America At War
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| Albert Einstein | german jew
described atomic bomb to roosevelt in letter in 1939
famous scientist dude with crazy hair
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| Anti-Semitism | the discrimination or violent hostility directed at the jews
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| Atlantic Charter | joint declaration between WINSTON CHURCHILL and ROOSEVELT on the future of the US
Allies working together to fight Axis powers
became basis of the UNITED NATIONS
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| Bataan Death March | Japan and Filipinos
japan made prisoners march 60 miles
lasted 6-12 days
25,000 prisoners died
geneva convention
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| Battle of Guadalcanal | JAPAN vs US MARINES
US destroyed Japanese air fields and won
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| Battle of Normandy | GERMANY vs US/BRITISH
happened in France
retake Europe from the west
Allies won
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| Battle of Okinawa | JAPAN vs US MARINES
last obstacle before attacking Japanese homeland
US won
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| Battle of Stalingrad | GERMANY vs RED ARMY
German and soviet union
stop german expansion eastward
happened in USSR
allies won
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| Battle of the Bulge | GERMANY vs US/BRITISH
happened on border of France and Germany
break last German offensive position
allies won
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| Concentration Camps | places where political prisoners are confined,usually under harsh conditions
Jews and such taken here against their will
bad, sad, awful, dammit hitler
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| African Americans during war | most famous black military unit: TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
Navajo Indians were recruited to transmit secret info using their native language
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| Auschwitz | infamous concentration camp
12,000 victims could be gassed and cremated in a single day here
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| Ending war in Europe | May 8, 1945
German surrender
V-E Day
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| Ending war in pacific | atomic bombings against Japan
Japan surrenders August 14,1945
official surrender on Sept 2, 1945 (6 years, 1 day after it started)
surrender on USS Missouri
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| Ghettos | sealed off areas within a city where Jewish people were forced to live
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| Harry Truman | Vice President to Roosevelt
took Presidency after Roosevelt died of a stroke
commenced bombing of Japan with atomic bombs
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| Henry Ford | had car company
used company to make B-24 Bomber Planes
used assembly line method
made a plane every 11 minutes from 1942-1945 (about 131/day)
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| Financing War | 1. increased taxes
2. borrowed money from banks and investors
3. government held bond drives which collected over $186 billion
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| Hiroshima | August 6 1945 about 8 am
a large Japanese military base
first bombing target against Japan
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| Nagasaki | August 9 1945
second bombing target
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| Holocaust | systematic murder of European Jews
started by Hitler
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| Internment Camps | US sent Japanese Americans to confinement in remote areas
along the west coast
they lost their jobs, homes, health
left in 1945 but it took until 1988 for government to repay each family $20k and an apolgy
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| Manhattan Project | atomic bomb project
code name
everyone made a small piece, not knowing what they were making
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| Nuremburg Laws | 1935
-stripped Jews of German citizenship
-outlawed marriage between Jews and non Jews
-encouraged boycotts of Jewish businesses
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| Kristallnacht | Night of Broken Glass
over 250 synagogues were burned
over 7000 Jewish businesses trashed and looted
many Jews killed
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| Rationing | food: sugar, coffee, meats, cheese
rationing books
victory gardens grown
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| Rosie the Riveter | attracted female workers
gave sense of patriotism
woman wearing bandanna "we can do it"
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| Selective service and training act | required all males 21-36 to register for military service in case
they didn't have enough volunteers
a total of 16 million Americans or GI's (Government Issued) served as soldiers, sailors, and aviators during WWII
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| Shortages | recycling for scrap metal, paper, and rubber
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| Transport to concentration camps | The SS (some of Hitler's police) transported Jews
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| Victory Gardens | family grown during rationing to supply themselves with fresh vegetables and allow the soldiers to have farm produced vegetables
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| Women's roles during war | worked in manufacturing (planes, ships, etc)
nurses
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| Geneva Convention | -take prisoner that surrenders, no shooting them
-must give them food, water, and clothing to prisoners of war
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