US history WW2

Yalta 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