World War 2
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World War 2 By: Courtney Shaw and
Morgan Morris
Important People•Adolph Hitler •Benito Mussolini •Joseph Stalin •Winston Churchill •FDR •Harry Truman •Emperor Hirohito •Rosy the Riveter •Tuskegee Airman
Why people are important.Adolph Hitler – He is the dictator of
Germany. Benito Mussolini – He is the dictator of Italy. Joseph Stalin – He is the dictator of the
Soviet Union. Winston Churchill – He is the prime minister
of Great Britain. FDR – He is the president of the United
States. Harry Truman – He is the vice president, but
after FDR died, he became the president of the United States.
Some more reasons why people are important.•Emperor Hirohito – The Emperor of Japan.
•Rosy the Riveter – She is an icon to inspire woman to work like men. She inspired woman all over the United States.
•The Tuskegee airman were a group of African American who flew successful missions over Italy.
Pictures of Important People
Pearl Harbor – December 7,1941• Pearl Harbor, a navy base in Hawaii, was bombed
by Japan. It was a surprise attack, and people on the island thought that is was the U.S. from the
mainland. The Pacific Fleet suffered terrible damage. Thousands of soldiers and the navy
were killed. FDR called war against Japan. This led the United States into the war.
D-day •200,000 soldiers invaded Normandy, France. This landing allowed the Allies
begin to move toward Germany. Italy has lost.
VE-Day •On VE-Day Allied powers made Germany
surrender unconditionally. Before the Allies came in, Hitler committed suicide.
Iwo Jima•During island hopping, the Allies captured Iwo Jima. It was near Japan, so they used it as a aircraft base. It helped the Allies drop
the bomb on Hiroshima.
Rationing•During the war, there were barely any goods. For example: gasoline, meat, and
sugar were rationed. People sent the supplies to the soldiers in Europe.
Internment camps•FDR, the president during WWII, put
Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war. Although they were held prisoner, they were not treated harshly.
Atomic bomb•Because Japan would not surrender, the
U.S. dropped a bomb on Hiroshima. They still did not surrender, so we dropped another bomb on Nagasaki.
VJ-Day•After the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, Japan surrendered unconditionally. This day was called VJ-Day. VJ-Day stands for Victory in
Japan Day.
VE-Day•On this day, the U.S. flew in over
Normandy, France. They surrendered unconditionally. VE-Day stands for Victory
in Europe day.
Holocaust • This was a mass murder. The Nazi’s killed nearly
12 million people. ½ of those people were Jews. Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany’s economical
problems, so he put them in concentration camps.
What you need to know… What caused the war in the first place?
Germany’s dictator, Adolph Hitler, wanted to make Germany a stronger nation and
country. He wanted to gain more country’s, so he did. Other nations, such
as Great Britain, didn’t like this. They made an agreement that said that Germany couldn’t attack any more
nations. On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland. This led to WW2.
Some more things you need to know…What did everybody else do at home?
Since the Pearl Harbor attack, we had to get ready to fight, or to mobilize. Since men were fighting in the war, African Americans and Woman had to build war supplies.
Other people watched newsreels. A newsreel is a short film without sound that shows a clip of current events.
Important Words Concentration camp: a place where a large number of
people are held prisoner and are forced to work.Dictator: a ruler who has total control over a country
and it’s people.Axis powers: Japan, Italy, and Germany in WWIIFascism: The belief that government controls the
economy culture and all other parts of peoples livesRacism: the idea that one race is better than the other Axis Powers: Japan, Italy, and Germany in WWll Allies: U.S.A., Soviet Union, Great Britain, and some
other countries in WWll
Thanks for Watching!!•Directed and Wrote by Courtney and
Morgan
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