WWII

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <script type="text/javascript"> //OwnerIQ var __oiq_pct = 50; if( __oiq_pct>=100 || Math.floor(Math.random()*100/(100-__oiq_pct)) > 0 ) { var _oiqq = _oiqq || []; _oiqq.push(['oiq_addPageBrand','Lycos']); _oiqq.push(['oiq_addPageCat','Internet > Websites']); _oiqq.push(['oiq_addPageLifecycle','Intend']); _oiqq.push(['oiq_doTag']); (function() { var oiq = document.createElement('script'); oiq.type = 'text/javascript'; oiq.async = true; oiq.src = document.location.protocol + '//px.owneriq.net/stas/s/lycosn.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(oiq, s); })(); } //Google Analytics var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount','UA-21402695-19']); _gaq.push(['_setDomainName','tripod.com']); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar',1,'member_name','drweiselberg',3]); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); //Lycos Init function getReferrer() { var all= this.document.cookie; if (all== '') return false; var cookie_name = 'REFERRER='; var start = all.lastIndexOf(cookie_name); if (start == -1) return false; start += cookie_name.length; var end = all.indexOf(';', start); if (end == -1) end = all.length; return all.substring(start, end); } function getQuery() { var rfr = getReferrer(); if (rfr == '') return false; var q = extractQuery(rfr, 'yahoo.com', 'p='); if (q) return q; q = extractQuery(rfr, '', 'q='); return q ? q : ""; } function extractQuery(full, site, q_param) { var start = full.lastIndexOf(site); if (start == -1) return false; start = full.lastIndexOf(q_param); if (start == -1) return false; start += q_param.length; var end = full.indexOf('&', start); if (end == -1) end = full.length; return unescape(full.substring(start, end)).split(" ").join("+"); } function generateHref(atag, template){ atag.href=template.replace('_MYURL_', window.location.href.replace('http://', '')).replace('_MYTITLE_','Check%20out%20this%20Tripod%20Member%20site!'); } var lycos_ad = Array(); var lycos_onload_timer; var cm_role = "live"; var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com"; var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded"; var tripod_member_name = "drweiselberg"; var tripod_member_page = "drweiselberg/id135.htm"; var tripod_ratings_hash = "1768518059:95f13b369764a46d25d63923fddb4c3b"; var lycos_ad_category = null; var lycos_ad_remote_addr = "209.202.244.9"; var lycos_ad_www_server = "www.tripod.lycos.com"; var lycos_ad_track_small = ""; var lycos_ad_track_served = ""; var lycos_search_query = getQuery(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type='text/javascript'> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; (function() { var gads = document.createElement('script'); gads.async = true; gads.type = 'text/javascript'; var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol; gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') + '//www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js'; var node = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node); })(); </script> <script type='text/javascript'> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_300X250_dfp', [300, 250], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_above_728x90_dfp', [728, 90], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-1').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/95963596/TRI_below_728x90_dfp', [728, 90], 'div-gpt-ad-1450204159126-2').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.enableServices(); }); </script> <script type="text/javascript"> (function(isV) { if( !isV ) { return; } var adMgr = new AdManager(); var lycos_prod_set = adMgr.chooseProductSet(); var slots = ["leaderboard", "leaderboard2", "toolbar_image", "toolbar_text", "smallbox", "top_promo", "footer2", "slider"]; var adCat = this.lycos_ad_category; adMgr.setForcedParam('page', (adCat && adCat.dmoz) ? adCat.dmoz : 'member'); if (this.lycos_search_query) { adMgr.setForcedParam("keyword", this.lycos_search_query); } else if(adCat && adCat.find_what) { adMgr.setForcedParam('keyword', adCat.find_what); } for (var s in slots) { var slot = slots[s]; if (adMgr.isSlotAvailable(slot)) { this.lycos_ad[slot] = adMgr.getSlot(slot); } } adMgr.renderHeader(); adMgr.renderFooter(); }((function() { var w = 0, h = 0, minimumThreshold = 300; if (top == self) { return true; } if (typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number' ) { w = window.innerWidth; h = window.innerHeight; } else if (document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.documentElement.clientHeight)) { w = document.documentElement.clientWidth; h = document.documentElement.clientHeight; } else if (document.body && (document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight)) { w = document.body.clientWidth; h = document.body.clientHeight; } return ((w > minimumThreshold) && (h > minimumThreshold)); }()))); window.onload = function() { var f = document.getElementById("FooterAd"); var b = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0]; b.appendChild(f); f.style.display = "block"; document.getElementById('lycosFooterAdiFrame').src = '/adm/ad/footerAd.iframe.html'; // DOM Inj Ad (function(isTrellix) { var e = document.createElement('iframe'); e.style.border = '0'; e.style.margin = 0; e.style.display = 'block'; e.style.cssFloat = 'right'; e.style.height = '254px'; e.style.overflow = 'hidden'; e.style.padding = 0; e.style.width = '300px'; var isBlokedByDomain = function( href ) { var blockedDomains = [ "ananyaporn13000.tripod.com", "xxxpornxxx.tripod.com" ]; var flag = false; for( var i=0; i<blockedDomains.length; i++ ) { if( href.search( blockedDomains[ i ] ) >= 0 ) { flag = true; } } return flag; } var getMetaContent = function( metaName ) { var metas = document.getElementsByTagName('meta'); for (i=0; i<metas.length; i++) { if( metas[i].getAttribute("name") == metaName ) { return metas[i].getAttribute("content"); } } return false; } var getCommentNodes = function(regexPattern) { var nodes = {}; var nodesA = []; var preferredNodesList = ['a', 'c', 'b']; (function getNodesThatHaveComments(n, pattern) { if (n.hasChildNodes()) { if (n.tagName === 'IFRAME') { return false; } for (var i = 0; i < n.childNodes.length; i++) { if ((n.childNodes[i].nodeType === 8) && (pattern.test(n.childNodes[i].nodeValue))) { var areaName = pattern.exec(n.childNodes[i].nodeValue)[1]; nodes[areaName] = n; } else if (n.childNodes[i].nodeType === 1) { getNodesThatHaveComments(n.childNodes[i], pattern); } } } }(document.body, regexPattern)); for (var i in preferredNodesList) { if (nodes[preferredNodesList[i]]) { if( isTrellix && nodes[preferredNodesList[i]].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode ) { nodesA.push(nodes[preferredNodesList[i]].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode); } else { nodesA.push( nodes[preferredNodesList[i]] ); } } } return nodesA; } var properNode = null; var areaNodes = getCommentNodes( new RegExp( '^area Type="area_(\\w+)"' ) ); for (var i = 0; i < areaNodes.length; i++) { var a = parseInt(getComputedStyle(areaNodes[i]).width); if ((a >= 300) && (a <= 400)) { properNode = areaNodes[i]; break; } } var propertyName = getMetaContent("property") || false; if( isTrellix && (properNode) ) { e.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html'; properNode.insertBefore(e, properNode.firstChild); } else if( isTrellix && !( properNode ) ) // Slap the ad eventhought there is no alocated slot { e.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html'; e.style.cssFloat = 'none'; var cdiv = document.createElement('div'); cdiv.style = "width:300px;margin:10px auto;"; cdiv.appendChild( e ); b.insertBefore(cdiv, b.lastChild); } else if( !isBlokedByDomain( location.href ) ) { var injF = document.createElement('iframe'); injF.style.border = '0'; injF.style.margin = 0; injF.style.display = 'block'; injF.style.cssFloat = 'none'; injF.style.height = '254px'; injF.style.overflow = 'hidden'; injF.style.padding = 0; injF.style.width = '300px'; injF.src = '/adm/ad/injectAd.iframe.html'; if( b && ( !isTrellix || ( typeof isTrellix == "undefined" ) ) ) // All other tripod props { var cdiv = document.createElement('div'); cdiv.style = "width:300px;margin:10px auto;"; cdiv.appendChild( injF ); b.insertBefore(cdiv, b.lastChild); } } }( document.isTrellix )); } </script> <div id="tb_container" style="background:#DFDCCF; border-bottom:1px solid #393939; position:relative; z-index:999999999!important">  <style> .adCenterClass{margin:0 auto} </style> <div id="tb_ad" class="adCenterClass" style="display:block!important; overflow:hidden; width:916px;"> <div id="ad_container" style="display:block!important; float:left; width:728px "> <script type="text/javascript"> if (typeof lycos_ad !== "undefined" && "leaderboard" in lycos_ad) { document.write(lycos_ad['leaderboard']); } </script> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if (typeof lycos_ad !== "undefined" && "slider" in lycos_ad) { document.write(lycos_ad['slider']); } </script>  <div id="FooterAd" style="background:#DFDCCF; border-top:1px solid #393939; clear:both; display:none; width:100%!important; position:relative; z-index:999999!important; height:90px!important"> <div class="adCenterClass" style="display:block!important; overflow:hidden; width:916px;"> <div id="footerAd_container" style="display:block!important; float:left; width:728px"> <iframe id="lycosFooterAdiFrame" style="border:0; display:block; float:left; height:96px; overflow:hidden; padding:0; width:750px"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="04400660dvldtc.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>drw</b></FONT><B> </b><B>    |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="drw"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04964643.gif"> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="20"><B>     </b><A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="G Dep and New Deal"><U><B><IMG SRC="04614140.gif" border=0 width="20" height="20" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></U></A><B>  </b><A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cold War"><U><B><IMG SRC="04714140.gif" border=0 width="20" height="20" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></U></A><B>     </b><A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cold War"><U><B><IMG SRC="04514140.gif" border=0 