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Creation of Atomic Bomb
On December 6, 1941 the United States Government committed $2 billion dollars to the Manhattan Project to build a secret bomb. At that time, only a few scientists around the globe believed it was theoretically possible. In four short years it became a reality and was a significant factor in bringing an end to World War II. -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of the Jewish people and their communities along with people of different religions and cultures such as Jehovah's witnesses, the Gypsies, and people who were mentally ill or handicapped. It was based on the Nazi belief that Aryans were a superior people and that their strength and racial purity must be preserved.Over 6 million Jews were killed along with other victims. It was significant to this time due to it not being a result of the World war. -
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party. Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and served as dictator from 1934 to 1945. His policies precipitated World War II and the Holocaust. -
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini was the Italian dictator in WW2, he grouped up with Hitler in order to try and gain power over Rome. In his mind, he wanted to re-build Rome and become the new Caesar. He was important cause he helped ivade and take over countries and was one of the Axis Powers. -
Hideki Tojo
He was the Japanese dictator. He was the most commonly caricatured leader. gave final approval to the attacks on the United States, Great Britain, and the Dutch East Indies in December 1941. Pushed for alliance with Germany. -
Executive Order 9066
The President authorized this in order to relocate Japanese American citizens. gave the military broad powers to ban any citizen from a fifty- to sixty-mile-wide coastal area stretching from Washington state to California and extending inland into southern Arizona. The order also authorized transporting these citizens to assembly centers hastily set up and governed by the military in California, Arizona, Washington state, and Oregon. Tens of thousands were relocated. -
Bataan Death March
On this date, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands died -
Office of War Informantion
To attract U.S. citizens to jobs in support of the war effort, the government created the Office of War Information Using propaganda (photographs and captions with emotional content), the OWI aimed to inspire patriotic fervor in the American public. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. Was the turning point. -
George S. Patton
By November 8, 1942, Patton was commanding the Western Task Force, the only all-American force landing for Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa. He was important due to his roles in many different wars, and battles. He was also the man that forced the policy of having german citizens witness the camps that the jews had to endure. -
Vernon Baker
He was the only living African American veteran to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor. In 1941, Vernon Baker was assigned to the segregated 270th Regiment of the 92nd Infantry Division, the first black unit to go into combat in WWII. Yet, it wasn't till 1996 that he earned the medal. -
Merchant Marines
The Merchant Marines were the ones who imported and exported supplies for the Allies. They were crucial in WW2 as they were the ones bringing in guns, and food, and anything else military wise for the army. n the Italian port of Bari, Dec. 2, 1943, during the invasion of Italy. A German air attack sank 17 Allied merchant ships with a loss of more than 1,000 lives. One of the five American ships destroyed that day was the SS John Harvey which carried a secret cargo of 100 tons of mustard gas bomb -
Korematsu v. U.S.
Fred Korematsu refused to obey the wartime order to leave his home and report to a relocation camp for Japanese Americans. He was arrested and convicted. After losing in the Court of Appeals, he appealed to the United States Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of the deportation order.
This was important due to the camps being set up for the Japan american citizens. -
D-Day Invasion
This was the day that the Allies gained hold over Europe. More than 160,000 Allies breached the coast of Normandy and fought against Nazi Germany forces. Despite the high death rate that occurred, the sacrifice of the troops was another step in defeating Adolf's troops. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower led the massive invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe that began on D-Day. He was a 5- star general During his presidency, he ended the war in Korea, strengthened social security, managed cold war era tensions. At the Potsdam Conference, he was one who wanted against the use of the atomic bomb on Japan. -
Omar Bradley
He was one of the towering American military leaders of the first half of the 20th century. After serving as an infantry school instructor, the West Point graduate took charge of the Eighty-second and Twenty-eighth Divisions during World War II. He commanded the Second Corps in the Tunisia and Sicilian campaigns, and as commander of the First Army he was instrumental to the success of the Normandy campaign. After the war he was appointed as a 5 star general. -
Harry Truman
He was the vice president while FDR was president. He oversaw during his first two months in office the ending of the war in Europe. He participated in a conference at Potsdam, Germany, governing defeated Germany, and to lay some groundwork for the final stage of the war against Japan. Truman approved the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan on August 6 and 9, 1945. -
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Potsdam Conference
Held near Berlin, the Potsdam Conference (July 17-August 2, 1945) was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. Featuring American President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (and his successor, Clement Attlee) and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, the talks established a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for administration of Germany. The leaders arrived at various agreements on the German economy,punishment -
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” -
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
On these two days, two bombs that were called "Little Boy" and "Fat man were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15
