This picture shows what happen after the attack.
This picture shows people who died after the attack.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Bombing of Dresden
This picture shows what happen after the attack. This picture shows people who died after the attack.
Formation of the United Nations
The United Nations was created October 24, 1945 shortly after WWII. With the war coming to a climax those who had faced off against the Axis powers never wanted a war of this scale to happen ever again. So these countries decided to meet in San Francisco in the April of that same year. They planned to create a international organization that focused on world peace. The plan was described in the Charter of the United Nations. In June of 1945 fifty nations signed this charter. They were the first UN members. The United Nations while quite similar to the Leauge of Nations created after WWI has a several differences. The first of these is the amount of world powers that joined in the creation of the UN was much greater than the amount in the creation of the Leugue of Nations. Second is that the UN also looks after economic and social concerns as well as working for World Peace.Links:
Interview with Sir Brian Urquhart, former Undersecretary General of the United Nations. http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/UN/Urquhart/urquhart4.html
Charter of the United Nation
Charter of the United Nation
Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations
History of the United Nations
Major Achievements of the United nations
http://www.un.org/aboutun/achieve.htm
Timeline of the United Nations
http://www.un.org/aboutun/milestones.htm
President Bush declaration about the United Nations
http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081024.html
Senator Chris Dod statement on the United Nations
http://dodd.senate.gov/?q=taxonomy/term/288.
Q/A
Q: When was the United Nations formed?
A: October 24,1945
Q:Who origonally formed the United Nations?
A: Those who opposed the United Nations
Q: What the two main differences between the League of Nations and The United Nations?
A:The amount of world powers and broader responsibilities
Q:Why was the U.N. formed?
A:To keep the world from entering a war of that scale ever again.
Q:Where is the plan to form the U.N. described?
A:The Charter of the United Nations
dive bombers of ww2.
jap sailors at tora
japanese naval air force!
we took the marshale islandsthis is a story about a flying tigers pilot and how he went down.
the battle ship musashi was at the battle of lady gulf
this is the carrier the uss lexington also known as lady lex she was a carrier that all most lasted thru the pacific campaign
the jap navy ship the shoho
this is the flying tigers plane the p-40 warhake
this is a groop pic. of the flying tigers groop and the flying tigers is a groop of valintering pilots that helped the war effort in the pacific
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and VJ Day 1
The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was a devastating event that still affects countries all over the world to this day. They happened towards the end of World War Two. U.S. President Harry S. Truman gave the order to attack the Empire of Japan. Hiroshima was bombed on Monday August 6, 1945, with a nuclear bomb nicknamed "Little Boy". Then again, on August 9 of that same year, the bomb named "Fat Man" was dropped on the town of Nagasaki. These are the only attacks on record using nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.
The bombs killed around 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80, 000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945. Even after the fact, thousands of people died from injuries or illnesses due to exposure to radiation, and in both cities the majority of people killed by the explosions were civilians.
Six days after the U.S. detonated "Fat Man" over Nagasaki, on August 15th, Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers, and on September 2 they signed the Instrument of Surrender, which ended the Pacific War and WWII. The bombings led to Japan adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, which stopped that nation from nuclear armament.
Without the bombing of the two Japanese cities, World War II would have probably come to a more difficult ending. Many people would debate that the loss of the innocent human lives was too high of a cost to end the war, but if the war would have continued even more human lives could have been lost.
Though the past is past, we can still look back on the things that people did to give us our freedom and safety, and express our gratitude. For without the past, our future is meaningless.
http://www.floridamemory.com/FlordiaHighlights/V-J_Day/
Question: T/F Nagasaki was hit by a nuclear bomb named "Little Boy"
Answer: False Nagasaki was hit by a nuclear bomb named "Fat Man"
Question: What was the date of the bombing of Hiroshima by the United States?
Answer: August 6, 1945
Question: Did people continue to die after the bombing on both cities? If so, what did most people die of?