width="20" height="20" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>WWII</b></I></div> <div> <I><B>American Studies</b></I></div> <div> <B>World War II Outline</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Background</b></div> <div> WWI (1914-1918), Treaty of Versailles (1919), Great Depression (1930s)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Isolation and Neutrality</b></div> <div> Causes of disillusion and pacifism</div> <div> Neutrality Acts of 1935-37</div> <div> Spanish Civil War:  Testing war technology and ideology</div> <div>      Francisco Franco</div> <div> FDR's “quarantine” speech (1937)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Rise of Aggression in Europe and the Pacific, 1932-1940:</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Fascism in Italy</b></div> <div> Benito Mussolini, 1922</div> <div> Fascist Aggression:  Italy invades Ethiopia (1935)</div> <div> German-Italian Axis formed (1936)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)</b></div> <div> Francisco Franco</div> <bR> <div> <B>Fascism in Germany</b></div> <div> Nazism, National Socialism, Nazional-Sozialiste Deutsche Arbeiters Partei (NSDAP)</div> <div> Adolf Hitler assumes power, 1933</div> <div> Nazi Germany starts first concentration camp at Dachau, 1933  (Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen…)</div> <div> Nazi Aggression</div> <div> Hitler re-arms the Rhineland</div> <div> 1938  the <I>Anschluss</I>:  Germany annexes Austria</div> <div> Munich Pact, grants Sudetenland (in Czechoslovakia) to Hitler</div> <div> Neville Chamberlain, appeasement, umbrella</div> <div> Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact</div> <div> Sept. 1, 1939  Hitler invades Poland (beginning of WWII)</div> <div> Blitzkrieg</div> <bR> <div> <B>Japan</b></div> <div> Emperor Hirohito</div> <div> Hideki Tojo, General and Prime Minister</div> <div> Japanese Expansion</div> <div> Japan occupies Manchuria</div> <div> 1933  Japan leaves League of Nations</div> <div>           1937  Japan invades China</div> <div>           1940  Japan joins Axis powers</div> <div>           1941  Dec. 7, Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Gradual US involvement</b></div> <div>      Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1937</div> <div> Neutrality Act of 1939 (“cash and carry”)</div> <div>      Lend-Lease Act</div> <div>      The Atlantic Charter (August 1941)</div> <bR> <div> <B>United States involvement in WWII</b></div> <div>      Europe:</div> <div> June 6, 1944            D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France</div> <div> December 1944     Battle of the Bulge</div> <div> April 1945          Allied troops meet at Elbe River, Germany</div> <div> May 8, 1945          V-E Day, end of war in Europe</div> <div>      The Pacific:</div> <div>           “Island Hopping,” Leapfrogging</div> <div> 1942     Battle of Midway          </div> <div>      1944-45  Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa</div> <div> August 6, 1945     US drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima        </div> <div>   August 9, 1945     US drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki</div> <div>           August 15, 1945     V-J Day, end of war in the Pacific                     </div> <div>            September 2, 1945     Japan formally surrenders</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Holocaust</b></I></div> <div> Anti-Semitism</div> <div> genocide</div> <div> Adolf Hitler, <I>Mein Kampf</I>          </div> <div> The “Final Solution”</div> <div> Wannsee Conference</div> <div> Dissenters, Gypsies, Homosexuals, mentally and physically handicapped, Protestant</div> <div>  ministers, Catholic priests, Jews, Communists          </div> <div> Concentration Camps:  Dachau, Treblinka, Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen</div> <div> Six Million Jews, four million others.</div> <div> Response of US and other nations</div> <div>      The <I>St. Louis</I>, 1939</div> <div> Nuremberg Trials, 1945-46</div> <div>      Adolf Eichmann, Klaus Barbie</div> <bR> <div> <B>Wartime Diplomacy</b></div> <div> Atlantic Charter, 1941</div> <div> Yalta Conference, 1945:  FDR, Churchill and Stalin</div> <div>      Occupation Zones</div> <div> Potsdam, 1945:  Truman, Churchill and Stalin</div> <bR> <div> <B>The Human Dimension of the War</b></div> <div>      “Arsenal of democracy”</div> <div>      Women:  WACs, Rosie the Riveter; employment, child care, choice.