Chapter 24: The United States in World War II section 1: The War in Europe and North Africa The Battle of the Atlantic
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Rebuilding Europe and Japan The war left Europe and Japan in ruins. Millions had been killed and even more were displaced-refugees. How to feed, house, and clothe these people became paramount. Add to that the specter of Communism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p09gugpF_hE In Japan, Douglas MacArthur was named SCAP, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Six days after the official surrender aboard the Battleship Missouri, MacArthur flew into Japan, got into a limousine and headed for the US embassy. Once there he ordered his chief of staff General Eichelberger to "have our country's flag unfurled, and in Tokyo's sun let it wave in its full glory as a symbol of hope for the oppressed and as a harbinger of victory for the right." He set up his command in the Dai Ichi Insurance building, across from the Emperor’s palace. He refused to go to the Emperor; he said he would let the Emperor come to him. 
As SCAP, MacArthur oversaw the rebuilding of Japan and the reordering of Japanese society and politics. Like the Nuremburg trials, there were war crimes trials in Japan. Many of the top leaders, including Tojo, were executed. The members of the royal family however were never tried for atrocities. In Europe the allies had differences right away. The US and GB wanted to get things organized but they met resistance from the Soviets, who wanted control themselves. These differences would result in the Cold War. Great Books on WW II A Soldier’s Story, a General’s Life Omar Bradley The Longest Day - Cornelius Ryan A Bridge Too Far - Cornelius Ryan The Last Battle - Cornelius Ryan Good-by Darkness - William Manchester American Caesar - William Manchester Helmet for My Pillow- Robert Leckie The Good War – Studs Terkel The Greatest Generation – Tom Brokaw Band of Brothers – Stephen Ambrose Chapter 24 Study Guide Victory Gardens Shipping Supplies to Great Britain Adolf Hitler Anti-semitism Battle of Midway Kamikaze Japanese soldiers Bushido Home Front Internment camps Yalta Conference Potsdam Conference Final Solution Truman and the Atomic Bomb German Surrender / V-E Day Japanese Surrender / V-J Day Convoy system North Africa Campaign Operation Overlord Erwin Rommel The Desert Fox Tuskegee Airmen Jewish immigration/emigration Iwo Jima Okinawa
Hollywood during the war Invasion of Sicily Stalingrad Aryans
Attack on Pearl Harbor Auschwitz Battle of the Bulge Bataan Death March Navajo Code Talkers Government Spending before and during World War II Wolf Packs Concentration Camps Ghettos Rationing United Nations Operation Torch Einsatzgruppen Holocaust Harry Truman Douglas MacArthur The War at Home Nuremburg War Crimes Trials Download 8.66 Mb. Share with your friends:
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