CDL: Why did the Allies Win WWII?

There were many different variables that contributed to the Allies overall victory in World War II. One of those variables was Adolf Hitler’s desires which outpaced his logistics. Hitler tried fighting a multiple front war, he had troops in North Africa, Soviet Union, Norway, France, and was battling England and the United States as well. Another reason is that Hitler attacked Russia when he did not need to which resulted in him having to fight in a two front war for years. The Germans were technically advanced over the allies including having an operational jet fighter when we were still flying prop jobs. Hitler had a pact with Japan but underestimated many decisive battles throughout the war in their quest for global domination and just didn't have the combined military force to pull it off. After Germany was defeated, the military might of Japan was not sufficient enough to win the war. The US did use nuclear weapons against Japan dropping Atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which hastened the end of the war, but there is no evidence that Japan would have prevailed had the US not dropped them. The Axis powers did not have the manpower or industrial capacity to defeat the Western Allies. America's industrial power gave the US an advantage, because they had more troops, more planes, more bombs, and more everything. It also didn't hurt that the US was the main source of war materials for the Allies either.


QUESTIONS:

1.) Could Germany have won WWII if they were only fighting on one front?


2.) If Hitler honored his pact with Russia and kept his forces in the west would the Allies still have won WWII?


3.) Who do you think did more to win the war for the Allies in WWII, the USSR or the US?


4.) What was the greatest accomplishment of the allies in WWII that allowed them to win the war?


5.) Would the Allies in WWII have won the war if the atomic bomb wasn’t created?

Text Analysis # 8 "Japanese Internment"

Text Analysis # 8 – “Japanese Internment”









Who wrote it:
Doc # 1 – General John DeWitt
Doc # 2 – Kazue Yamane
Doc # 3 – Charles Kikuchi

Audience:
Doc # 1 – United States Secretary of War

Doc # 2 – Everybody who read the novel.

Doc # 3 – Anyone reading his diary/journal


Represents:

Doc # 1 – In the first Document John DeWitt represents the many frightened and distrustful Americans after the bombing of Pearl harbor who view Japanese Americans as not fellow Americans but as “potential saboteurs” who are seen as a threat to America’s overall well being. He represents the many people who desire to detain all of the Japanese Americans in order to maintain the safety and overall well being of the rest of the US citizens in the country.


Doc # 2 – In the second Document Kazue Yamane represents the many terrified, confused, and hurt Japanese American families who were split up and forced into internment camps against their will. She represents the many unsure and uneasy Japanese American families who didn’t know what was going to happen to them or their family members next; and were in disbelief that something so terrible could be done to them by their own country.


Doc # 3 – In the third Document Charles Kikuchi represents a young Japanese American student who is like many Japanese Americans very confused and angered about the current situation at hand. He represents the many Japanese Americans who are contemplating deeply about their perspective on how much democracy really means to them especially after it being stripped away from them so quickly and forced into internment camps against their will.


What is being said:

Doc # 1 – General DeWitt Is arguing that all Japanese Americans should be removed from the rest of society and thrown into internment camps so that they can be monitored for the remainder of the war. General DeWitt presents his layout of every possible attack scenario that he thinks the Japanese might try on the US. He later uses this to backup his reasoning to why Japanese Americans should be detained and put into internment camps. His claim is that Japanese Americans may be “Americanized” but are still very much connected racially to their home country Japan.


Doc # 2 – Kazue Yamane is discussing her confusion of what is currently happening and questioning why her family is being forced to leave their home to go and live in an internment camp. She explains how their family is forced to separate and how she and her family have to endure the harsh living conditions of being ill and even losing her mother in-law inside of the interment camp.


Doc # 3 – Charles Kikuchi has created a diary/journal to keep track of the current things he has had to endure and go through throughout his time spent before and after being detained and put into a Japanese internment camp. In his journal Kikuchi discusses his view of the events leading up to him being detained and put into an interment camp. He discusses being kicked out of college, which he describes as degrading and then later being put into an internment camp along with his family. During Kikuchi’s time in the interment camp he has some deep conversations with his family about how much democracy means to each one of them. Kikuchi ends up reflecting on how close him and his family have gotten despite the terrible situation that they were in.



How is it being said:

Doc # 1 – General DeWitt is trying very hard to persuade FDR that detaining Japanese Americans and putting them into an internment camp is what is in the best interest of the country but also being their best option in order to protect people from saboteurs following through on any sneak attacks.


Doc # 2 – There is a lot of pain in Kazue Yamane’s tone when she describes her experience in the Japanese internment camp. Even though a lot of time has passed the pain hasn’t gone away. The experiences that her and her family had to endure will live with her forever. As she describes being held in the interment camp she feels betrayed by her country for putting them into the internment camp and treating them so badly.


Doc # 3 – Charles Kikuchi decides to write about his experience through the form of a diary/journal which is known to be very personal to a person; so you can tell that he is speaking from his heart and how he truly feels about the current situation going on and how it has affected not only him and his family but all Japanese Americans.



What proof:

Doc # 1 – General DeWitt presents his layout of every possible attack scenario that he thinks the Japanese might try on the US. He uses this to back up his claim that Japanese Americans may be “Americanized” but are still loyal to their home country of Japan. He further tries to persuade FDR by using numbers like 112,000 potential enemies and claiming that if we don’t do something now to prevent sabotage from happening that it will endanger the lives of others.


Doc # 2 – Kazue Yamane wants people to know exactly what her and her family went through even though it’s obvious that it still is very painful to relive those horrible moments in her life. She gives examples of how they were treated and the harsh environment that they had to endure while living in the internment. She wants people to know that her and her family did nothing to deserve the treatment that was bestowed upon their family.


Doc # 3 – Charles Kikuchi was merely writing his experiences he went through down in his diary/journal. Since he documented the time spent in the Japanese Internment camp it turned out to be very helpful later on to help others learn about his experience through him by reading his diary/journal.



Historical Significance:

Doc # 1 – General DeWitt succeeded in persuading President FDR to issue an executive order to remove Japanese Americans in the US. In return this led to many Japanese internment camps to be created throughout the country.

Doc # 2 – Kazue Yamane was able to share her story with the world. Her story gave insight to other people and helped them understand exactly what her family had to go through while living in the internment camps.

Doc # 3 – Charles Kikuchi was also successful in succeeding to share his diary/journal with many other people. Kikuchi was able to let people know exactly how he felt from his perspective as a Japanese American; not only before being put into the internment camp but while in it as well.



How does it fit:

The historical significance in these documents fit into the historical context that we are reading in our textbooks because we are currently reading about Pearl Harbor and the effects that it had on America as a country. America was getting ready to enter WWII and the attack on our home land made a lot of people paranoid and scared which in turn led to higher security in our country and forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps.