History vocab #5

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  1. 2. The president who chose to drop the Nuclear bomb on Japan twice. Harry S. Truman Learned about the nuclear bomb only when he became president a few month before
  2. 3. When Germany attacked Russia for Stalingrad during the winter. Russia used the winter to their advantage and won against Germany putting them onto the defense.
  3. 4. The largest war prep in history including land, naval, and air defenses. America was defending from a German attack America knew was coming
  4. 6. A deliberate genocide against Jews during WW2
  5. 7. When Germany attacked Britain and destroyed London. Ultimately Britain won with a more superior air force and made Germany want revenge which made him aim his focus at the eastern front
  6. 9. America’s top secret nuclear bomb project during WW2
  7. 16. (The night of broken glass) The night Germans ransacked a town forcing the Jews out into Poland.
  8. 18. The two cities America dropped Nuclear bombs on.
  9. 20. Germany attacked American defenses. Germany ended up losing this battle because they couldn't replenish their troops as fast as America could.
  10. 22. “the father of the Nuclear bomb” Was a leader of the Manhattan project during WW2, helped produce the nuclear bomb
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  1. 1. This is the battle between Japan and America.
  2. 5. This was America’s first battle on Japanese soil. This brought America closer to Japan’s Mainland and left the U.S with the option to invade or drop the nuclear bomb
  3. 8. These trials held Nazis at fault for the holocaust for acts against humanity
  4. 10. Where Jews were held and killed during the Holocaust in WW2
  5. 11. The 34th President of America and was also a military leader during WW2 who tricked Germany with an inflatable army.
  6. 12. This is when Japanese troops would committing suicide by crashing their planes into American ships.
  7. 13. Victory in Japan. This is when Japan surrendered
  8. 14. Victory in Europe is when the Germans surrender.
  9. 15. This is the strategy America used attacking Japanese islands. this is where America would attack the smaller islands under Japanese control instead of attacking the biggest one first.
  10. 17. This was Japan’s attempt to finish what they started at Pearl Harbor. America was able to set a trap in anticipation of this attack though because America was able to decipher the code Japan was using to send messages.
  11. 19. Limiting the use of a certain resource to either put to another cause or make it last longer. This happened in America with many resources to help America in the war
  12. 21. Slums surrounded by barbed wire that the Germans put Jews into.