world war ii & nuclear testing utah in the 1 st half of the 20 th century: 1900-1945 the big ideas:...

World War II & Nuclear Testing Utah in the 1 st Half of the 20 th Century: 1900-1945 The Big Ideas: WWII impacted Utah, and Utahans impacted the course of WWII The Big Ideas: One individual or groups of individuals can make a difference: for good or for bad

Utah Man Readings What was the Utah Man? How did this individual Utahan impact World War II? Colonel Walter T. Stewart- Air Force pilot from Benjamin Utah 1943 Part of mission to take out Nazi oil refineries in Romania- (supplied 1/3 rd of all Nazi oil) Stewart's plane, named "Utah Man," came back with 365 holes in it.

World War II Basics 101 What years was it? From 1939 to 1945 America involved as of 1941

World War II Basics 101

Sophie Scholl Nazi Youth Movement

Who made a difference? Positive Negative

World War II Basics 101 Blitzkrieg

World War II Basics 101 Charles De Gaulle

Resistance Movements & American Resistance before entering the war Utahans housed British evacuees

U.S Enters WWII Read pages 237-246 in the Utah History textbook (including the textboxes and side margins) when finished answer the following questions in your handout: 1. What countries were the major Axis Powers? What countries were the Allied Powers? 2. What happened at Pearl Harbor? 3. List three reasons why Utah was in such a good position to help the war effort? 4. Explain how rationing worked? 5. What kinds of items were in short supply during the war? 6. List some ways in which women helped the war effort?

Pop Quiz! Get out a blank sheet of paper Name, date, period Number 1-5 TRUE OR FALSE 1.Germany, Great Britain, & China made up the Axis powers. 2.During World War II, 1000s of Utahns left their homes & fought in the armed forces around the world. 3.World War II started with Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. 4.The Utah Man was a heroic pilot who died in World War II. 5.Utahns helped the war effort by sacrificing food & supplies & planting victory gardens.

Answers Switch paper with neighbor Get out red pen Answers: 1. Germany, Great Britain, & China made up the Axis powers. FALSE: Germany, Italy, & Japan made up the Axis powers 2. During World War II, 1000s of Utahns left their homes & fought in the armed forces around the world. TRUE (Letter A of ABCs) 3. World War II started with Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. TRUE (Pearl Harbor did NOT start the war) 4. The Utah Man was a heroic pilot who died in World War II. FALSE: The Utah Man was a plane flown by Colonel Walter Stewart that helped take out Nazi oil refineries during World War II. 5. Utahns helped the war effort by sacrificing food & supplies & planting victory gardens. TRUE (Letter D of ABCs) Put total correct our of 5 & pass up.

World War II Basics 101 What years was it? From 1939 to 1945 What countries were the Axis powers? Germany, Italy, & Japan What countries were the Allied powers? Great Britain, United States, China & Soviet Union (USSR) How did the war start? Germanys invasion of Poland in 1939 How did the United States get involved in World War II? Attack of Pearl Harbor December 1941

World War II Basics 101 Major Warship types Western Med FRENCH NAVY Mediterranean ITALIAN NAVY Eastern Med ROYAL NAVY Eastern Med FRENCH NAVY Mediterranean ALLIED TOTAL Battleships 46419 Carriers --1-1 Cruisers 10219423 Destroyers 375225365 Submarines 3610610-46 TOTALS 87185498144

World War II Basics 101 French Empire circa 1900

African Nazi Resistance Resistance movements occurred in Nazi occupied Africa by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. Resistance movements are sometimes also referred to as "the underground. In Africa much of the resistance was connected to anti-colonialism.

GermanySoviet Union est. 850,000 killed, missing or wounded including 107,000 captured (only 6000 survived the captivity and returned home to 1955) 900 aircraft (including 274 transports and 165 bombers used as transports) 1,500 tanks 6,000 artillery pieces Approx. 1,150,000 killed, missing or wounded including 478,741 killed and missing 650,878 wounded and sick 40,000 civilians dead 4,341 tanks 15,728 artillery pieces 2,769 combat aircraft

World War II Basics 101 Why was this battle so important? The failure of the German Army was nothing short of a disaster. A complete army group was lost at Stalingrad and 91,000 Germans were taken prisoner. With such a massive loss of manpower and equipment, the Germans simply did not have enough manpower to cope with the Russian advance to Germany when it came. Despite resistance in parts such as a Kursk they were in retreat on the Eastern Front from February 1943 on. In his fury, Hitler ordered a days national mourning in Germany, not for the men lost at the battle, but for the shame von Paulus had brought on the Wehrmacht and Germany. Paulus was also stripped of his rank to emphasise Hitlers anger with him. Hitler commented: The God of War has gone over to the other side

Utah Man

Utahs Candy Bomber

World War II Basics 101 Fire bombing of Japan 1945 Consideration for Land Invasion of Japan JCS estimates: less than 50 days: 400-500 dead. 90 days1,200,000 casualties, Assumed wide spread Civilian Response: 5-10 million Japanese fatalities. 90,000166,000 killed in Hiroshima[ 60,00080,000 killed in Nagasaki Total: 150,000246,000+ killed