</div> <div>      Mobilization:  the draft</div> <div>      Financing the War:  war bonds, Hollywood goes to war</div> <div>      Rationing</div> <div>      Experience of men and women in the military service</div> <div>      Art and culture</div> <div>           Swing music</div> <div>           “Degenerate art” (<I>Entartete Kunst</I>)</div> <div>      African Americans: foundations for civil rights movements of 50s and 60s</div> <div>           Discrimination and inequalities persist          </div> <div> Northern cities, employment in factories, voting blocs, two-front fight</div> <div>      Japanese Americans:  hardship and economic losses</div> <div>           Nisei - Americans citizens born in US, of Japanese descent</div> <div> Executive Order 9066</div> <div> Internment camps:  Tule Lake</div> <div> WRA</div> <div>           <I>Korematsu v. United States</I>, 1944</div> <div>           Japanese Americans in armed forces in Europe; medals for bravery</div> <bR> <div> <B>Demobilization</b></div> <div>      Inflation and strikes</div> <div>           Taft-Hartley Act, 1947</div> <div>      The GI Bill; education, homes</div> <div>      Truman's Fair Deal</div> <div>      Baby Boom</div> <div>      Election of 1948; “Dewey Defeats Truman”</div> <div>      Truman and Civil Rights     </div> <bR> <div> <B>Additional Terms and People</b></div> <div> Totalitarianism</div> <div> Dictatorship</div> <div> Communism</div> <div> The Manhattan Project</div> <div> Franklin Delano Roosevelt</div> <div> Harry Truman</div> <div> Dwight D. Eisenhower</div> <div> Douglas MacArthur</div> <div> Winston Churchill</div> <div> Charles de Gaulle</div> <div> Joseph Stalin</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Guiding Questions</b></I></div> <div> To what extent did the isolationist policies of the 1930s reflect a desire to avoid a </div> <div> repeat of the conditions that had drawn the US into WWI?</div> <div> How might dissatisfaction with the outcome of WWI have contributed to the rise  of </div> <div> dictatorships in Germany and Italy?</div> <div> How might economic depression have contributed to the rise of dictatorships in </div> <div> Germany and Italy?</div> <div> What is the relationship between fascism and totalitarianism?</div> <div> In what ways was the US “involved” in WWII before the Pearl Harbor attack and</div> <div>  the Congressional declaration of war in 1941?</div> <div> How did the Lend-Lease policy lead to greater US involvement in the war?</div> <div> How did advances in aviation technology contribute to changes in American </div> <div> isolationist sentiments?</div> <bR> <div> List the three major Allied Powers and the three major Axis Powers.</div> <div> What role did the US play in the development of the war in the Pacific?  In Europe?</div> <div> How did the leadership and decision-making structure of the combatant nations influence </div> <div> the outcome of the war?</div> <div> - To what extent did the totalitarian governments of the Axis Powers</div> <div> undermine their ability to make effective decisions and win the war?</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Aria006c002d00c800000000.gif" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">To what extent did the “democratic” leadership of the United States, England </div> <div> and France contribute to Allied success?</div> <div> How did the need to wage “total war” alter the nature of American society?</div> <div> Compare and contrast the domestic policies of the US during WWII with those during WWI.</div> <div> Compare and contrast the role of the US in WWI and WWII in terms of</div> <div> the arsenal of democracy</div> <div> US military leadership and strategy</div> <div> Role of the president in planning for peace</div> <div> Economic, social and political issues after the wars</div> <div> (inflation, strikes, Presidential policies, political control of Congress, ways of dealing with Communist threats, immigration policies, opportunities for veterans).</div> <div> What limits were placed on American civil liberties during WWII?</div> <div> What social and moral issues arise when considering US domestic and foreign policy during </div> <div> WWII?  Consider:       </div> <div> Rights of Japanese Americans</div> <div>           Integration of African Americans</div> <div>           US reactions to the Nazi Holocaust</div> <div>           Morality of nuclear warfare (Should the US have dropped the atomic bomb?)</div> <div>           Treatment of war criminals</div> <div> What role did the US play in securing the peace after WWII?</div> <div> The Nazi Holocaust was an example of genocide.  What are some more current examples?</div> <div> The Nuremberg trials established the concept of “crimes against humanity.”  </div> <div> What are some more current examples of crimes against humanity?</div> <bR> <div> What were the justifications or motives for dropping an atomic bomb on Japan?</div> <div> Why was an atomic bomb dropped on Japan, but not Germany?</div> <div> Why were <I>two</I> bombs dropped?</div> <div> How did Japan and Germany go from being the enemies of the U.S. to friends?</div> <div> How did Japan and Germany become economic powerhouses?  Why do we drive </div> <div> Japanese and German cars?</div> <div> What role did the Soviet Union play in the situations asked about in this section above?</div> <bR> <div> How might the experiences of African Americans during WWII have contributed to the </div> <div> rise of the civil rights movement during the 1950s?</div> <div> How did Truman enhance the civil rights of African Americans?  Why did he use </div> <div> executive power rather than Congressional legislation?</div> <div> How did the agreements made at Yalta set the stage for the Cold War?</div> <div> How did the specific events that closed World War II set the stage for the Cold War?</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>