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Euthanasia Program
A secret order signed by Hitler. This allowed all children under the age of 5 to be killed if they showed any signs of disabilities. Those disabilities could of been both mental and physical. Adults and teens were then added to the program due to the success and expansion. Hitler want to cleanse the race by making a productive race without any issues in their society. In this program about 200,000 people were euthanized. -
Night of the Broken Glass
Germany created spaces where Jews would not be allowed. This consisted of schools, theatres, hospital and the Jews would need to identify themselves. Jews would be required to wear badges with the Star of David for identification. -
Hitler attacked Poland and France, England declared war.
Germany and Russia agreed to split Poland but later Germany invaded. They were first to take action. Russia finally met the retreating Polish Army two weeks later. Poland was lost. Hitler was unusual with his need for killing undesirables and others such as Jews, in Poland. -
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Women in the War
During the war ost men were off fighting so their were plenty of job openings. Women were encouraged to help their men by working on factories, they were still expected to look pretty and make all the meals when their men returned. Rosie the riveter was created to show that women are tough and can some of the same jobs as men. Women made up over half of the workers in factories. Women were also accepted in the military, only for non compact assignments. -
Auschwitz
Auschwitz was a death camp located in Poland. Many Jews died there, the number of Deaths of Jews at the camp was approximately more than 1,000,000. Hundred thousands other people were also killed their. -
Tuskegee Flyers
The Tuskegee Flyers were the first group of all African American fighter pilots in World War Two. There were no African American pilots until they tried to join the airforce and were successful. They were even better than white men. They were the first group in history to never lose a pilot during bombing plane transportation. -
War Production Board
American factories were ordered to start making war goods. Sometimes business would need to make completely different products than they usually did. Drives were organized for anything that could be used in war. This consisted of metal scraps, food, clothing, weapons etc. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was Germany’s second attempt to take over Russia. They were severely affected by the cold winters in Russia and lost. Germany was very undersupplied and unprepared. Russia was the main reason why Germany lost the war. The battle went on too long and Russia’s civilians were willing to fight Germany in the battle. The fact that Hitler was so obsessed with Russia allowed America to invade with less effort. Hitler wanted to kill as many Russians as possible and use Russia as a living spac -
Wartime Consumers
During the war everyone had jobs and money, but they had nothing to buy. Everything was being produced for war. People bought war bonds. War bonds were an arrangement were you would give money to the government and at the end of the war they would give you your money back plus extra. Everyone also had rations. You would be given a certain amount of coupons for certain foods and supplies. If you need a particular item you had to have a coupon for it. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor and America declares war on Japan
Japan’s goal was to disable America so they were able to take over China. They attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii with fighter jets. 2,403 Americans were killed and 180 U.S. aircrafts were sunk. 18 U.S. naval bases were also sunk and destroyed. The day after President Franklin D. Roosevelt requested congress to declare war on Japan. This is where America finally took part in the war. -
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S.
Once war declare America immediately declared war on the two Axis Powers. Hitler tried his best to avoid conflict with America but had no choice to join Italy in order to defend their ally, Japan. Hitler claimed to stand by Italy and after they win the war they will begin to create just order in their countries. -
Navajo Code Talkers
Navajo Code Talkers were men hired by the Marines to transfer messages in an unbreakable code. In previous wars America would use codes that were broken by enemies. Navajo was a language that was not taught to Germans in schools. Navajo Code Talkers had remember the code in their head. Hundreds of Navajos were used as code talkers. -
Wanensee Conference
A meeting that was made up of fifteen Nazi officials discuss the “Jewish Question”. This was regarding what would happen to Jews. They talked about the immigration of Jews, but agreed it was too expensive. They came up with the “Final Solution.” The “Final Solution” was death camps but they never actually said “Death Camps” because they wanted to cover it up. They didn’t want people to know about it -
Executive Order 9066.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor America was afraid of the Japanese and heard rumors about enemy spies living in America. FDR decided to transport all Japanese Americans to Internment camps. These camps were located in deserts that were very dirty and didn’t have a lot of water. Each Japanese American was allowed to fill one bag of their desired belongings and the rest would be owned by the government until the end of the war. The Japanese Americans would also be held in camps until the conc -
Bataan Death March
American prisoners of Japan were forced to march. They were given 5-12 days to march 60-80 miles. If they lagged behind they would be killed and all civilians trying to give the prisoners food and water would be killed as well. Not only did they have to march a long way they were given to water or food. If they had to go to the bathroom they had to walk and go because they would be shot if they stopped at all. Some soldiers had helmets but most were severely sunburned. 10,000-13,000m Ameri -
FDR's State of Union Arddess
In FDR’s State of Union Address he requests four things. He asks that the U.S. citizens have the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want and the freedom from fear. -
Korematsu vs. US
During the Executive Order of 9066, a man named Fred Korematsu testified against discrimination based off of one’s race, especially during a national crisis. He was going up against the entire U.S. government and lost due to his little power. This case is never spoken of in court trials due to the fact that the case was not valid and the U.S. was going against the constitution. -
War Refugee Board
When President Roosevelt made the War Refugee Board more 200,000 Jewish refugees were allowed in the United States. This was very impressive especially because it happened in the matter of months. Only 100,000 Jewish refugees were allowed in 1933-1941. The board was created so refugees could find safety in America and recover. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany attempted to take over Antwerp. Antwerp was a Belgian city. The battle was very chaotic and they managed to successfully misled America. America “won” but at the cost of about 100,000 casualties. -
D-Day
This was the day that American military invaded the beaches of Normandy, the name was actually Operation Overload. At the time Normandy was occupied by Germany. This was and still is the largest land, sea and air takeover ever. We won!. General Eisenhower was in charge. -
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill met to discuss how Germany would be split up. They agreed that each of them would get one fourth, and the fourth portion would be given to Germany. This allowed them to have free elections. However, Stalin broke his promise and force Soviet rule. -
Hitler Commited Suicide
Hitler swallowed a cyanide capsule and then shot himself in the head. However, he was not alone, he committed suicide along with his wife. Hitler got married to his wife Eva two days before he died. Soon after allied forces surrendered. -
V-E Day
V-E Day means that America had a victory in Europe. This was the day that Europe unconditionally gave up with their military and were taken over by Allies.
