Atlantic Theater
operation and purpose
Operation Cobra, massive assault by heavy/medium bombers to blow a hole in German lines to stop the stalemate
situation with resources
rationing gas, food, clothing
ration stamps used to buy resources
tactic used by u.s. to get to japan
island hopping-winning battles on pacific island to gain military bases (would be fortified and used as a staging area for next attack, great supply line)
atomic bomb project
describe the battle of the bulge
3 weeks, germans attempted blitzkrieg, massive loss of american and civilian life, those that surrendered were executed
ways people tried to help
victory gardens - growing own food in neighborhoods that were communal, car-pooling, material collection for created military equipment
the 3 main battles
battle of midway, battle of iwo jima, battle of okinawa
who becomes president after FDR dies
Harry S. Truman
reasoning behind race to berlin
u.k. and u.s. wanted the ultimate political and military prize,, many of nation's greatest scientific minds, preent soviets from gettings those advntages
the thing americans were encouraged to buy
war bonds
when imperial japanese were starved because the island wasn't taken over but wasn't given supplies
wither on the vine
why do they drop the atomic bomb
- less killing of american troops
-force japanese surrender
-show the u.s. has might and power to the soviets
why didn't the u.s. get berlin
would cost 100,000 lives, decided not and let the soviets get it
what happened to jobs
women went into the workplace specifically welders, electricians, and riveters
code of bushido
encouraged fighting to the death, it was a social pressure, would result in kamikaze
cities and bombs names
Hiroshimaa - Little Boy
Nagasaki - Fat Man
describe the discovery of the holocaust
expected to find abandoned training facilities, found piles o fnake corpses and americans were very emotional, some even violent
change in media
movies had propoganda from the gov. pushed to holleywood, the radiomusic became more patriotic and war-related
describe fire-bombing
U.S. planes dropped bombs to get the shadow factories (war time factories in urban areas), but the lines blurred, studied how to best burn homes
why 2 bombs?
show "we did it once, we cando it again"
first and onlny useof nuclear warafare which resulted in surrender