World War 2 unit review

By Darren2525

  • Aircraft Carriers

    The Aircraft were a huge part of the war. And Japan was expectantly skilled at them. If any opponent sunk these boats the planes could not land and the pilots ran out of gas. These were huge targets for any side. Aircraft Carriers are boats that docked the planes on them.
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    Emperor Hirohito (Japanese Atrocities)

    Hirohito was a dictatorial selfish and stubborn man. He was seen to all of Japan as a god. He did not want to lose this status. Even after America dropped the first atomic bomb he still wanted to keep his power. He did not care for his people, he even went out of his way to collect artifacts after the bombing. The Japanese people were at his ever command, that is why the Allies demanded the unconditional surrender.

  • Great Depression

    End as soon as the war begins,the New deals were not working, and soon America saw production.

  • World War 2 begins

    The Germans where trying to put themselves back together after WW1 they had gotten all the blame and had to reduce their land and military. They took Hitler as their leader and followed him into a new war. They invaded Poland using Blitzkrieg lighting warfare. They wanted their land back.

  • Great Britain and France Declare War

    France and Britain finally tried to stop Hitlers advance and their colonies followed them into war.
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    Auschwitz

    A Nazi concretion camp located in Poland. The prisoners were used for slave labor and gassed to death daily. This was the largest camp.
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    Lend Lease Act

    An act that provided U.S military aid to foreign countries whose defense the President deemed vital to the defense of the United States.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Japan launched a surprise attack on America they have been planing for years. We lost 8 battle ships, this attack enraged America. Japan was going to come back in at third wave but they felt they did enough. So they did not destroy our factories.

  • War Bonds

    They were issued by the U.S government and were known as debt securities for the purpose of financing military operations during war time.

  • FDR declares war on Japan (America enters the war)

    America was devastated and wanted rustic though war was declared we did not do any for 6 months.
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    Japan takes Philippines

    The Americans and Filipinos were captured by the Japanese. We were forced to surrender after a fierce siege.

  • Rationing

    The federal government needed to control supply and demand. With rationing everyone could eat not just the wealthy. The supply of goods were very low back then due to the wartimes.

  • John Brown

    A British Army solider. He was one of Britain's must successful spies.
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    Internment

    Japanese camps, created by an executive order by FDR. Wrongfully imprisoned Japanese- Americans out of fear after Pearl Harbor.

  • Doolittle 's Raid

    America's first attack on Japan since Perl Harbor. Though the attack failed the American peoples' moral increased.
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    Island Hopping

    America thought the best way to defeat Japan was to travel the least Islands as possible, and head straight for central Japan. They assaulted around 78 Islands.
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    Battle of The Coral Sea

    The first naval battle America participated in, it is a draw the first time Japan doesn't win.
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    Midway Island Ambush

    America's first win America sunk 4 aircraft carriers and America lost one. America sent planes to ambush Japan.
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    Guadalcanal

    We had to keep Japan out of Austria they had a landing strip there, if they would have got that the war would have been much deadlier. It took 6 months to take the strip.
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    Manhattan project

    It all stared after Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt. He warned him of the weapon Germany could be developing.With a total hire of over 600,00 workers.It has over 30 different research and production sites. The main site is Los Alamos, New Mexico. Other locations are Hanford, Washington and Oak ridge,Tennessee. The goal is to develop an atomic weapon before Germany or Japan.
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    Little Boy

    The first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Killed over 800,000 people instantly. It weighed 13 kilotons of TNT.
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    Fat Man

    The second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. It weighted 21 kilotons of TNT. It killed over 75,000 people.
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    Dropping the A- bomb

    The thought of an American made Atomic weapon was inspired out of fear of someone doing it first. So, we started the Manhattan Project and researched and produced two atomic bombs that we dropped on Japan to try and get them to surrender. Over 875,000 people. And still effects Japan till this day. The farmers of the two sites are suffering due to paranoia the public holds. They believe the crops are radioactive.

  • Unconditional Surrender

    This is indefinite surrender meaning that Japan would give up their government system so they could not expand like they did in this war ever again. DR and Winston Churchill met decided that the Allies would not stop until they had the unconditional surrender of Germany,Italy, and Japan.

  • Rosie the Riveter

    She is a women's empowerment symbol stating that women can do anything a man can do. That women and men are equals. She represented the women working in factories and shipyards during the war.
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    Sicily and Italy

    The first Offensive in Europe took place in Sicily,Italy.
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    First Conference

    The first conference between some major Allied leaders; FDR, Stalin, and Winston Churchill. The discussed the opening of a second front in Europe and the idea of the UN. Took place in Tehran, Iran.
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    Operation Fortitude

    The Americans wanted to make the Germans believe that they were landing in Pas-de-Calais or in Norway while our real landing was in Normandy.
    The 5 channels of Deception
    *Physical Deception with inflatable tanks and aircraft
    *Controlled leaks of information from diplomatic channels
    *Wireless traffic- establishment of similar traffic in communications to a military unit
    *Use of German agents under allied control to send information
    *Sent one of the most respected U.S generals up to the fake unit
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    Operation Overload

    The battle of Normandy ending with the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control. Also known as D- day.

  • Tunnels

    Theses tunnels were located in Iwo Jima. The Japanese carved them into the land and they gave them a major advantage in this battle. The Americans were at high alert at all times.
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    Kamikaze Pilots (Japanese Atrocities )

    These were suicide pilots and their only goal was to take down as many Americans as they could when they crashed. The last thing they would say is "Long live the Emperor" . This was Japanese last air attempt.
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    Battle of The Bulge

    Germany's counter attack on the Americans after d- day. They attacked the American troops in the Ardennes Forest. The weather caused the American's to not have proper resupply ans were beginning to be pushed back. When the weather cleared the planes could see what was going on so the Americans could strike back. Soon the Germans were over powered.
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    Second Conference

    A conference between F.D.R(U.S.A), Winston Churchill (England), and Stalin(Russia). They discussed reestablishing Poland, the unconditional surrender and separating of Germany, possible members of the UN, and the U.S asked for help with Japan. Took place in Yalta, Russia.
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    Iwo Jima

    The first and only time America took on more casualties then Japan. The Japanese knew ever inch of the Island and had underground tunnels that no one could find.
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    Okinawa

    America wanted to take this land and use it as a standing Island to take over Japan's main lands. The most brutal battle of ww2 and first home island with actual citizens. Kamikaze warfare was implemented. And the battle of Sugar hill took place.
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    Kazuko (Japanese Atrocities)

    The civilians of Japan began to fight in the war. They would rather die then be taken by the American soldiers. So kazuko means they would die with honor. Civilians were often given two grenades one to kill as many Americans they could and the other to kill themselves. Like the Kamikaze's they too wanted to kill as many Americans they could before dying.
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    Planning for the end

    America had five different ways they were planning to end the war. They could wait for the U.S.S.R, invade the mainland, change demand of unconditional surrender, navy blockade, or drop atomic bombs.
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    Third Conference

    The final conference between the leaders. Due to FDR's death Truman took his place all the other members remand the same. They discussed post war Japan and Germany helping them out with Japan. Took place Potsdam, Germany.

  • Enola Gay

    Named after the pilot's mother. This is the aircraft became the first ti drop an atomic bomb.

  • Final Solution

    America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan they finally surrendered. The United Nations was created to help prevent future world wars.