December 7, 1941

2,400 people died in the first attack, plus Civilians

1,000 were wounded in the attack

One day after the attack, when people were wounded and people were dead, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told Congress to declare war on Japan

After two months of Hitler being the new Chancellor, He established the very first concentration camp

At first, the first camp was mainly for political opponents; they were taken to these camps, but later on nazi used these camps for jews

Many camps were made, massive gas chambers were made to kill jews with disabilities, and the healthy ones would be set apart from the ones that were going to be murdered in the gas chambers.

This was during WW2

https://www.historyhit.com/where-did-the-holocaust-take-place/

A training ground for Navy Aviators attempting to qualify for a carrier takeoff and landing

Around 200 aircraft were lost/ crashed into the water

15,000 U.S. Navy aircraft were trained for dropping bombs in the war

They trained at Lake Michigan because the U.S was scared that if they trained in the Pacific and the Atlantic

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18aviatorsdown/history.html

This attack started on September 1st, 1939

This was the first attack by Germany in WW2

Germany has an army of 1.5 Million men, they also had came with 2,315 air craft, 2,750 tanks and nearly around 9,000 guns

Poland apparently had an army of 1 Million men, but some of the men were unable to mobilize, and those who could had equipment that was outdated, poland also had around 4,300 guns, 670 tanketters, 800 air craft and 210 tanks.

Poland lost around 66,000 men

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-1/germany-invades-poland

Dr. Harry Coope made a discovery that he didn't mean to make. Instead, he was trying to make a plastic for gun sights.

The super glue was made accidentally, but then later set apart because it was too sticky and hard to work with to make gun sights.

Dr. Harry Coover was set on a research team that was making an effort to find a way to make a clear plastic for they could make it into precision gunsights for soldiers to use in the war.

They used chemicals like cyanoacrylate to make clear plastic for gunsights.

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/harry-coover#:~:text=The%20incredibly%20stable%20adhesive%20known,industrial%20binding%20and%20medical%20applications

The Japanese Emperor declared surrender on August 15th, 1945.

Tokyo received news of a devastating but mysterious event in Hiroshima on August 6, but only the next day learned President Truman maintained it was an atomic bomb.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japans-surrender-part-i

Penicillin was used in the war to cut the rate of deaths caused by infections during the war

Death rates were from 20% of death but after they used penicillin the rates lowered to less than 1%

https://www.ibms.org/resources/news/penicillin-the-war-time-miracle-drug-that-saved-millions/#:~:text=War%2DTime%20Production&text=In%201941%2C%20Florey%20and%20Chain,fermentation%20to%20mass%2Dproduce%20penicillin

Anne was born on June 19, 1929, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Anne later died in a concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen, Germany ( age 16 )

Annie is a jewish teenager made famous by her diary, about her experience living and hiding from the Nazis

She was betrayed, and turned in to the Nazis when some one hinted to the Nazis that people were hiding in a secret attic

https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first all black flying unit in the military

They were one of the most highly discolored units to serve in ww2

They were also one of the most successful decorative escort groups

This group was created in 1941

Their first mission ever was in 1943

They have received over 150+ medals

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Tuskegee-Airmen

Hitler was born on April 20th, 1889 died on April 30th, 1945

Hitler committed suicide in an underground bunker in Berlin, Germany

Hitler's Suicide led to Germany's surrender

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler

Elie was born on september 30th,m 1928 died on July 2nd, 2016

Elie was a survivor of the holocaust. He wrote a book about what he had been through

He was mostly famous because of the book that he wrote named ¨ Night ¨

He is also a Nobel Prize Winner

Elie weas only 15 years old when he was taken by the nazi and was sent to a consentration camp in Poland

TCI Textbook, Page 426- 427

This was one of the most daring raids of the battle throughout WW2

This battle lasted up to 8 months from July 1942- February 1943

1.5 million people died, those are both Russian and German

This battle is important because the Soviet Union won this battle, which was also a turning point in the war

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad

This battle started in july 10th, 1940- october 31st, 1940

The German Air Force flew over London and dropped Bombs on Britain for 57 straight days

Britain won this war with their air force (RAF), Royal air force

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Britain-European-history-1940

This war started on June 3rd -7th, 1942

The Battle was important because it was a significant turning point, because the U.S did a lot of damage to the Japanese

The Supreme Court rule says that a citizen's civil rights could be ignored in times of war.

Korematsu was a Japanese American forced to move to an internment camp

Decades later, this ruling was viewed as wrong

https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/annual-observances/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/korematsu-v-us-balancing-liberties-and-safety/facts-and-case-summary-korematsu-v-us

This camp was used to imprison citizens of Japanese descent

These camps were set up all around Western states in 1942

The president had over 100,000+ people sent to live in these desert camps, simply due to fears that they could be spies

There was no proof of them being spies at all

https://www.history.com/articles/japanese-american-relocation

This Nuclear Bomb instantly killed around 80,000 people in Hiroshima, and tens of thousands more died of radiation

This Bomb was dropped by an American B-29 bomber

The name of this plane was also called enola gay

Most of the people who died to this bomb were civilians\

https://www.history.com/articles/atomic-bomb-history

This was the world's first atomic bomb detonated

They did the testing on July 16, 1945

This bomb released up to 18.6 Kilotons of power, making everything around it disappear

This site later became open to the public for people to see

https://www.energy.gov/lm/trinity-site-worlds-first-nuclear-explosion

Native Americans were recruited to create a code using their tribal language to help the U.S in WW2

They were instrumental to the U.S success in the South Pacific

The Code was never deciphered by any enemies

There were over 400 navajo marines

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=33344

An incredible 6 week invasion of Low Countries which came with encirclement and defeat of allied forces

A humiliating defeat for the British and French Allied forces as well as a show of strength of the German military

Destroyed 139 tanks in his career

Known most famously known for his attack on Villers-Bocage

Died in an ambush made by the Allies in Falaise Pocket

The culmination of some of the greatest minds in history, Enrico Fermi, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Hans Bethe.

The creation of the worlds most destructive weapon in history.

Laid the groundwork for the development of peaceful nuclear innovations, including nuclear power.