1939
• Germany invaded Poland in a blitzkrieg (lightning war), and England and France declared war on Germany.
• The Soviet Union invaded Finland, occupied part of Poland, and, by threatening invasion, took over Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.
1940
• Germany invaded Norway and Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and conquered France.
• England evacuated more than 338,000 troops at the French port of Dunkirk.
• German submarines attacked ships sailing from the U.S. to England with war materials.
• The Battle of Britain raged as German planes bombed England.
• Japanese troops occupied Indochina and the United States cut off petroleum shipments to Japan.
• The United States launched the first peacetime registration of men ages 21-35 after months of heated debate driven by a strong isolationist bloc. Only 18,000 men were drafted the first year, but by the war’s end, more than 10 million had been inducted to augment the approximately 4,000,000 who had enlisted to fight World War II.
1941
• In March, President Roosevelt started the lend-lease program that sent massive stocks of war supplies to England.
• In October, the United States told Japan to get out of Indochina and China.
• Japan continued its military advances in Asia. Rhetoric turned to talk of possible war as autumn progressed.
PEARLY HARBOR Winds of War: http://www.uticaod.com/news/specialreports/pearlharbor/timeline.htm
World War Two Information:
More than 2,300 American soldiers died only in a few hours on that day of the attack!
The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared December 7th a "day of infamy," and declared war against Japan. This marked the United States' entry into the Second World War, which is World War II.
Hitler also tried to convince Japan to cause trouble in the Pacific. He wanted to have the United States too caught up in stopping Japan, so that it was too busy to care what Germany was doing in Europe. Little did the Japanese know that Hitler was using them.
Japan's goal in WWII was to cause the United States as much pain as possible. Japan didn't think the United States would want to fight. All that the Japanese people knew was that they would die for their emperor no matter what would happen. Japan wanted to gain more land and resources and to expand its empire.
Word Problems
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Use the Atomic Bomb papers to help you if you are stuck on any of the problems (Most of them are on the topic of the Atomic Bomb). You will find information in other sections of the board, but some are just given in the problem. Good Luck!
1. How many hours were between the bombing of the Atomic Bomb and the “Fat Man” bomb?
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2. World War II lasted from 1917 to 1945. How many years had the war been going on for? ______________________________________________.
3. Add the diameter and the length of the bomb “Fat Man”. Then subtract the number you got from the weight of the bomb. What did you get? _________________________________.
4. Two feet and four inches equals how many centimeters? ________________________.
5. How many years later was the “Fat Man” bomb tested? __________________________.
6. The Atomic bomb was ten feet long. How many meters is that? ____________.
7. In battle, 405,000 soldiers lost their lives. How many more people died on that day than the time of the bomb on Pearl Harbor? (No information on that question will be found in the Atomic bomb section). ____________________________________________.
The Atomic Bomb:
Mussolini and Hitler had both suffered violent deaths, yet Japan held out against the Allied forces. Here, marking the final turning point of WII, the atomic bomb explodes over Nagasaki, August 8, 1945. Another had been dropped on Hiroshima on August 6. A few days later, Japan surrendered (John Borneman and Linda Fisher, All Rights Reserved).
The U.S. had bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima was bombed by the Atomic Bomb and three days later was a bomb that was even more powerful than the Atomic Bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. This bomb was called the “Fat Man” and exploded at the time of 11:02 A.M. on August 9th (The Atomic Bomb was dropped on August 6th, 3 days before the “Fat Man” bomb). The Atomic Bomb exploded at the time of 2:45. It was ten feet long and weighed about 9,000 pounds. When it was dropped on Hiroshima, it killed more than ten thousand people. It would pretty much be described as a gun-like bomb. The bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki killed somewhere around seventy thousand people! It weighed 10,000 pounds and was twelve feet long! Also, the bomb was named after Great Britain’s Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
The book that we read was Under the Blood-Red Sun. It was written by Graham Salisbury. Under the Blood-Red Sun is basically about an eighth grade boy named Tomi who lives in Hawaii and is Japanese. He lives with his father who is a fisherman and his mother, who works for Mr. Wilson (Tomi and his family live on their property). His sister and Grandpa are also living with them. He also owns as dog named Lucky. Tomi’s best friend is Billy and they have a very good relationship. There was also another war going on at the time. Later on in Tomi’s life, there was an explosion on Pearl Harbor. Because of this, the Japanese had to go to jail at first, then internment camps. His father was brought to jail. Since Tomi’s grandpa missed Japan (all of his friends were there), he waved the Japanese flag that they had to the pilots so that they won’t bomb them. Some of the soldiers heard that a man was signaling the Japanese pilots so they asked Tomi, Billy, and Tomi’s grandpa to see if they saw anything at all. The Japanese family also had to bury everything that they owned that was a signal of Japan. Just because this war was going on, Tomi’s friends, or his teammates on his baseball team, still considered him as a friend. They still treat him like they usually do.
Our favorite part of the book was when Lucky had puppies! We are big fans of dogs and could really picture the newborn puppies.
I did the E.L.A. part with Kelsey. I did the Math, the Social Studies, and the Art section, while Kelsey worked on the Science part. It was kind of hard for us to find information on science. We couldn’t decide what to do for a long time. Kelsey also did the Bibliography.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor with carrier-based planes and submarines in the early morning. Naval fields and the military were also attacked by the Japanese that morning. Eight American battleships were sunken by the Japanese. Ten other naval vessels were either badly damaged or sunken. The attack from the Japanese on Pearl Harbor was Japan’s step into World War Two. It was also the United States.
More than 2,300 soldiers died on that day of the attack. The day after, President Roosevelt stated December 7th to be a “day of disgrace”. Then, he declared war on Japan.
Because the U.S. was bombed by the Japanese the Japanese-Americans were put into internment camps, just for safety. Americans thought that they could have been spies. The Japanese had to leave their homes and jobs. Some families were even separated. Each family member could’ve been in a different camp. In some of the camps, the Japanese died because of the medical care and emotional stresses. They also died by having the military guards kill them.
World War II was one of the bloodiest and largest wars in the history. Over six million people had died, including millions and millions of civilians. Also, over 405,000 Americans lost their lives in battle (John Gardner). Japan’s objective was to cause the United States to feel as much pain as they could. They didn’t think the U.S. would fight back. No matter what happened, they only knew that they would die for their emperor. The Japanese wanted to own more land and resources and increase its empire.
Sulfanilamide
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German biochemist. He discovered a new class of drugs that provided the treatments of pneumonia, meningitis and other bacterial diseases. During Domagk’s research he analyzed thousands of chemicals and their antibacterial properties. Domagk tested red dye in 1932. Prontosil had no antibacterial properties, but it showed an ability kill infections in mice caused by streptococcal bacteria. He then tested it on his daughter who was near to death from streptococcal infection and she recovered.
In 1935 when Domagk published his findings the doctors found out that Prontostil many bacterial infections. Other researchers developed a substance that can be made from another substance based on the Prontosil Sulfanilamide group.
During World War II when soldiers had an open wound to prevent an infection they sprinkled sulfa powder on it. Each soldier had a first aid pouch on their belt, which contained a package of sulfa powder and a bandage.
http://www.geocites.com/Pentagon/Bunker/2952/nuclear/A-bomb.html
http://www.home.att.net/~steinert/wwii.htm