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Benito Mussolini
-Fascism was an authoritarian politicial movement that developed in Italy and other Europeans countries after 1919.
-Fascist program emphasized intense nationalism,productivism,anti socialism,elitism and the need for a strong leader Mussolini. -
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Allied Powers 1930-1945
-General Britain,U.S,China,& Soviet Unions along with others.
_Prime purpose was to defeat the axis powers & create a peaceful post war world. -
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Axis Powers 1930-1945
-Includes Germany Japan and along with others.
-Prime purpose was to establish and maintain a new order.
-They supported each other's goal for territorial expansion, wanted the destruction of the Soviet Union & acknowledged each others supremary in their geographic area. -
Japan Expansion 1931
-In September 1931 Japan army moved into Manchuria after an expansion damaged a railway line near the city of Mukden.
-Wanted to controll china & its asian markets.
-They could use for economic prosperity & trading routes would would be a key role for the spread of their imperialism. -
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Tuskegee Airmen/Flying Tigers
-Thier main job was to provide escorts for pilots on bombing missions.
-By 1944, the army had come under pressure to allow African Americans to engage in combat on the ground and also form and African American infantry division.
-Flying tigers were recruited to send supplies and to engage in combat with Japanese pilots.
-Flying Tigers were all volunteered flying pilots from the U.S. -
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Advance Technology 1935-1945
-Torpedoes was used to destroy submarines & ships from long distance, because bullets couldnt go far & do alot of damage.
-Boombing Raids, were use to destroy anything in a certain area, such as factories that produce military equipment in WW2.
-Wolf Packs were German submarines that had mass-attack tactics against convoys. A group of ships, warships & submarines that attack a certain target all at once. -
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War Bonds 1935-1945
-The sale of war bonds also reduced the amount of currency in the economy, also helping to keep inflation rates down.85 million Americans bought bonds into the federal treasury to help with the war effort.
-Ration coupons were used for essential goods like food,coffee,tires,gasoline and even clothing further the war effort in WW2. -
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Victory Corps 1935-1945
-The purpose of this student organization was to prepare high school students to aid in the war effort on the homefront and the fronlliness. -
German Expansion
-Germany started acquiring German speaking areas lost after WW1 like Sudentenland (a section of France), Czechoslovakia,Hungary & Poland.
-Increasingly a global political division emerged between democratic socities (U.S & Britain) and totalitarians states (Germany) actions @1st nothing but when Germany did not stop and all out war occured. -
M1 Semi Automatic Rifle & Radar
M1-The design of the m1 allowed the americans to fire more shots against their German & Japanese.
Radar- Battle were won by the side that was first to spot enemy airplanes,ships,or submarines, the order helped see hundreds of miles away even at night. -
Civilian Defense Organization 1941
-Roosevelt set up the Office of civilian Defense (OCD) to cordinate state and federal measures to protect civilians in war-related emergency.The OCD organized the U.S citizens defense corps.To recruit and train volunteers to perform essential tasks. -
Lend Lease Program 1941
-Gave the president the authority to sell lease lend, or otherwise dispose of an defense article to any nation whose defense he considered critical to that of the U.S
-Neutrality by claiming that loans were made in the interest of nation defense, goods were not destroyed or lost in battle were to be returned or paid for.
-It allowed the U.S to provide its allies with aid in the form of tanks, ammunition and construction supplies. -
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Multiple fronts Fought By The U.S
-The U.S had fought a few fronts during WW2 like the Atlantic Front, the European front, and the home front.These fronts had pushed the war in a good way for the allies because the U.S was equipped to produce mass war supply for the allied powers gain a new ally during the war, due to the U.S declaing war on Japan after Pearl Harbor and Germany declaing war on the U.S. -
Pearl Harbor 1941
-2 waves of Japanese airplanes attacked the U.S Pacific Pearl Harbor.
-Attack sank 18 U.S ships.
-Damaged 260 airplanes.
-Killed and injured 6,000 Americans.
-Famous quote a date which will live in infancy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan. -
Batacin Death March 1942
-The Bataan Death March happened after the U.S surrender of the Bataan Peninsda if affected the war tide in favor of the axis powers.Allied prisoners were forced to March 65 miles to prison Campos, where thousands died from disease, mistreatment and starvation. -
Battle of Midway 1942
-The battle of midway pushed the war tide in favor of the allied powers since if was one of the most decivise U>S victories against Japan.
-The U.S inflicted permant damage on the Japanese Navy this was the turning pain of U.S against Japan. -
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Island Hopping 1942-1945
-Island hopping was affecting the tide in favor of the allied powers b/c they kept pushing Japanese forces out of the islands, through the offensive against the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Archipelago which had marked the begining of island hopping fought between August 1942 & February 1943 eventually succeed in forcing Japan to Relinguish the island. -
Bernard Montgomery 1942
-Was a senior British Army officer who fought in 60th wars during the second war he commended the brithish eight army.
-Commended of the 21st army group for the rest of the campaign in the northwestern Europe it was essential to success on D-Day in 1944 as was his role as ground commander of the Anglo-American forces under Eisehower as supreme Allied Commander. -
Douglas MacArthur 1942
-Was american five-star general and field Marshall of the Phillipine army.it was chief of staff of the U.S army during the 1930's and play a prominent role in the pacific theater during WW2 douglas MacArthur led the Island hopping.Commander of the Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific. -
Executive Order 1942
-The document ordered the 9066 Removal of president enemy from parts of the west.
