vocab 1
Mexican workers that were allowed to enter the United States
braceros
battle to control the ocean trade routes
Battle of the Atlantic
September 1, 1939
What did women do during WWII?
-women filled positions that the men left vacant
-worked in Armed forces--communication, flying planes to deliver supplies, nurses
Who is the best teacher that created this for you... even though she is no longer your S.S. teacher?
internment
Battle of the Skies
Battle of Britain
When did the US officially enter WWII?
December 8, 1941
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes that crashed planes full of explosives into Allied ships
kamikaze
WWII strategy of conquering only certain Pacific islands that were important to the Allied advance toward Japan
island-hopping
The battle in September of 1942 over the city of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
What was D-Day?
June 6, 1944--Allied soldiers finally landed in Normandy. It was the largest sea-and-land invasion in history.
-uprooted from homes and sent to concentration camps.
-deliberately murdered (6 million Jews had been killed/died in camps)
-fit Jews were sent to be slave laborers
a weapon that produced great destructive power by splitting atoms
atomic bomb
the deliberate murder of an entire people
genocide
This battle took place from December to January because 25 divisions attacked in the heavy snow. It ended Germany's ability to wage offensive war.
Battle of the Bulge
attempt by Hitler and Nazis to murder Jews--most horrifying aspects of WWII
What was the effect of mobilizing for war in America?
-rations of food and supplies
-productions of certain things stopped to only make things for war (ex: cars)
-economy started to recover because production of war supplies increased jobs... and supplying other countries with supplies/food
"lightning war"
Blitzkrieg
giving into an aggressor
appeasement
May 1942--Allies met Japanese northeast of Australia---US sank carrier---turned back the Japanese advance for the first time
Battle of the Coral Sea
What was the Bataan Death March?
forced march of tens of thousands of Americans and Filipino prisoners to internment camps
What was the Manhattan Project?
huge effort to build the atomic bomb
What were some of the effects of WWII?
-millions of deaths
-widespread destruction
-Holocaust
-emergence of the US as a superpower.