Rome

Stalingrad-

August 1942-

Winter-

A-

B-

Germans Surrender-

North Africa

Dwight D. Eisenhower-

Italy- Churchill/FDR-

A- Step up

B- Invade Sicily=

C- Sicily Falls August 1943

D-Day: June 6, 1944

Big 3 met:

June 6, 1944-

Dwight D. Eisenhower-

Normandy-

July 25-

August 23-

Sept 1944-

December 16, 1944

Hitler wanted

Captured

Raged

Pushed

Germany

FDR: The Fourth-Termite of 1944

Republicans:

Democrats:

Who Wins:

The Last Days of Hitler

Final Solution: Genocide

The deliberate and systematic killing

Silenced

Targeted other groups:

Began in

Ghettos:

A-Segregated

B-Bodies

C-Factories

Concentration Camps:

Camps turned over

Hunger, Humiliation, and

Condition of the Camp:

Early 1942:

Auschwitz:

Bodies buried in huge pits:

Tried to cover up evidence:

Used as experiments:

Surrender:

FDR:

Hitler:

Germany Surrenders:

The Atomic Bombs

Most ambitious enterprise in history:

Alamogordo, New Mexico

Potsdam Conference:

Truman

July 25, 1945

Truman ordered

U.S warned Japan that it faced

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 6, 1945:

Japan hesitant to

August 9, 1945

200,000 people

The Allies Triumphant

September 2, 1945:

a-Emperor Hirohito

b-Told Japan’s leaders to

c-Ceremonies took place on the U.S.

V-J Day =

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