WW2

= Cultural Dictionary = =** totalitarianism **[(toh-tal-uh- tair -ee-uh-niz-uhm)] = =// Domination by a government of all political, social, and economic //= =// activities in a nation. Totalitarianism is a phenomenon of the twentieth century: //= =//earlier forms of despotism lacked the technical capacity to control every //= =//aspect of life. The term is applied both to fascist governments ( see [|fascism]) and //= =//to many forms of [|communism].//= The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

=**democracy**= =//Government by and for the people. Supreme power is in the hands of the people and//= =//exercised directly/ indirectly through elections.//=

WW2 Unit terms: totalitarianism, fascism, Bolshevism/Communism, purge, appeasement, eugenics, genocide, blitzkrieg, isolationism, mobilization, war bond, internment, democracy

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace". President George Washington

"When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars". Eleanor Roosevelt

"No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country". General George S. Patton

"How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think". Adolf Hitler

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never.....". Sir Winston Churchill

Go here for a superbly done [|Interactive Timeline]on the events leading up to WW2. and interact with the [|WW2 Maps]

Read some first hand accounts of the war by clicking below: [|WW2 first hand]

Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie

The uniform of the SA or "Brown shirts" found on google images Ernst Roehm

The definition of Aryan [|click here]

"What Hitler was able to do to a crowd in 2½ hours will never be repeated in 10,000 years," Hanfstaengl said. "Because of his miraculous throat construction, he was able to create a rhapsody of hysteria. In time, he became the living [|unknown soldier] of Germany." Ernst Hanfstaengl - from wikipedia

prop·a·gan·da
/ ˌprɒpəˈgændə /[ prop- uh - gan -d uh ] noun1.information,ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group,[|movement], institution,nation, etc. 2.the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc. 3.the particular doctrines or principles propagated by an [|organization] or movement. // From Dictionary.com // =** Eugenics: **= a science that deals with the improvement (as by control of human mating) of hereditary qualities of a race or breed //From Merriam Webster's Dictionary online//. Examples of SS uniforms and other [|Nazi symbols] Heinrich Himmler: Head of the SS Nazi Anti-Semitic Cartoons Hitler Youth Propaganda Posters

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Einsatzgruppen media type="custom" key="25488360" media type="custom" key="25488862"

Click here to see the Nazis who attended the Wannsee Conference and decided on the Final Solution

See my photostory on the Holocaust here: media type="file" key="Holocaust PhotoStory.wmv" width="300" height="300"

[|The Nuremburg Race Laws of 1935]

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A young Polish slave laborer in Nazi Germany found in wikipedia

Click here for a great introduction to the significance of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin: Olympics

Joe Louis Vs. Max Schmeling media type="custom" key="12473448"

Go here to read about the Ukranian genocide committed by the communists under Stalin: []

media type="custom" key="8876080" "Peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time". Neville Chamberlain "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war!" Winston Churchill

Watch this original footage of a Stuka dive bomber during an attack in the Blitzkrieg: media type="custom" key="5927619".



Attack at Pearl Harbor: media type="youtube" key="Nt13c3olXkU" height="344" width="425"media type="youtube" key="lK8gYGg0dkE" width="560" height="315"

Map of the Pacific. Note where Hawaii is.

A tribute to the US service men and women who died at Pearl Harbor: media type="youtube" key="bFPyVBBvs1Y" height="344" width="425"



General Douglas MacArthur (from google images)

Map of the Philippines and the Bataan Death March Click hear for an overview of the [|Bataan Death March] [|Bataan Death March survivor website]

The Doolittle Raid April 18, 1942 (How much time had passed since the attack on Pearl Harbor?) media type="custom" key="5978591" Superb [|Doolittle's Raiders Link] " The bombing of Tokyo and several other cities has brought about a tremendous change in the attitude of our people towards the war. Now things are different. The bombs have dropped here on our homes. It does not seem any more that there is a such a big difference between the battle front and the home front". - from a letter written by a Japanese civilian

Click here to see pictures of a US GI captured in Africa Map of WW2 in Europe

Click on the poster below to go to the "Homefront"



View of a sinking Japanese warship from the periscope of a US submarine Read about the WW2 incident that made future president "JFK" a hero here [|PT-109]

