War in the Pacific

1. What was the importance of the Battle of Midway?
The battle of Midway was a turning point in the war. When the Americans won this war, American's began island hopping, meaning that the would take over each small island slowly making their way to Japan.
2. What strategy did the United States adopt in fighting Japan?
By using this island hopping tenique, they were taking it slowly but surely, becoming more offensive.
3. Why did the Japanese fight so hard on Iwo Jima?
The Japanese fought so extra hard because if the American armies got control of this island they could use it as a perfect base for bombing.
4. Why did the Allies believe Okinawa was a foretaste of an invasion of Japan?
If they took over okinawa, they couldn't "island hop" anymore, the next place to invade with Japan, and the allies knew that they would lose millions millions of lives.
5. What was the Manhattan Project?
The Manhattan Project, leaded by J. Robert Oppenhiemer, was a study trying to make atom bombs, and they succeeded.

6. Ultimately, why did President Truman decide to drop atomic bombs on Japan?
To invade Japan with troops would cost millions of lives, British and American, the government couldn't just tell these men to go die. The war had to be stopped.

War for Europe & North Africa

1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?
Two days after the Pearl Harbor attack Winston Churchill and Frenkiln Roosevelt agreed to join forces against Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union. They decided first to start the attack on Hitler because if they got him out of the way they would have control over the Pacific.


2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?
If The allies didn't win the battle of the Atlantic Hitler would cut off all food and resources that needed to get to Great Britian. If they didn't win this battle, Great Britian would fall.


3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?
The soviet union lost more than 1,100,000 soldiers. This was important because from that moment on the soviet union started moving west towards Germany.
4. What happened in the war in North Africa?
In North Africa the axis powers took over after months of fighting.

5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?
Citizens of Italy began to want freedom and hated mussolini. But it was a while before the allies finally were ableto take control of Italy because Hitler keep on getting in the way.
6. What was D-Day?
June 6, 1944 - it was the first day of the invasion.
7. What happened at the Battle of the Bulge?

8. What did Allied troops find in Germany?
The found that citizens didnt like nazis
9. What happened to Hitler? What happened to F.D. Roosevelt? Who became U.S. President?
Hitler commited suicide and roosevelt died.

Mobilizing for WWII

1. Selective Service System
The selective service helped meet the demand of needing more soldiers.
2. Women
The Womens Auxilary Army Corps fought to have the right to fight in battle because they believed that they had a right to fight.
3. Minorities
People of all races in America
4. Manufacturers
Automobiles and other industries started going up, causing more jobs and a true end to the great depression.
5. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)
New scientits invented improvement in radar and sonar technology.
6 Entertainment industry
It encouraged people to buy war bonds.
7. Office of Price Administration (OPA)
It fought inflation
8. War Production Board (WPB)
Decided if companies would be wartime or peacetime.
9. Rationing
It got the army the essentials

Japan and U.S. Relations in 1941

Japan and U.S. Relations in 1941

Document A
•Japan feared that Germany or Italy would take over England and Japan would grow weaker.
•Japan thought that they should take over China and then they soviet union to gain power
•Japan hoped to then conquer Asia then England and then America


Document B
•Japan claimed they didn’t want to take over England again

Document C
•America “humiliated” Japan
•Tell America that Japan has tried to be peaceful and suffered, so that now must end

Document D
•“His majesties” orders of war must be obeyed
•Japanese government and military must come closer together


Document E
•December 7, 1941 – Japan bombed Pearl harbor deliberately
•The Japanese deceived the American because they were still talking of peace between Japan and America when they bombed Pearl Harbor
•This attack was obviously planned weeks ago, even though there was talks of peace