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Total War
Nations devoted all their resources to the war effort. In particular, the US and GB stopped making cars and started making airplanes, tanks, and other war machinery.
Japanese Internment
Because of Pearl Harbor, Japanese-Americans started losing their civil rights.
Women who did join the military had jobs driving ambulances, delivering war goods, and decoding messages.
1942-1943
The Allies began winning victory after victory. The war was now being fought in four different places: The Pacific North Africa and Italy
Air-Craft Carriers
Naval ships stopped seeing actual combat
Now they provided for a landing and launching pad for aircrafts.
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower took charge of a joint British and American command in North Africa (Morocco and Algeria). What did he become after the war?
When was D-Day? Now that North Africa was under control, the Allies wanted to continue the front. They wanted to invade the coast of France to stop the Germans. Thousands of British and American soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy. They Allies were successful in driving out Hitler and the Nazis The Allies continued to cripple the Germans by incessantly bombing their industries and destroying the morale of citizens.
D-Day
Victory in Europe
By March 1945, the Allies had successfully reached German ground. That same year Mussolini was executed by guerillas and Hitler committed suicide. Victory in Europe (V-E Day) commenced on May 8, 1945.
Pacific Theater
The US lead the force in the Pacific.
Potsdam Conference
In 1945, the Big Three met again in Potsdam, Germany. This time they discussed the Pacific Theater. A warning was issued to Japan to surrender or face utter destruction and devastation. What do you think this meant? What was to come?
The goal of the Manhattan Project was to develop a weapon of mass destruction.
On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay took off from America toward Japan loaded with the Atomic Bomb. The Atomic Bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan and then later Nagasaki.
With these bombings Japan was left devastated and had no choice but to surrender, thus ending WWII.