Answer: Yes, exposure to radiation
-This is a the mushroom cloud that was caused by the bombing on Hiroshima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
-This is the ground view of the cloud created by the bomb hit on Nagasakihttp://www.vce.com/hironaga.html
-This picture was taken after the bombing on Hiroshima over 60,000 building were destroyed and killed 42,000 peoplehttp://www.vce.com/hironaga.html
This is a map to show where the bombs hit Hiroshima and Nagasakihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
-This is the bomb "Little boy"August 6th 1945
It was dropped on Hiroshima
Far right: Is the bomb "Fat boy"
Closest: Is a before and after
picture of Hiroshima. Top, is
before it was hit and the bottom
part is after it had been hit
-This is the plane that carried and dropped the bomb "Fat man"
http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/nagasaki.htm
-This is the flight path that they took to get to Nagasaki
http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm (Plane picture)
both pictures are at this site (fat man and little man) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Fat_man.jpg/200px-Fat_man.jpg
Operation Overload; Normandy Post
Primary source 1Text Analysis Primary Source: This Is a Comic Written by Dr. Seuss
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
Primary Source 2
This is a Hydrographic Chart that mapped the coasts for the amphibious assault of france. This was made 2 monthes prior to the assault. The
Document was made 4/14/1944
http://www.digitalvaults.org/#/detail/1796/?record=1796
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This a picture of The Battle For Normandy..These soldiers are preparing for battle.The soldiers are in a serious time for dying..The soldiers are in a boat and on there way to some serious killing..I am sure these soldiers are frighten but brave to fight for their land...They look so concentrated on this war...
http://www.gmtgames.com/normandy/NormandyP500-2(RBM).jpg
New Weaponry of World War IIఈఈ
New Weaponry of World War II
Summary: The great World War had the whole globe committed in the war. It also had a great amount of new weapons that were used on both sides. Man and machine were used greatly during this war, probably more than any other war before it. It was also a time when science and technology were evolving greatly. This created new weapons that could help either side win. Most of the advancements in weaponry that we see today are a result of the inventions we saw in this war.
- Bolt-action rifles- most soldiers were equipped with bolt-action rifles in the beginning of the war.
- Semi-automatic rifles-provided the soldier with a significantly faster rate of fire.
- Sniper rifles- helped to make soldiers more accurate with there shots and reduced the amount of bullets that were used.
- Sub machine guns- made it so that it was capable to have an automatic rate of fire, faster than the rifles.
- Assault rifles- had sufficient range and accuracy to be used as a rifle.
- Light machine guns- had the ability to fire a continuous hail of bullets at the enemy troops.
- Anti-tank weapons- allowed soldiers to take down tanks without needing their own tanks to help
- Hand grenades- the hand grenade provided a pocket-sized artillery piece that they could use in battle.
- Light mortars- was used to kill large amounts of people in an area
- Flame throwers- helped soldiers in close areas, by being able to burn them all.
In this picture you can see the devastation that a flamethrower could cause in battle. These flame throwers were used in close combat. This is a primary source because it was taken during battle.
This is a picture of two soldiers that blew up a German tank. The weapon they to achieve this goal is an antitank missile that was shot out of a bazooka. The bazooka was new and was used often because Germans used tanks often. This picture is a primary source because it was taken during the war.
This picture of a grenade that was used in WWII shows that they had more enhanced weapons in WWII and is a primary source.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/jgfive/Wpons010.jpg
This Primary source, picture of a tank used to fight in WWII shows how in this war they had bigger, better, and stronger weapons.
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/images/image004.jpg
This is a picture og a missle storage thats underground. There was many of these in WWII.
This is a picture og a missle storage thats underground. There was many of these in WWII.
http://pro.corbis.com/images/HU036088.jpg?size=67&uid=%7B8E481735-5706-4C88-AD52-0118E7620004%7D
This is a WWII soldier
This is a WWII soldier
with all kinds of 
weaponry
used in the war.
