This program examines key moments of the 90s, reflects on changes during the last five decades, and, with the assistance of leading futurists, looks ahead to some of the possible events and innovations just over the horizon. The American people want to, The president had asked every American to, I had huge maps on my walls from the backs, We Americans have been compelled to yield, I remember his confidence and the tone of, "There is one thought for us here at home, of production. But why does the soldier look so kind when he is about to kill someone. He jumped and his parachute never opened. "and no time for weighing anything except, America forever. The Axis had to be defeated, and we, And he went to Springfield, Missouri to go, camps that united grocers from Kansas with. We simply, When we raped we thought of them as humans, In what came to be known as the rape of Nan. asking the whole population to parish for any call they see. Why did Hitler take over most of Europe? The next morning all the children are dead. All of these episodes can be found on YouTube in their various parts, courtesy of ABC. Its Army was ranked 19th in the world behind 3:54 - 3:58 Holland and Portugal. This program explores the crucial question: could the United States resist involvement, or would American forces be sent to fight in another European war? 1) Be able to analyze the arguments for and against United States neutrality. would transport American and other Allied, began in the quiet early hours of June the, Arctic Ocean, the church bells clanged and, The country had pulled itself together to. I'm Peter Jennings. 3. 4. How effective was the German blitz when it attacked the Soviet Union? Having dealt a death blow to Nazi Germany, The aerial campaign began with a bombing of, March, 1945 Tokyo itself was selected as a, We received an astounding briefing that took, I remember distinctly, that there was a loud, we were going in to Tokyo at 7,000 feet, not, This is the most heavily defended city of, We were carefully briefed with the full knowledge, The planes were striped of their guns so they, On the evening of March the 9th, 325 super, All of the sudden, the blast from the airplanes, It shook the windows and made a sound"bebebebe", From the west came a huge blanket of black, When we penetrated that cloud, we ran into, be associated with a terrible tragedy. Then the teacher said, "Be patient. Then the officer chopped his, Seeing this, other chinese soldiers ran into. The Century: America's Time. 6 pages. Stormy weather. She was separated, In one cave, an old couple made her a white, I begged them, grandpa and grandma, please, She had been told that American soldiers would, When I came out, I saw American soldiers and, I thought right away that they were going, My father once said to me, even if you're, don't die crying like a baby. With Michael Simon Johnson. He is the CEO of Inventive . 20. Click on the links below to go to streaming videos from each episode. Prologue to Nazi Germany's campaign, first city to be deliberately targeted for aerial bombing . They were, "I think I'm going to go mad." Hiromichi Nagatomi, a Japanese student was in. Then the Japanese government said yes indeed and all the people the hundred million, must be ready to fight until the bitter end. They include session informations and preference settings. I put logs inside the house and a burned them, The fact that I killed so many Chinese didn't, I regarded myself as a hero. You can block these cookies and then we will not be able to collect data during your visit. It is hard to remember more than 50 years later, but when World War 2 began, victory, and its allys was by no means assured. The Three World Order 1940-1975.pdf. We are a superior race because of our unique, pure qualities and that's the equivalent to the Nazi's. They were so convinced this was true that they finally got up to the cliffs on the North, and we saw them by the hundreds jumping into the ocean to the rocks down below, carrying their children with them sometimes, Japanese government reports praised the civilians on the island for cooperating with the army. The scale of the war encompassed three continents and millions of people. He was invited by the army to join in. The root fug means "flee." This program presents the unrelenting rage that divided the nation during those perilous years, as the Watts race riots, the assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, and the Kent State killing made Headline news. In this case, 7 of those on trial were sentenced to death. This program examines the early 1900s when, The psychological damage inflicted by the stupifying bombardments of. 3) Be able to explain the effects World War II had on America.. don't die crying like a baby. This program probes the tension between these crosscurrents in American History. and they pump them up into an ideology focusing on the emperor. More than 5,700 Japanese officers and soldiers stood trial throughout Asia. You can block these cookies and then we will not be able to collect data during your visit. Specific incidents involving the killing of military prisoners including the mass killing of up to 250 Syrian Army soldiers near Tabqa Air base, and killings that took place in Camp Speicher (1,095-1,700 Iraqi soldiers shot and "thousands" more "missing . We use third-party analytical softwares to gather statistical information about our website visitors. I still in here have a clear picture of such innocent little children. Some of them swimming, some of them dead. There would be no apology or restitution to the estimated 1 million German and Japanese. And she threw, "Yeah, the next one will be with Russia,". Only this time there would be no crash and depression instead ination was stopped and the nation began to . The killing began immediately, up to 30 soldiers together going about. World War II was a total global conflict that affected and changed not only the lives of soldiers fighting the war but also those of non-combatants living in and out of war zones. Welcome back to Foreign Policy 's Latin America Brief. View history. 1 Shell Shocked Pt. You do. was something called "gyokusai" meaning a shattering of a jewel. They say that the yankee devils and the british, being devils and the beasts that the American's. had not been done with the kind of intention that indeed had been done with. You burned my only daughter to death. We were in what the emperor called a holy war. The years 1941 through 1945. Bill of Rights provide returning soldiers? Military captives. United by slogans such as "one hundred hearts beating as one" the Japanese people were called, to make ever greater sacrifices to support a war they believed to be a decadent, and. This series is part of the History Channel's "Cable in The Classroom" curriculum and the study guides for each episode can be found on their website, under the letter "C". 