The Allies before America joined the war

The Allies where not doing well in the war before the U.S. joined. Just before they joined, France and Italy had fallen, and Russia had just signed the non-aggression pact. They were facing technologies that were superior to their own such as the German submarine and U-boats. Also Britain was struggling with supplies and was forced to borrow weapons and munitions from America.

UN-neutral neutrality

Six Word Stories

• September 11, 1939: Poland invaded by Germany and Russia.
• August 6, 1945: Hiroshima, Nagasaki get attacked with A-bomb.
• June 6 1944: Allies storm beaches of Normandy France.
• September 2, 1945: Japan surrender on American battleship Missouri.
• May 8, 1945: Allies achieve victory over Nazi Germany

Pearl Harbor Timeline

USS Arizona

The USS Arizona was a battleship stationed in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. The ship was heavily bombed and sank, killing over 1,117 men. The Arizona became a rally cry after the attack calling "remember the Arizona".

FDR Day of Infamy Speech.

Four Freedoms

I believe that we accomplished all of the goals for the four freedoms except for the freedom of fear. After WWII the American people were all afraid of German and Japanese spies, and especially a homeland attack.

Propaganda

In this poster the American government is trying to promote ration books. You can see Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo. It uses the Bandwagon Propaganda technique. I don't believe that this would work today, simply because we do not have a government ration in place.

Rosie the Riveter

Weapons of the War

The German U-boat, meaning Undersea Boat, was a powerful submarine used by the Germans in the war. They where primarily used to destroy merchant ship convoys bringing supplies to the UK and the Soviet Union. The U-boats main weapon was its torpedoes. These ships would go to depths underneath the radar of enemy naval ships. Then would fire their torpedoes damaging the hull, and surrounding ships.

Letter Home

Dear Mom,

I'm writing home from Omaha beach at Normandy. Don’t worry I made it just fine. I really miss you guys at home though. Tell Johnny to stay out of trouble for me? How's dad doing? I know he has been working real hard lately.

The trip here was awful. The whole way I was seasick and cold. The air on the ship was stale and smelled disgusting. My only relief came when we had to scramble down the netting onto the transport boat. The cool, fresh, sea air came as a comfort compared to the air on the ship. I was tightly packed between two really tall men on the transport, so I couldn't see out to the horizon.

When we landed on the beach, we came under heavy machine gun fire. It was downpouring and cold. I will spare you the details, I wish I had that option. I Hope this final movement ends the war so we can all go home.

Sincerely,

Forest Gump.

Battle of the Buldge

FDR's fourth term election headline

Germany After the War

At the end of the war, the Allied powers demanded an Unconditional surrender from Germany. After the war, Germany was split into Four occupied zones.n 1945, the United States, Great Britain, and France had assumed the occupation of the western portion of Germany, as well as the western half of Berlin. The Soviet Union occupied eastern Germany, as well as the eastern half of Berlin.

Strategy in the Pacific

In the pacific, the joint chiefs of staff authorized two different strategies. One was the plan of General Douglas MacArthur. His plan was to come up from his headquarters in Australia, and take the Philippine islands, then attack Japan. The second strategy was that of Admiral Nimitz. He thought it would be a better idea to attack japan directly, crossing the smaller islands of the central Pacific. This plan would mean that they would completely sidestep the Philippine islands.

Iwo Jima