World War 2

Who was the leader in France?

Charles De Gaulle

Who was the leader in Britain?

Winston Churchill

Who was the leader in the United States?

Franklin Roosevelt

Who was the leader in the USSR?

Joseph Stalin

Who was the leader in Germany?

Adolf Hitler

Who was the leader in Italy?

Benito Mussolini

Who was the leader in Japan?

Hirohito(Emperor), and Tojo(Shogun)

Why did Dictators win in rising to power?

They won support because of economic/political insatbility

Fascism

Ruled by Dictator, extreme nationalism

How does the U.S enter the war?

Japan bombs Pearl Harbor on Dec, 7th 1941 - Date that will live in Infamy

What is the cause of WW2?

Germany invades Poland

Why were the Japanese put into Internment camps?

For the fear of Japanese Invasion and Spies

What is the Bataan Death March?

Where over 10,000 US/Filipino soldiers die from being forced to walk a long distance

What is D-Day?

Plan made by Eisenhower(Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces) where they invade Germany from Europe’s shores. Germany Surrenders May 8th 1945

Manhattan Project

An Atomic bomb was made and dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan Surrenders

Why was the atomic bomb dropped on Japan?

To save Lives

War Crimes Trials

Happens at the wars end. The Nuremberg trails and Tokyo War Crime Trials

Why was the United Nations created?

To Prevent Future Conflict

What did the US industry do to help the war effort?

They had mass production with women working in factories. The war Production board had companies covert to war production

What did US citizens do to help the war effort?

Stores created ration cards, people grew victory gardens, and people brought war bonds

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen and what did they do?

Proved that Blacks could do anything, made it so they can join any branch leading to Military Desegregation (Executive order 9981)