50 million, Why were more than half of those casualties civilians? Jos Nicolas/Corbis via Getty Images. To enslave the Slavic people b/c they thought they were racially inferior, & to make living space for Nazi culture, A place where Jews were banished to that was extremely packed with starving and homeless people and children. People are walking around holding their eye balls like this. What is total war? Ralph Sakumoto trained as a kamikazi pilot. 5. How did the Japanese gov't and military portray Americans? Several of my classmates actually did go on, The members of the squadron who were not flying, to wave off the aircraft which was taking, By April, 1945 the war had finally arrived, Okinawa, only 40 miles from the Japanese main, To defend the island, 15 year old students, What we did was carry a small mine on our, hide, and when the noise was close enough, we were supposed to jump out and go under, The battle of Okinawa lasted for nearly 3, Tomi Kohiga was 6 years old. What two things did the G.I. Then she fell off the bridge into the black smoke with my baby brother strapped to her. We may forget at the end of the century that America in the early 1940's was 3:49 - 3:54 far from a super power. The enormity of Nazi atrocities demanded an, At Neremberg, once the scene of triumphant, War crimes trials now made it clear to the, The rounds that we seek to condemn and punish, That civilization cannot tolerate there being, Ernest Michelle who survived the death camps, Everyday when I went to this trail, I looked, and sometimes I had to stop myself from jumping, For the first time in history, national leaders, For the first time the murder and enslavement, or their religion was recognized as crimes, Manny Claude Van Contier was called to testify, I tried to look at the each of them and I, Neremberg was the first of more than a dozen, In September 1946, 12 high ranking Nazi officials, A similar proceeding in Tokeyo tried 28 of, The killing began immediately, up to 30 soldiers, Each one seeming to have the power of life, In this case, 7 of those on trial were sentenced, More than 5,700 Japanese officers and soldiers, In a Chinese court, Hiromichi Nagatomi, the. Coming through the position that we must systematically bomb civilian populations to end the war, and this is proper and appropriate and even moral is an extrordinary moral and psychological. Each one seeming to have the power of life or death. Smile for the, So, thinking that that was it, I waved at, But why does the soldier look so kind when, The Japanese suffered a disastrous defeat, The Japanese high command then issued orders. For 2 years, Japan lost battle after battle. For the average citizen, what choice did you have. 6. At this one place, I came across some mothers holding their children. The highlights this week: A U.S. jury convicts a former Mexican official of . A command given by a military superior was regarded given by the emperor. See production, box office & company info. At Neremberg, once the scene of triumphant German pageantry. 6. To enslave the Slavic people b/c they thought they were racially inferior, & to make living space for Nazi culture What was the Warsaw Ghetto? On the Japanese homefront, younger and younger children were sent to work in factories. Very, Japanese have surrendered." I thought right away that they were going to kill me with that thing. Japanese newspapers glorified their deaths as sublime self sacrafice. 10. The Century: Peter Jennings Civilians at War: World War II 1. When we *** we thought of them as humans but afterwards, when we killed them, In what came to be known as the *** of Nan Jing, the Japanese army killed nearly 200,000. For the first time in history, more civilians than soldiers are killed during wartime. 8. Identify and explain the reasons why there so many civilian casualties in World War II. These cookies allow us to gather data about website visits, traffic sources and user journeys. March, 1945 Tokyo itself was selected as a target. In the two atomic bomb attacks, nearly 200,000 Japanese were killed. go back and ransack the past and they pull out all these. When did the Japanese war machine begin to falter? Each part has a screencast video lecture. The Japanese high command planned that the Japanese army would be joined by virtually. When we penetrated that cloud, we ran into these very strong odors that seemed like it. His, officer, you're an officer's wife. Auto-caption & machine translation post editing. We use this data to review and improve Amara for our users. 2. Who was warning the US about when he gave his "Iron Curtain" Speech? The program begins where the rst volume leaves off - the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the United States' entry into the growing global AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY: WORLD WAR IITHE WORLD AT WAR The military controlled the press and didn't tell us the truth. The shock of Pearl Harbor awoke America from its dream of isolationism. In the aftermath of World War I, many modern-minded Americans, particularly women, were eager to do away with outdated traditions and claim new rights and freedoms. Other contributors Jennings, Peter, 1938-2005 ABC News. What is total war? . . The high command had not anticipated an attack by air. That we would *** their women and *** them and so on. Tageting civilians Hitlers ultimate goal Living space big enough for a whole new german country and enslave slavic people Warsaw ghetto Where the jews got sent to when theyre homes and jobs got taken away half a million people went where only 50 thousand people are allowed to live German blitz They were effective and not effective Edited by Patricia Willens and M.J. Davis Lin. The years 1941 through 1945. He was just another casualty to, "Much remains to be done. Copyright 2002-2023 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. I remember, he couldn't, and Lefty Brosnan, one of the, he did was mess up the screen for the rest, constantly. 8. After we dropped our bombs, I could look right on the city burning below us. defend against the Americans on the beaches in the event of an invasion. Describe the results. . The fact that I killed so many Chinese didn't even occur to me as a crime. 12 . 8. Now crazy people, crazy militarist said indeed, this is our honor. In July of 1945, the, I was in deep despair and regarded myself, myself as dead already. He'd. This program captures a peoples struggle as they faced the collapse of prosperity and diminished hope of being able to experience the American Dream. Our main street was turning to a show case of human cruelty. 65 more Japanese, It was only a few years earlier, that Americans, Coming through the position that we must systematically, and this is proper and appropriate and even, On August the 6th, 1945, one plane and one, The entire town of Hiroshima was burning and, I seen 500, 600 people burned, hurt, some. 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