Calvyn+WWII

[] ** ** Allies vs. Axis Powers ** In this political cartoon you have the Allies and the Axis Powers. The Axis Powers are all really big and you have all of the leader’s heads on one body. The reason they are so big is because it shows ho much power they had had over the Allies. The Allies are much smaller and it has a tag on him that says 1942. This shows the allies at the beginning of the war and how small and how weak they were. The little boy that represents the allies has a sling shot which isn’t to powerful. The leaders that represent the Axis Powers have guns swords planes ships and tanks. That shows that at this time they had a lot more power and strength over the Allies. The caption below states that “just wait until the littler feller grows up”. They are saying by the end of the war the Allies will have a lot more power over the Axis Powers. This is because the Allies will introduce the nuclear bomb to the war they are fighting with the Axis powers. The david and Goliath book represents the situation and how hard it was to over come such a big power for the Allies. They "slew" the Axis powers as david did in the story even though he was the under dog as the allies were too. That is how this political cartoon relates and resembles the way world war 2 started and they way it had ended.
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 * Hitler in Power**

In this political cartoon show Hitler holding the earth. the reason of this importants is because Hitler was so close to taking over the world during this time. Hitler was a nazi leader during the was you can see the swastica on his left arm in the cartoon, that is the symbol that represents he was a nazi. Him holding the world also represents his strength and how he used it for evil. In the picture hitler also looks like he is very angry. Hitler was a very angerly troubled man and had many issues. The caption "germany shall never be encircled" means that he would always be in controll of Germany and he would always have say what was said and what was done there. He was a very evil dictator that beleaved in a perfect race. That is how this political cartoon relates to the time of World War 2.

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 * LABOR**

In this political cartoon, there is piano played by a pianoist. The pianoist is representing the war industry and the piano is representing the labor forces. In this specific cartoon there is Uncle Sam. He is telling the pianoist to use both black and white piano keys instead of just the white ones. By saying this he is telling him to use both black and white labor forces instead of just white labor forces. This cartoon was made for the people in the war industry but was was also seen and viewed in different ways by many other Americans. Colored Americans would probably be slighty more attracted to this cartoon, because it represents almost as one fighting for their rights. By saying it would be in more harmony he means that the war industry would go more smoother and would be better. Most americans that had read this cartoon were most likely to agree with it, based on the war industry. This cartoon was made to convince people of what exactly was going on in the war industry, and how it could be better affected. This cartoon was made at the time it was because more americans and more people in america were starining to get interested and more involved in the war.

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[] The first atomic bomb testing took place in New Mexico. A steel 100ft tower suspended the bomb in the air to hold the bomb until it was ready to be dropped. It was dropped really early in the morning on July 16 1945. The bomb took 3 years of testing before they thought it was ready. While the bomb was being tested in the United States the other bomb (Little Boy) was already being sent over the pacific to be dropped.
 * Atomic bomb testing**

Ibis Communications, Inc. "The First Atomic Bomb Blast, 1945." //The First Atomic Bomb Blast, 1945//. Ibis Communications, Inc., 2003. Web. 10 May 2010. .

[] 160,000 troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and France. Over 5000 ships had landed on the chain of bases that stretched over 50miles long. Around 13,000 air crafts also made this attack have such a big impact. D-Day is one of the most deadly days in war up to over 9000 allied soldiers were killed.
 * D-Day **

ARMY. "D-Day." //D-Day June 6, 1944//. ARMY. Web. 10 May 2010. .

[] The Enola Gay a B-29 bomber plane left the island of Tinian on August 6 1945. The military population of Hiroshima was about 43000 soldiers which made it a great target for the United States. The Little Boy was released into the air at 815 am and 43sec later the bomb exploded. They believe about 70000 people had died from the initial blast and many more from radiation.
 * Little Boy **

U.S. Department of Energy. "THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA." //THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA//. U.S. Department of Energy. Web. 10 May 2010. . []
 * Pearl Harbor **

On December 2nd at 753 am the first wave of Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor on the islands of Hawaii. The second wave attacked Pearl Harbor at 855 am. With in an hour all of the bombing was done and we were launching planes to fight back. The attack left 2403 soldiers dead and sunk 188 ships.

EyeWitness to History, Www.eyewitnesstohistory.com. "Attack at Pearl Harbor, 1941." //Attack at Pearl Harbor, 1941//. EyeWitness to History, Www.eyewitnesstohistory.com, 1997. Web. 10 May 2010. .

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 * Women in the war **

During the war all the men were off to the war so the women took over the men’s jobs. Women commonly made materials for war and did other manly jobs that they didn’t in the past. At this time women were house wives and also workers.

"Women in World War Two." //History Learning Site//. Web. 10 May 2010. .

[] On May 7th of 1945 Germany surrendered and signed the treaty at Rheims. They on May 8th the next day it was official. The allies won victory over Germany and they celebrated the victory. This win was a big play in the war because it took off a lot of tension and stress and let them focus more on one position
 * VE DAY **

. Infoplease. "V-E Day." //V-E Day//. Infoplease. Web. 11 May 2010. .

[] In august 14th of 1945 Japan had sent the United States a letter. The letter stated that they wanted to stop the fighting and they wanted peace. The day is called VJ Day because it was the day that there was Victory in Japan. But there official surrender was on September 2nd.
 * VJ DAY **

History. "Victory in Japan (V-J) Day." //Victory in Japan (V-J) Day//. History. Web. 11 May 2010. .

[] There was a shortage of a lot of thing during the war and food being one of them. Victory Garden was started shortly after America had entered the war. The point of the victory garden was for people to grow there own thing so there were more things for the troops. People grew all kinds of food and bought as least as they could when they bought it from the store.
 * VICTORY ** ** GARDEN **

History. "The Victory Garden." //The Victory Garden//. History. Web. 11 May 2010. .

[] The first name for these bonds was defense bonds. After the attack and bombing at Pearl Harbor the name was soon changed to War Bonds. You would buy a bond to support the war and you would receive a sheet of paper you would keep till your bond was mature. When it was you would take it back and you could profit up to 75%.
 * WAR BONDS **

History. "U.S. War Bonds." //U.S. War Bonds//. History. Web. 11 May 2010. .

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 * ISLAND HOPPING **

The method of island hopping was used in battles from 1942 till 1945. The allies needed a way to take over Japan and this was there only way. The would cover one island at a time and work there way closer and closer to Japan one island at a time. They held every island they took over. Instead of fighting one big battle they fought a few little ones at each island. And this method was used till they thought they were close enough to bomb Japan with out any attacks.

History. "Island Hopping." //Island Hopping//. History. Web. 11 May 2010. .