-After boombing Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in 1941 Roosevelt came under increase pressure by military and political. -
Isoroku Yamamato 1942
-Japanese Marshal Admiral commander in chief of the combined fleet.
-Played a vital role (executed the surprise attack) in Pearl Harbor which made Japan victorious. -
Chester W. Nimitz 1942
-Was leading the U.S army authority on submarines.
-He was the U.S last surviving officer who ranked as a fleet admiral.
-Admiral Chester was appointed commander in chief of the U.S pacific fleet just after Pearl Harbor.
-He commanded U.S forces at the battle of Midway.
-This battle halted the Japanese advance in the Pacific. -
Erwin Rommel 1942
-Field Marshal.
-German's most popular generals during WW2.
-On D-Day he discussed with other officers about surrendering.
-Due to his ties to the plot to overthrow Hitler he was murdered. -
Douglas Mac Arthur 1942
-American 5 star general and field marshall of the Philippine army.
-McArthur was chief of staff during WW2.
-Led the U.S army in Island Hopping in the southwest pacific campaign. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower 1943
-He was a supreme commander of allied forces.
-Led the massive invansion of nazi-occupied Europe that began on D-day (June 6,1944)
-Leading republican convince Eisenhower (then in command of Nato forces in Europe) to run for president. -
George Patton 1943
-Led the U.S 7th army in its invansion and swept across northern force.
-Patton's forces played a key role inde featuing the German counter attack in the battle of bolge.
-Patton died in Germany in December 1945 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. -
Omar Bradley 1943
-Was a highly distinguished 4 star general of the U.S army who saw distinguished service in North Africa and Western Europe during WW2.
-From the Normardy landings of June 6, 1944 through to the end of the war in Europe, he commanded all U.S ground forces invading Germany from the West.
-Commanded 43 divisions W/ 1.3 million men. -
George Marshall
-Secretary of state, George C. Marshall, proposed that massive aid be given to the countries of war-torn Europe to rebuild their economies.
-Believed this aid would create strong European allies and trading partners for the U.S.
-Plan included aid to Germany + Italy, in married contrast to the policies of the voters following WW1.
-Plan was successful and benefited the American economy in helping to rebuild war torn Europe. -
D-Day 1944
-Affected the war tide for the allies positively b/c the battle foreshadowed the end of hitlers dream of Nazi domination D-Day was the largest air,land, and sea operation undertaken the landing included over 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, and over 150,000 service men by the end the Allies had reached the seine river plans was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France effectively concluding the Battle of Normandy. -
Korematsu VS U.S 1944
-1944 was a land mark united states supreme court case concerning the constitutionality of executive order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during WW2 regardless of citizenship. -
Potsdam Conference
-The Big Three- Sovit leader Joseph Stalin British Prime Minister winston churchill replaced July 26 by prime minester clement Attie.
-Roosevelt churchill and stalin met at Yatta to plan the reorganization of Europe at the end of the war agreed on the formation United Nations. -
Liberation Of Concentration Camps 1945
-The liberation of the camps pushed towards the victory for the allies because they were slowly starting to shut down Hitler's operation of the Nazi takeover.The soviet were the first forces to reach a concentration camp, Majdanek near Lublin,Poland.Due to the rapid Soviet advance, the Germans had burned the camp but the gas chambers were left standing.The Soviets also overran the sites of the Belzec, Sobibor,Treblinka,and the Soviets liberated Auschwitz,the largest concentration camp. -
Us office of war information
-Production of pro-allied, anti axis propaganda, such as movies and posters, to make citizens aware of how they could help in the war effort.
-The OWI produced its own radio,programs, released its own newreels and required that all movies produced during the war contribute in some way to the war effort. -
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Fair Deal 1945-1953
-The new deal was published by president Harry S. Truman and democrats & was intended to pass policies related to Franklin Roosevelt's new deal.
-It was intended to set propsells of economic development and Social Welfare.
-Fair deal included measures made to help aid eduation tax cut for low-income people increase public housing and immigration deals and so on, but unfortunetely most bills didn't pass -
The U.S European Countries 1945
-In the U.S the war happened after the Great Depression.30% was cut down to less than 5% after the employement boost due to the war.The European contributes were left to rebuild.The U.S lended money to the countries and Germany was the only country to fully pay it back in 1990. -
Women And Minority 1945
-While the men went to fight in the war the women were left to work in the factories.After the war men came back to reclaim their positions at factories but the women didn't want ti give them up. Spuring up the feministic movement.In the war men of color fought along side white men for the first time.When they got back from the war they were treated with the same racial slurs.Sparking the civil rights movements. -
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Victory Gardens 1935-1945
-Victory Garden initiative of WW1 and WW2 was to support war effort people throughout the United States grew their own produce in yards,parks, and other community spaces so that all available resources could got to words war effort.
-"Raise the Riveter-government campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for the mutations industry, became perhaps the most income -
joseph stalin
joseph stalin was a powerful communist
