Studied by 155 peopleYalta conference
meant to decide what should happen to germany after the war
Tuskegee airmen
African American fighter squadron that escorted bombers on runs over germany
442nd regiment of combat
The most decorated regiment in US military history; a fighting unit composed almost entirely of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry
A Phillip Randolph
Labor leader that fought for fair treatment in the US during the war
United nations
An international organization designed to settle disputes peacefully
Rationing
Allowed people to only have small portions of an item at a time
Island hopping
Skipping over heavily fortified islands in order to seize lightly defended locations that could support the next advance
War refugee board
US executive agency to aid civilian victims of the axis powers
Europe first strategy
Focus on Europe first, because Japan didn't pose as much of a threat
Genocide
Killing of a large number of people from a particular area or race
Aucshwitz
Most deadly concentration/death camp
Truman
Decided to drop the bomb
Battle of the bulge
Last German offensive; ultimately led to their surrender
D-day
A push from the Allies to gain a foothold in german- occupied france
Tehran conference
The meeting to discuss D-day
Battle of midway
Battle in the pacific; took out most of Japan's supplies and pilots
Japanese aircraft and ships were scattered and they had lost many valuable pilots from the battle of midway in 1942
Why was Japan virtually defenseless in April 1945?
-allies had been kicked out of Europe -suez canal and oil reserves were at stake -force Hitler to move troops from eastern europe; lessen the strains on Stalin
Why did the allies attack North Africa instead of france first?
-they didn't believe what was happening to the jews -worked with the red cross to create the war refugee board and save the jews
What limited US response to the holocaust?
-believed the nazi party wouldn't stay in power long -awaiting visas and passports but they weren't granted -refugee countries weren't taking immigrants/refugees
why didn't the jews just leave germany?
-his army occupied most of eastern europe(countries didn't want another war) -participated in the war so he was entitled to compensation for the heavy losses he sustained
Why was Stalin included in post-war plans?
-advertising to make it seem like the jews lost WW1 for Germany -taught it in school and used punishment if you didn't agree
How did Germany brainwash their citizens to hate the jews?
Battle of the bulge
What battle ended Germany chance of taking over Europe?
-full rights of citizenship
What did African Americans focus their efforts on after the war?
US and the soviet union
Who became the two main superpowers after the war?
New constitution: -gave women the right to vote -enacted democratic reforms -economic recovery
How did the Japanese government change after the war?
-destroyed their landing vessels before they hit the beach -kamikaze
How did Japan defend their country when the US attacked?
-population went down during the war -went up due to a baby boom after the war
How did population change during the war?
Beginning of war -assigned to non-combat units -relegated to service duties(supply, maintence, transportation)
End -fought in specific combat groups(Tuskegee airmen)
what was the role of african americans in WW2?
-forced American society to use factories again -traded with other countries -open jobs due to men being drafted(lowered unemployment)
How did wartime eliminate the thought of depression?
-allied powers won -many deaths -took Britain a long time to build back up
Results of WW2
-politicians and people believed that they would turn on America and send information to Japan
Why were the Japanese Americans put in internment camps?
-save American lives -dropped it a second time bc Japan hadn't surrendered -wanted to show the soviet union what we could do
Why did Truman drop the bomb?
Aryan race
What race did the Germans view as superior?
Post stamp conference
Final decision that Germany was going to be divided into eats and west
Mary Bethune
Black female advisor for FDR
Final solution
Attempt to kill all the jews
Nuremberg trials
Trial to punish the German officers for killing the jews
Nagasaki and Hiroshima; Nagasaki came first
What cities were the bombs dropped on?
Battle of the coral sea
First battle fought only with planes
Geneva convention
Outlined how prisoners of war were to be treated
Patton
Led allied troops into africa
Atlantic charter
FDR and Churchill met to discuss post war plans
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