V-J Day (Victory in Japan) At home in Utah

Utah During World War II Do you know your ABCs? A rmed Forces- 1000s of Utahans left their homes & fought in armed forces around the world B oot Camps & Bases- Utah was an ideal place for military training C ourageous Women in the Workforce- Rosie the Riveters helped war production D aily Rationing & Gardening- Utahans sacrificed food & supplies & planted victory gardens to help support the war

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Holocaust Definition: Systematic, intentional persecution & genocide of approximately 6 million European Jews by the Nazi regime & its collaborators during World War II. Why did this happen? Hitler & Nazis blamed Jews for Germany loosing in World War I They believed that Jews were less human than others Told others that Jews were a racial threat Why does it matter? Loss of millions of people Learn the dangers of hatred, prejudice, ideas of superiority Amazing examples of kindness & sacrifice Some Holocaust survivors in Utah today

Navajo Code Talkers Who: 400-500 Native Americans who served in the United States Marine Corps What: transmitted secret communications on the battlefields of WWII Importance: code never broken Navajo Code Talker from Utah- Samuel Holiday

Break the Code To develop their Type One Code, the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers first came up with a Navajo word for each letter of the English alphabet. Since they had to memorize all the words, they used things that were familiar to them, such as kinds of animals. So we start talking about different things, animals, sea creatures, birds, eagles, hawks, and all those domestic animals. Why dont we use those names of different animalsfrom A to Z. So A, we took a red ant that we live with all the time. B we took a bear, Yogi the Bear, C a Cat, D a Dog, E an Elk, F, Fox, G, a goat and so on down the line. Chester Nez, Navajo Code Talker, National Museum of the American Indian interview, 2004 Here are some of the words they use: LetterNavajo WordEnglish Word CMOASHICat DLHA_CHA-EHDog EDZEHElk ITKINIce ONE-AHS-JAHOwl RGAHRabbit VA-KEH-DI-GLINIVictor See if you can translate the following coded message: MOASI NE-AHS-JAH LHA- CHA-EH DZEH GAH DZEH MOASI DZEH TKIN A-KEH-DI-GLINI DZEH LHA-CHA-EH

D-Day What: Massive invasion of Allied powers on beaches of Northern France (Normandy) to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi control When: June 6 th 1944 Who: 156,000 American, British, & Canadian forces Importance: one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history Code name for one of the five landing sites: Utah Beach

V-E Day & V-J Day V-E Day: Victory in Europe Day May 8 th 1945 End of War in Europe Utahns & all Americans celebrate, many come home! V-J Day: Victory in Japan Day August 15 th 1945 After dropping of 2 atomic bombs on Japan End of War in Pacific THE WAR IS OFFICIALLY OVER!

Internment Camps Relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of about 110,000 Japanese Americans & Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast. Of those who were interned, 62% were American citizens. Topaz Relocation Center in Utah, one of 10 locations in U.S. Impact on Utah: Many men & women worked at Topaz. Thousands of people relocated there for the war.

WWII deaths (check out the key)

World War II Links http://www.history.com/topics/d-day/interactives/inside- wwii-interactive http://www.history.com/topics/d-day/interactives/inside- wwii-interactive http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.ht ml (click on World War II) http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.ht ml http://www.earthstation1.com/wwii.html

Nuclear Testing Experiments to discover the strength, & explosive capability of various nuclear weapons At the Nevada Test Site- between 1951 & 1992 there were a total of 928 nuclear tests. 828 of these were underground. During the 1950s, the mushroom clouds from these tests could be seen for almost 100 miles in either direction.

Nuclear Testing Video How would you feel if you knew these tests were going on 100-200 miles away from you? What would be your reaction? What would you be afraid of?

Nuclear Testings Effect on Utah On May 19, 1953, the United States government detonated the 32- kiloton atomic bomb (nicknamed Harry) at the Nevada Test Site. The bomb later gained the name Dirty Harry because of the huge amount of off-site fallout generated by the bomb. Winds carried fallout 135 miles to St. George, where residents reported, an oddly metallic sort of taste in the air. St. George received the most of the fallout of above-ground nuclear testing. Increases in cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, bone cancer, & brain tumors, were reported from the mid-1950s through 1980 in Utah.

A 1979 study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that: A significant excess of leukemia deaths occurred in children up to 14 years of age living in Utah between 1959 and 1967. This excess was concentrated in the group of children born between 1951 and 1958, and was most pronounced in those residing in counties receiving high fallout. p12

Downwinders Downwinders: individuals and communities who are exposed to radioactive contamination or nuclear fallout from atmospheric or underground nuclear weapons testing, and nuclear accidents. Or in other words: People who live(d) Down Wind from nuclear testing sites & have suffered health consequences from the radiation Infertility, blood disorders, genetic effects, birth defects, cancer, cataracts By January 2006, over 10,500 claims had been approved, and around 3,000 denied, for a total amount of over $525 million in compensation dispensed to downwinders

Journal Write Pretend a member of your family was affected by the nuclear testing in Nevada and has many unexplainable health problems. Many call your family member a, downwinder. Write a letter to the United States government and express your concern and alarm about nuclear testing and what you think they should do to fix the problem and help your family. (4 sentences at least)

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