WW2

Made up of Japanese-American 2nd gen (Nisei) volunteers
Most decorated combat regiment

UK, US, USSR, China

British allow Hitler to expand German territory to avoid war
1936 Germany enters Rhineland
1938 Germany annexes austria

Created in August 1941 to publicly affirm sense of unity between US and GB against Axis aggression
Laid out Roosevelts and Wilson's postwar vision.
Set out US and British goals after WW2

First bombing in Hiroshima by the bomber Enola Gay, and second in Nagasaki.

Nazi Germany, Italy, Japan

Dec 1944 - Jan 1945
German offensive campaign through Ardennes
Caught allies off guard
Depletes Germany's resources

May 1942
First aircraft carrier engagement
Japan wanted to strengthen position in South Pacific
Jap tactical victory and Allied strategic victory
Stops Japanese invasion

February - March 1945
Strategic victory for US
Serves as staging area for attacks on mainland Japan
First US attack on Japanese soil

June 1942
Japan planned to lure US into trap and occupy Midway
US inflicts irreparable damage on Japanese fleet

September 1942 - February 1943
Close quarters fighting and disregard for casualties
Destroys German 6th Army
Axis forces start declining

Deportation, Step 5 of the Final Solution
People starved, killed, tortured, or worked to death

June 6, 1944
Organized by Eisenhower
Allied troops land along 50 mile stretch of beach
Canada, U.S., GB
Convinced Hitler invasion in North
Surprise attack

The bomber that dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima.

Signed by FDR February 19, 1942
Forced removal of everyone deemed a threat to national security from West Coast to relocation centers further inland

Government ruled by a dictator that controls citizens lives

Second atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki

Ghettoization
Step 3
Removes Jewish people from homes to Ghettos

Starts WW2
UK and France declare war on Germany

Avoiding political affairs of other countries

Incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans on the West Coast due to fear of a Japanese threat

Resisted in 100 Ghettos + Killing Centers
Resulted from learning about deportation centers
Prisoners organized escapes
Germans killed rebels during uprisings and hunted survivors after

Chose to preserve history
Underground newspapers spread info and continued cultural practices
Continuing to practice religion dangerous but provided comfort
Collect+Hide documentation of Jewish experience provided archive to tell story

Conservative elite unsuccessfully assassinate Hitler/Overthrow Nazi
White Rose tries to expose Nazi's but get executed
Denmark; Kill informers, raid military facilities, sabotage rail lines
Children left with Aryan friends
False papers to change identity
Hiding in caves, cellars, attics, barns w/ help of non-Jewish

Korematsu argued that EO 9066 was unconstitutional, but supreme court ruled that it was justified because it was in a time of war

Night of broken glass
Coordinated wave of antisemitic violence where German destroyed Jewish property
Burned synagogues, looted businesses
schools, homes, hospitals desecrated

The US lent/leased war supplies to UK, USSR, and other allied nations with war supplies while remaining neutral

First bomb dropped by Enola Gay on Hiroshima

Autobiography detailing how Hitler became antisemitic
Outlined his political ideology and plans for Germany

Report on Japanese loyalty before Pearl Harbor
Concludes that 90-98% of them are loyal, and pose no threat

Step 2 of the Final Solution, Isolation
Takes away Jewish rights

Allowed for survivors of internment to be compensated with 20,000

Step 1: Identify - Using Star of David on clothing to designate the “enemy race”
Step 2: Isolation - Remove Jewish people’s rights
Step 3: Ghettoization - Physically remove Jewish people from home to Ghettos
Step 4: Mobile Killing Units - Kill all those to be racial or political enemies
Step 5: Deportation - Remove them from Germany to “make room” for Germans
Step 6: Mass Murder - Eliminate inferior to prevent future problems