Transcript World War 2 - Fowler Elementary School District

World War II
By Isaac Lawson
Period 2
11/21/09
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Pearl Harbor is in Hawaii (a US Territory)
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
The United States became involved in
WWII after the bombing
 Which happened December 7, 1941
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Nazis
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Nazis killed Jews
The whole World War II was about the Nazis
This led the Americans join the war in Europe
Japan
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Japan did not like the fact that the United
States stopped selling oil and scrap metal to
them.
When Japan attacked the U.S.
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America declared war
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Lend-Lease Act
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The Lend-Lease act was passed stating
Roosevelt could direct aid to whomever he
wanted.
The US ended up contributing 42 billion
dollars to the war effort
FDR saw fit to aid the British and French
troops with arms (weapons)
Tripartite Pact
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The Tripartite pact was a treaty signed by the
Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and said
that if any country declared war on one of
the three countries - the other two would
immediately declare war on said offender
American Ships
 U.S.
ships were attacked in the Atlantic
when Germans didn't like U.S. supplies
being sold to England in support of their
efforts to defend Europe while Germany
was making its plans to gain control of
all of Europe as a first step in control of
the world
How Many Americans
418,500 died
 131,028,000 population
 416,800 military deaths
 1,700 civilian deaths
 0.32% deaths as % of population
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American Guns
Johnson M1941 LMg
 M1 Garand, .30 Cal
 M1918 BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)
 Thompson Mg
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Ithaca Model 37 Featherlight
American Planes
CW-21 Demon
 F2A Buffalo
 F4F Wildcat
 F4F-3S "Wild Catfish"
 F4U Corsair
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