Cynthia

=World War II=

The Beginning
====Because of the left behind unresolved conflicts in World War I, known now as the Great War, Germany grew a big resentment, mainly caused by the terms of the [|Versailles Treaty], which humilated them by admiting they caused the World War I and had to pay for all the damages made in the war and made Germany political and economic unstable.====

Mussolini and his aggressive actions up to the date 1939
The only left choice of allies after the invasioon of Abyssinia for [|Mussolini] was Germany and Franco's Spain. A civil war broke out in Spain, Mussolini, Hitler and sent support and volunteers to Franco, however Stain sent volunteers to the republicans against Franco. In September, Mussolini visited Germany.

**1933 - [|Hitler] takes power**

 * He starts building a military
 * =====Stops paying reparations to France and Great Britain=====

**1936 - Hitler brings military to Rhineland**

 * =====He wants to test his limits=====

**1938 - Hitler annexed Austria**

 * =====He created the Munich Pact=====
 * =====France and Great Britain allow Hitler to take Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia=====

**1939 - Hitler and Stalin invade Poland**

 * =====France and Great britain declare war[[image:howardgeography/stalin_victory.jpg width="230" height="262" align="right"]]=====



The expansion of the Japanese empire
The Japanese expanded the most to China however they lack of resources. United States started to give loans to China and begin to train China army so they could fight Japanese army. The main goal of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was removing the British, France and Americans from Asia. Americans would lift the embargos on natural resources in Japan if they get out of China. Japanese consider U.S. pacific flit in Hawaii the greatest obstacle of their domination of hte Pacific Ocean.

The event that caused the US to enter World War II
The American were forced to join WWII because the Japanese Navy and Air Force bombed [|Peral Harbor]on Sunday, Dec 7, 1941. On Monday Dec 8, 1941, America declared war on Japan. Three day later Germany declared war on the USA.

The Rationed items in World War II
(canned, bottled, and frozen) || * Silk Nylon This items were rationed to save for the war. Since every factory was making products for the war, there was not enough factories of food and other matierales for the people left behind. In 1941, the Office of Price Administration believed, that rationing, the controlled distribution of scare resources, goods, or services, would become necessary. Since many the factories were converting to military production and consuming many critical supplies, they thought it needed to be control. In that kind of situation, in my point of view, I would consider the same thing. Resoures are really important and if we ran out then it would we a choas, thats why rationing is important when we are talking about war. A small mistake and we might lose and losing is not a option. 
 * * Coffee
 * Typewriters
 * Gasoline
 * Bicycles
 * Footwear
 * Procesed food
 * Fuel oil
 * Stoves
 * Meat
 * Lard
 * Margarine || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Shortening
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Penicillin
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sugar
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Oils
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cheese
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Butter || * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dried fruits canned
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Milk
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Firewood
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Coal
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jams
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jellies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Fruit Butter ||

The [|Office of War Information]during in World War II had the purpose of promote patriotism, warned about foreign spies and it encourgage women into war work. It produced many products like poster, radio broadcast, etc.these was called [|Propaganda]. In my point of view towards the propaganda that the Office of War Information was good because in that way many people who were in their homes could know about the war if their beloved ones won, and to think if it was worth it. After the Japanese attacked the Peral Harbor, it cause to americans to be suspiscious about Japanese Americans. Starting in 1941, American Soliders asked the Japanese Americans to grab what they needed and evacuate their homes. They were put on camps surrounded by barbed wire and soldiers with guns. These camps were called Internment Camps.

The [|Executive Order 9066], its purpose was to use the power to declare that all people of Japanese ancestry were excluded from the entire Pacific coast, including all of California and most of Oregon and Washington, except for those in internment camps. I think the Executive Order 9066 was necessary because if your at war, you need to make difficult decisions. Plus you never know if the real enemy is right at your side and you dont even know.

