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16 January 1941

The Army authorized the creation of an all Black group of fighter pilots in the US Army

Once they shipped off to Europe, they fought there until the end of the war in 1945

https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458979/tuskegee-airmen/

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September 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945

Longest battle of WW2

Began with the Allies striking a naval blockade by Germany

Over 100,000 lives were lost in over 100 battles

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-battles-timeline

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December of 1937

The Japanese Military invaded China

300,000 people was killed

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September 1st, 1939

the Nazi German Invasion of Poland

World 2

https://www.worldatlas.com/world-wars/major-battles-of-world-war-ii.html

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Dr. Lyle S. Adams sent a letter to the White House

Both the U.S. Army and Navy spent millions of dollars and captured thousands of bats

The project was finally canceled in 1944.

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Extreme overcrowding, minimal rations, and unsanitary conditions led to disease

Before World War II, the city was a major center of Jewish life and culture in Poland.

Warsaw suffered heavy air attacks and artillery bombardment.

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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer 

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Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer 

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one of the first general purpose computers

Capable of performing thousands of calculations in a second

ENIAC was originally designed for military purposes

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The Office of War Information (O.W.I.) was the source of such propaganda in the U.S.

After the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, most were convinced to support the war.

OWI photographers documented aspects of homefront life and culture such as women in the workforce.

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Free French airmen lost five Republic P-47D Thunderbolts in Lake Huron.

Two other aircraft in Lake St. Clair. Sgt. Francois Messenger was killed when his Republic P-47D Thunderbolt crashed.

Messinger’s body was immediately recovered.

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1942

entered war with after germany sank two mexican oil tanks

300-500 deaths

https://www.britannica.com/place/Mexico

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Mexico | History, Map, Flag, Population, & Facts

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Mexico, country of southern North America and the third largest country in Latin America. It is one of the chief economic and political forces in Latin America, with a dynamic industrial base, vast mineral resources, a wide-ranging service sector, and the world’s largest population of Spanish speakers.

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Camp Elliott Park, San Diego, California

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Camp Elliott Park, San Diego, California

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Camp Elliott Park, San Diego, California

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A code talker is the name given to American Indians who used their tribal language to send secret communications

There were at least 14 other Native nations, including the Cherokee and Comanche, that served as code talkers in both the Pacific and Europe during the war?

The US military developed a specific policy to recruit and train American Indian speakers to become code talkers.

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What is a code talker? A code talker is the name given to American Indians who used their tribal language to send secret communications on the battlefield. Most people have heard of the famous Navajo (or Diné) code talkers who used their traditional language to transmit secret Allied messages in the Pacific theater of combat during World War II. But did you know that there were at least 14 other Native nations, including the Cherokee and Comanche, that served as code talkers in both the Pacific and Europe during the war? The idea of using American Indians who were fluent in both their traditional tribal language and in English to send secret messages in battle was first put to the test in World War I with the Choctaw Telephone Squad and other Native communications experts and messengers. However, it wasn't until World War II that the US military developed a specific policy to recruit and train American Indian speakers to become code talkers. The irony of being asked to use their Native languages to fight on behalf of America was not lost on code talkers, many of whom had been forced to attend government or religious-run boarding schools that tried to assimilate Native peoples and would punish students for speaking in their traditional language.

The US Army was the first branch of the military that began recruiting code talkers from places like Oklahoma in 1940. Other branches, such as the US Marines and Navy, followed a few years later, and the first class of 29 Navajo code talker US Marine recruits completed its training in 1942. Apart from basic training, these men had to develop and memorize a unique military code using their mostly unwritten language, and were placed in a guarded room until this task was completed.

The first type of code they created, Type 1 code, consisted of 26 Navajo terms that stood for individual English letters that could be used to spell out a word. For instance, the Navajo word for "ant," wo-la-chee, was used to represent the letter "a" in English.

Type 2 code contained words that could be directly translated from English into Navajo, and the code talkers also developed a dictionary of 211 terms (later expanded to 411) for military words and names that didn't originally exist in the Navajo language. For example, since there was no existing Navajo word for "submarine," the code talkers agreed to use the term besh-lo, which translates to "iron fish."

Most code talkers were assigned in pairs to a military unit. During battle, one person would operate the portable radio while the second person would relay and receive messages in the Native language and translate them into English. Their work was highly dangerous especially in the Pacific, because Japanese soldiers would deliberately target officers, medics, and radiomen, and code talkers had to keep moving as they transmitted their messages. The work of hundreds of code talkers was essential to Allied victory in World War II, and they were present at many important battles, including at Utah Beach during the D-Day invasion in France, and at Iwo Jima in the Pacific. In fact, 5th Marine Division signal officer Major Howard Connor stated, "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima."

Despite their heroic contributions during the war, American Indian code talkers were told that they had to keep their work secret. They couldn't even tell their family members about their communications work. Since the codes that they developed remained unbroken, the US military wanted to keep the program classified in case the code talkers were needed again in future wars. Even when the WWII code talker program was declassified in 1968, national recognition of code talkers was slow. While there was some recognition in the 1970s and 1980s, it wasn't until 2001 that Congressional Gold Medals were given to the Navajo and other code talkers.

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American Indian Code Talkers | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

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The idea of using American Indians who were fluent in both their traditional tribal language and in English to send secret messages in battle was first put to the test in World War I with the Choctaw Telephone Squad and other Native communications experts and messengers.

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The Invasion of Poland began on September 1, 1939. These actions were events that led up to WWII.

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The very first atomic bomb was built and tested.

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On Aug 23, 1939, Germany and the Soviet union.

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During WWII,all African American troops known as six triple eight.