Air war

Click on the above map to learn more about the German defenses along the Normandy coast. Listen to General Eisenhower's D-Day speech to the troops: [|Eisenhower's DDay Speech] [|Normandy Invasion Interactive Map] Hear FDR's famous prayer for the troops on D-Day. media type="custom" key="13157844" Read about the famous "[|Bedford Boys]" here. [|Battle of the Bulge] Click on the link. Read the Battle of the Bulge summary. 1. What stood out to you about the summary? 2. Look at the various US and German uniforms under the summary. What can you learn about the Battle of tghe Bulge from these uniforms? 3. Look at the map below. What significance do you think the town of Bastogne had on the battle? Battle of the Bulge map from []

Reading on the "Massacre at Malmedy" link: [] Then answer these two questions:
 * What was the name of the German officer and the unit name who were behind the massacre?
 * What happened to many of the Germans that were involved after the war?

[|Malmedy Massacre Photo] Ted Paluch 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion...survivor of Malmedy Massacre on left Joachim Peiper, 1st SS officer at Malmedy on right.

[|A famous reply to the Germans at Bastogne]



A local Hatboro hero of WW2 passes away Jack Agnew

Here is another great story long after the war ended [|here] And another great link to the American heroes of WW2 [|here]

Read about this [|American War Hero]

The end is near for Germany! The official meeting of US and Soviet forces on the Elbe River in Germany.



Hitler's Berghof Mr. Johnson's collection

[|After reading the article about the Swamp Ghost, please go here.]

Watch the "Funeral pyres of Nazidom" media type="youtube" key="xEAo7JnDm_I" height="344" width="425" "The success of this occupation can only be judged fifty years from now. If the Germans at that time have a stable, prosperous democracy, then we shall have succeeded". Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945

[|The Battle of Tarawa] media type="youtube" key="BW4_dRHVhTo" width="420" height="315"media type="youtube" key="oa5UN72MA6c" width="560" height="315" Iwo Jima and Okinawa

Just a great video! media type="custom" key="6017589" media type="youtube" key="Ru2PWmGIoB8" width="420" height="315" First atomic test blast July 16, 1945

Real footage of "Little Boy" and "Fatman" the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan ending WW2 and Japanese aggression: media type="youtube" key="2Pxk4zy_SQw" width="420" height="315"

American B-29 similar to the Enola Gay from Mr. J's collection

View the official Japanese surrender on V-J Day September 2, 1945 media type="custom" key="13495734" "V-J Day Times Square NYWTS" by New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: DeMarsico, Dick, photographer. - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. []. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - and the famous "VJ Day" Kiss photo taken in Times Square, NYC.

[|American Battle Monuments Commission] [|Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial] [|Nazi War Criminals]

[|Amazing rescue footage of a B-29 airmen by a US submarine in the Pacific!] media type="custom" key="13556578"

Soldiers of the Bataan Death March were honored in New Mexico 70 years after the event. [|70th Anniversary of Bataan]

40th Anniversary of D-day and President Reagan media type="custom" key="19091598" Gone Homemedia type="custom" key="22243184"

WW2 overview:media type="custom" key="22512678" [|Last Japanese soldier who surrendered died in 2014] media type="youtube" key="jueo8tI0y2k" width="560" height="315" [|WW2 Japanese Fighter Pilot and feelings on modern Japan] WW2 Test Review (Part 2)
 * Study the invasion of North Africa, Sicily and Italy (note we did not go into much detail here)
 * Study the Home Front- Click on the poster "Somebody blabbed" to go to the Home Front page. Also look at the notes for the Home Front.
 * Study the Air War- Click on the link that says "Air War" and use the page of notes that I gave you.
 * Study D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge and the end of the war in Germany using the fill in notes as well as the variety of pictures, homework assignments, etc.
 * Study the War in the Pacific and the dropping of the atomic bombs using the last page of highlighted notes, home work etc. Click on the link titled "Iwo Jima" to go to the page with many of those sources.

Level 3. There will be a fill in the blank section, a map section and an identify section.

Level 2. There will be a True/False section, a fill in the blank section, an identify section and a map section.

Honors: There will be a scantron section and an essay. The Essay Choices: 1.Was Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs justified? Provide 3 arguments that support your position. 2. How did life on the home front change for Americans? Be specific with examples and what those examples were trying to accomplish. 3.Compare and contrast the fighting in Europe with the fighting in the Pacific.....be liberal with specific details.