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WWII, The Battle of the Bulge, Bombs Away!, D-Day -- A Success!, Germany…
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The Battle of the Bulge
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Attack began before dawn on December 16, 1944
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Bombs Away!
The Results
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Hiroshima
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70,000 more die by end of year
Nagasaki
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40,000 more die by end of year
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US had fire bombed Japan for months, but wanted a quick end to the war for many reasons
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August 6, 1945 Hiroshima, Japan
August 9, 1945 Nagasaki, Japan
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FDR died in his fourth term from a stroke and Truman took over as president
- Truman decided to drop the bomb without any second thoughts
The two cities were picked to maximize the impact and devastation for Japan, cities were very densely populated and were of importance to Japan
D-Day -- A Success!
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By June 11, Allied troops spread across countryside
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Germany after WWI
After WWI, Germany establishes a democracy known as the Weimar Republic
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Hitler in Jail
Change in Tactics
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Hitler wants to make a strong country so he builds a strong military and goes against the treaty of Versaille
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By 1923, Nazi party swells to 55,000
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Pushing for "Double V"
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If US wants to portray itself as a defender of democracy, then it must be willing to end discrimination at home.
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Fascism
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If you live under a fascist government, you have no rights -- in America, you can work to find success, in a fascist country, you cannot
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During WWII, Italy and Germany were both Fascist countries while Russia, led by Stalin, was a Communist country so they didn't get along
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Benito Mussolini - Italy
Italian school teacher, journalist, activist
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Japan
Population issues
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Japan focuses in on different regions of China that are also very rich in resources to benefit Japan economically, and makes them appear to other country as a growing power
The Rape of Nanking
As the Japanese begin to invade regions, they perform a genocide against Chinese people
tortured and killed many Chinese in the region to express the country as strong and powerful and that people should fear them
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Tensions with Japan
Tripartite Pact
Involves three different countries, Germany, Italy, and Japan
If one of the countries gets attacked, the others will come to its defense
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Indochina
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May try to invade the Philippines, owned by U.S.
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release and apology
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homes taken away, haven't worked for money in years
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War strategy
Operation Torch
Eisenhower states the US military will invade northern African countries owned by France that were currently owned by Germany
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Getting to Japan
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- Take over an island and establish a military base
The Manhattan Project
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Secret laboratory in Los Alamos, NM
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Non-aggression pact
If Communism and Fascism are totally opposed to each other, why would Hitler and Stalin sign this?
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Failure of Diplomacy
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US intercepted a telegram saying Japan is going to attack the US except the US didn't know when or where
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Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941
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Executive Order 9066
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Arrested and become prisoners because the American government believes Japanese Americans are untrustworthy, not loyal to the US government
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Adolf Hitler
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April 30, 1945 -- commits suicide
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Bataan Death March
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78,000 prisoners of war forced to march 80 miles to a Japanese prison camp
US and Okinawa
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Japanese wouldn't surrender and used kamikaze attacks in which they run their plane straight into the plane of an American
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Neutrality Acts
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“Cash and carry” - Sell goods (but not weapons) to countries only if they pay cash and pick up goods themselves
We're In!
December 8, 1941 – US declares war on Japan
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3 days later Japan, Germany and Italy honor the Tripartite Pact and declare war on the US
Building an army
FDR expands army to 210,000 soldiers
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D-Day
Military. the day, usually unspecified, set for the beginning of a planned attack.
June 6, 1944, the day of the invasion of western Europe by Allied forces in World War II.
Japanese Strategy
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Japanese strategy
- American fleet must be destroyed in order to protect Tokyo from bombing
- Do this by attacking Midway Island
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