The [|Manhattan Project]is where the U.S. were working on the Atomic Bomb as a top secret mission. They knew that the Japanese wouldn't surrender unless we invaded. To end the war quickly Persident Truman decided to use the Atomic Bomb. The first to be bombed was Hirosima then Nagasaki, after that the Japanese unconditionally surrender in August of 1945. The Manhattan Project wasn't good for humanity, how could we kill that many people, however that is war. you got to do anything to survive and win the war.

European Theater
After the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor, **Dwight Eisenhower** was assigned to the General Staffin Washington, he served until June 1942 with the responsibilty in creating war plans to defeat Germany and Japan. After that they named him as Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under the Chief of War Plans Division (WPD). Surpasing the General Leonard T. Gerow, who was in charge of WPD, Eisenhower was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff in charge of the new Operations Division, which replaced the WPD, under Chief of Staff General C. Marshall. In November, he was also appointed Supreme Commancer Allied (Expeditionary) Force of the North African Theater of Operations (NATOUSA). In February 1943, his extended his authority. When he was in charge, he oversaw the Invasion of Sicily and the Invasion of the Italian Mainland. In December in that same year, President Roosevelt decided that Eisenhower would be Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, however he did not chose Marshall. In April 12,1945, Eisenhower views the bodies of prisoners who had died at Buchenwald. As recognition of his senior position in the Allied command, on Dec. 20, 1944, he got promoted to General of the Army. **George Patton** commanded the United States Third Army, which performed with mixed results in 1941 in both the Louisiana Maneuvers and Carolina Maneuvers. They were stationed in Fort Benning, Georgia however, they were ordered to move to the Desert Training Center in Indio, California. He always said "Whenever you slow anything down, you waste human lives." **George Marshall** was working with General Leslie McNair. They needed to make an army out of former civilians into a force of over eight million soldiers by 1942. **Omar Bradley** command took the initial brunt of what would become the Battle of the Bluge. In my opinion Dwight Eisenhower had the most influence on the outcome od World War II, he made all the war plans and got promoted in many positions that made many important decisions in WWII. **Tuskeegee Airmen** succes even though they were in the middle of the discrimination time, that didn't stop them for trying to be some. They were a great success. All because dispite that they were subjected racial discrimination, both within and outside the army, they trained and flew with distinction. They were the first African-American military aviators in the United States armed forces.

When the U.S. Army liberated the [|concentration camps], places where millions of ordinary people were enslaved as part of the war effort, often starved, tortured and killed, they founded over 21,000 prisoners, and a total of 7,113 people dead. Colonel William W. Quinn of the U.S. 7th Army said of Dachau: "There our troops found sights, sounds, and stenches horrible beyond belief, cruelties so enormous as to be incomprehensible to the normal mind." The U.S. Army ordered the mayor of Langenstein to send food and water to the camp, and sped medical supplies forward from the 20th Field Hospital. U.S soldiers showed the German civilians of [|Weimar] the corpses found in Buchenwald concentration camp.

Pacific Theater
The **Battaan Death March**, a 97 km (60 mi) march with 76,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataanin the Philippines during World War II. The route starts from Mariveles, Bataan to San Fernando, Pampanga by marching, from San Fernando, Pampanga to Capas, Tarlac through train and Capas, Tarlac to Camp O' Donnell through marching. And the U.S. soldiers were beaten and mistreated and because the weren't givien food or water, many soldiers died and suffer from heat, dehydration and sickness. However, some survived by "playing dead". The **Battle of Midway**was a major turning point in World War II because that is when the United States won against Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Many people say that U.S. had permanently weakened the Imperial Japanese Navy. **Chester Nimitz** on December 7 1941, he was selected [|Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet] (CinCPAC), with the rank of [|Admiral]. Despite the losses from the attack on Pearl Harbor and the shortage of ships, planes and supplies, successfully organized his forces to halt the Japanese advance. **Douglas MacArthur** was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a [|Chief of Staff of the United States Army]. MacArthur was ordered by President Roosevelt to relocate to Australia when the Japanese forces tightened their grip on the Philippines. His famous speech, in which he said, "I came out of Bataan and I shall return", was first made at [|Terowie], a small railway township in South Australia on 20 March.