Introduction to World War II & Nuclear

TestingUtah History Unit 3

World War II Basics 1939-1945 Allied Powers: United States, Great Britain, USSR, France (&

other nations) Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan Began with Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 U.S. entered war in December 1941 D-Day Holocaust V-E Day & V-J Day Atomic Bombs

Navajo Code Talkers

A WOL-LA-CHEE ANT A BE-LA-SANA APPLE A TSE-NILL AXE B NA-HASH-CHID BADGER

Internment Camps

World War II on UTAH

Armed forces Blackouts Military training Internment camps War production Victory gardens

Nuclear Testing & Utah

Downwinders