Quiz
1. Q. What weapon was used to make the soldiers shots more accurate and kept the soldiers from wasting their bullets?
2. Q. True or False. Weapons played a major role for both sides during the war.
A. True
3. Q. What was a pocket-sized artillery weapon that a soldier could carry around during battle?
A. The grenade
Sources:
Sources:
http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/WW2Timeline/newweapons.html
http://www.newberry.k12.sc.us/mchs/WWIIWeapons.htm
http://www.thefinertimes.com/Weapons-of-War/weapons-used-in-world-war-ii.html
Remagen and the Race to 1
April 20, 1945
The plan was to encircle Berlin fisrt, and then envelop the X army. The V Corps command trapped beside with the IX Army north of the Forst, passed along the IV Panzer Army to IX army. The army corps still had control of Berlin-Cottbus highway fronts.
The plan was to encircle Berlin fisrt, and then envelop the X army. The V Corps command trapped beside with the IX Army north of the Forst, passed along the IV Panzer Army to IX army. The army corps still had control of Berlin-Cottbus highway fronts.
Pearl Harbor, Was It Really a Surprise?
- Japan and United States
- Japan attacked United States at Pearl Harbor.
- On December 7, 1941 during World War Two
- Pearl Harbor took place in Oahu, Hawaii
- A single stroke removed the United States Navy's battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese Empire's expansion.
- America was abruptly brought into the Second World War as a full contributor.
- The Japanese military, engaged deeply in the endless war that had started against China around 1937.
- The Japanese military badly needed other raw materials and oil.
- The Western powers effectively stopped trade with Japan in July 1941.
- Japanese stopped the oil and mineral-rich Southeast Asia and East Indies.
- A Pacific war was virtually created.
- The U.S. Fleet's Pearl Harbor base was reachable by an aircraft carrier force, and the Japanese Navy secretly sent one across the Pacific with greater air striking power than had ever been seen on the World's oceans.
- Just before 8AM on 7 December it's plane hit.
- Five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking within a short time, leaving the rest damaged.
- Over 2400 Americans were dead and several other ships and most Hawaii-Based combat planes were also knocked out.
- A Japanese Army was ashore in Malaya, and Japanese planes got rid of much of the American air force in the Philippines.
- The memory of the "sneak attack" on Pearl Harbor started a determination to fight.
- Japan's striking power had been eliminated once the Battle of Midway in early June 1942, that same memory began a war to save Japan's adventures and remove Japan, and Japan's German and Italian allies, as upcoming threats to peace in the World.
- The Japanese attacked the American Port of Pearl Harbor, killing many men.
- The main commanders were:
United States: Adm. Husband E. Kimmel and Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short
Japan: Admiral Yamamoto, who then entrusted the attack to Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. - The Japanese bombed United States airstrips.
- Japan bombed the United States to bomb them into submission so that they could no longer resist the ground forces.
- Japan also attacked Pearl Harbor to remove a threat.
- Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, they did not invade it.
- Pearl Harbor is now a large topic listed on the calendar in Hawaiian and United States history.
This is a picture of a newspaper around the time of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. It's a primary source because it was from that actual time period. It explains the bombing and that President Roosevelt had declared war.
http://www.sflistteamhouse.com/Misc/Pearl%20Harbor/origin1.jpg
This is primary source photo of an above view of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Things look more peaceful here, than they really were that dreadful day.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/3089695099_a1a53e6751.jpg
This is a primary source photo of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was taken on the day of the actual event. It is a view from another different position that you can see the disaster. you can see smoke and a ship.
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/pearl.jpg
As you can see in this picture, the ship is damaged beyond repair. This is an alright assumption due to the clearly visable smoke coming from it.
http://www.talkingproud.us/ImagesHistory/BurmaBanshee/PearlHarborAttack.jpg
This picture is a primary source because it was taken on the day of the actual Pearl Harbor bombing. It was taken by the U.S. Navy to record the events of that day. All of the smoke gives you just a fraction of an idea of how bad it was.
http://www.olive-drab.com/gallery/photos/pearl_harbor_attack_shaw_explosion_sm.jpg
This is a picture taken from farther away. It's not exactly on the scene but it shoes you what people in their homes could have been seeing. it's a primary source because it was taken on December 7, 1941. The day of the attack.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h50000/h50931.jpg
This is a picture taken from farther away. It's not exactly on the scene but it shoes you what people in their homes could have been seeing. it's a primary source because it was taken on December 7, 1941. The day of the attack.
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live on in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." -- Franklin d. roosevelt
http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/franklin-d.-roosevelt/3781
In this image, a man is aiming and shooting his gun at a ship opposite of him. This was Pearl Harbor. On December 7th, 1941. They also included the word REMEMBER in the picture to remind us of what really went on during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm]
[http://www.usswestvirginia.org/fdr_pearl_speech.htm] Click here for Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech! Audio can be included!
Questions:
1. When did Pearl Harbor take place? Where? Who was involved? December 7th, 1941; Oahu, Hawaii; Japan and United States
2. Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? Japan bombed the United States to bomb them into submission so that they could no longer resist the ground forces.
3. When did the Japanese military engage in the war that had started against China? around 1937
4. When did the Western powers effectively stopped trade with Japan? 1941
5. What time did the plane hit? Just before 8AM on 7 December it's plane hit.
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese Internment Camps were places in the United States where Japanese-Americans, German-Americans, and even Italian-Americans were sent. They were sent there becasue the United States felt threatened by these people after Pearl Harbor, and our declaration of war against Germany. Our reasoning for feeling threatened was that citizens of the US of japanese, german, and italian decent might take acts of treason against the US government. Any act of anything against government would be bad enough since we just entered a world war. Government had enough on there hands as it is.source: http://education.eastwestcenter.org/asiapacificed/ph2006/PH2006projects/7_clip_image001.jpg
To briefly describe the conditions of the internment camps, the conditions were not good to the people who inhabited them. It was a building that had unpartitioned toilets, had cots that served as beds and very low food rations. Outside of the building, there was a border of barbed-wire that surrounded the perimeter of alike buildings. Guards that were said to have large guns with long bayonets at the end were posted at camps. Curfews were enforced and restricted the inhabitants of the camp to stay out past a certain time. These conditions were not good for anyone.
It was so bad, that it took so long for an official apology to be sent to all past camp inhabitants. An official letter from President Bill Clinton was sent to the people who had to suffer through this. It was a basic apology with a conclusion that wished best of luck to the people who had to experience this.
Source: http://education.eastwestcenter.org/asiapacificed/ph2006/PH2006projects/7_clip_image001.jpgTo jump back before all of these orders of going to internment camps, life was good for the japanese citizens. They were friends with the people that they worked and lived by. Some came to earn money and eventually go back to japan. Some wanted to settle in and have there children grow up in America (Source:http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/Lifebefore.html) .
Life for the japanese while they were in the camps was not as good as it was outside of the fenced barracks. Inside the camp was just like living at home, except you had a strict curfew and were fenced into your home. The camp had several blocks that contained about 12 barracks each. In each of the barracks were small living places that had laundry facilities and washing machines. There were religous, recreation and administration buildings. There was also school for children, and a librar.(Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/bhjic.html). Although the camps provided decent living conditions, life was still tough for the people living inside. Most of the camps were in the middle of the desert. Unbearable heat waves would happen everyday and did not add any comfort (source: http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/bhjic.html). As bad as it was, it got worse. Some people began to die because they were not given the proper treatment they needed from the hospitals. Some people were even shot and killed by the military guards. They were shot for simply not following orders.(source:http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312008/bhjic.html).
The pain in the camps lasted over 3 years. Some camps got closed down in 1945(source:http://home.comcast.net/~chtongyu/internment/camps.html). By the end of 1946, all japanase were released from the internment camps. But what the government did to them by putting them in the camps was not forgotten. The japanese americans did not keep there mouth shut about the injustice they recieved. Eventually the US government heard the japanese americans cry, and they sent out the official apology(source:http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/). In the end, they taught us a lesson. They taught us how to push through even when things were really bad. When they were released, they revised the constitution and pointed out that ALL men are created equal. This made us a stronger country(source: http://americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/experience/).
(source:http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/aa/lange/aa_lange_relocation_2_e.jpg) 
Quiz Questions
1. Were conditions in the camp good for the people?
Answer: No, conditions were very minimal and poor.
2. Where were most Japanese Internment Camps located?
Answer: In the middle of deserts.
3. By what year were all Japanese-Americans released from the camps?
Answer: 1946
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