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WORLD WAR II: THE BEGINNING

THE EXPANSION OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE **THE US PLACES OIL EMBARGO ON JAPAN. THEY SUPPLIED CHINA, BY SENDING THEM FLYING TIGERS. JAPAN ENGULFED TINY WAKE ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYA, BURMA THE DUTCH EAST INDIES, PARTS OF NEW GUINEA, THE CAROLINE, THE MARSHALLS, THE MARIANAS ISLANDS, AND SOME OF THE SOLOMON ISLAND CHAIN. LETS NOT FORGET ABOUT CHINA. THE JAPANESE WANTED TO GAIN CONTROL OVER THE ENTIRE PROVINCE. WELL ONLY TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF EAST ASIA.**

THE US ENTERS WORLD WAR II  ** MOUSSOLINI AND HIS AGRESSIVE ACTIONS ** ** HE INVADED ETHOPIA. EVERYONE SACRIFICED FOR THE NATION, SO NATIONAL IDENTITY WAS CREATED. IN 1936 HE JOINED HITLER. HE ALSO CREATED FASCISM. FASCISM IS A RADICAL AUTHORITARIAN NATIONALIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. **  **WORLD WAR II: THE USA IN THE FIGHT**   ** THE MANHATTAN PROJECT ** **THE MANHATTAN PROJECT WAS THE PROJECT TO** **DEVELOP THE FIRST NUCLEAR WEAPON (ATOMIC BOMB) DURING WORLD WAR II BY THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND CANADA. FORMALLY DESIGNATED AS THE MANHATTAN ENGINEER DISTRICT (MED), IT REFERS SPECIFCALLY TO THE PERIOD OF THE PROJECT FROM 1941-1946 UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF GENEREAL LESLIE R. GROVES. THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WAS DIRECTED BY AMERICAN PHYSICIST J.ROBERT OPPENHEIMER.**
 * THE PEARL HARBOR HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 7,1941. THIS IS THE REASON THE US ENTERS WORLD WAR 2. THE ENTIRE US PACIFIC FLEET WAS DOCKED AT PEARL HARBOR. IT LASTED FROM 7:55 AM TILL 9:45 AM. 2,335 SERVICE MEN WERE KILLED.**

 **WHAT ITEMS WERE RATIONED?**
 * NEARLY ALL FOOD PRODUCTS WERE RATIONED. CLOTH, WOOD, AND METAL, AS WELL AS RUBBER, LEATHER, WERE ALL RATIONED SO THAT THE ARMED FORCES WOULD HVAE ENOUGH FOR THEIR NEEDS. **
 * GASOLINE, OIL AND GREASAE, AS WELL AS KEROSENE AND INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL, AND INK. PAPER, CARBON PAPER, PENICLS, AND TYPEWRITER RIBBONS, AS WELL AS ERASERS AND PAPERCLIPS AND ENEVELOPES. **
 * AUTOMOBILE TIRES, PARTS AND BELTS WERE ALL UNAVAILABLE DURING THE WAR, AS THE FACTORIES WERE SENDING ALL THEIR PRODUCTION TO THE MILITARY'S NEEDS. NYLON AND SILK WERE USED FOR PARACHUTES, NOW WOMEN'S STOCKINGS. **

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