Operation Blog is ACTIVE

OK students...this is the platform upon which students will share their knowledge and understanding of the great marker event of 20th century world history: World War 2. The rules are simple:

1. All students must make at least one post to this blog. Posts are in the form of reflections, opinions, links to articles, video, music, images, etc. Students must relate the nature of their posts to a theme of the conflict and make commentary.

2. All students must make at least one comment on another students post. Comments must be thoughtful, argumentative if inclined, insightful, or you my pose some question leads to another post by you or another classmate.

3. You must tag your post with the applicable theme(s).

4. Grades will be based on an holistic scoring scale which heavily weights the frequency and substance of posts and comments. Minimum participation equates to minimum scores for this class exercise.
Showing posts with label World war 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World war 2. Show all posts

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Donald Duck - Führer's Face


Disney was involved in American's propaganda. Most of these types of propaganda cartoons were banned due to racism.

We're Gonna Have To Slap The Dirty Little Jap - Carson Robison

The song was sang by an American country music singer and songwriter named Carson Robison during World War II. This song was part of American propaganda.




Lyrics (a bit of American racism from 1941 called “We’re gonna have to slap, the dirty little Jap”)

We’re gonna have to slap the dirty little Jap
And Uncle Sam’s the guy who can do it
We’ll skin the streak of yellow from this sneaky little fellow
And he’ll think a cyclone hit him when he’s thru it
We’ll take the double crosser to the old woodshed
We’ll start on his bottom and go to his head
When we get thru with him he’ll wish that he was dead
We gotta slap the dirty little Jap

We’re gonna have to slap the dirty little Jap
And Uncle Sam’s the guy who can do it
The Japs and all their hooey will be changed into chop suey
And the rising sun will set when we get thru it
Their alibi for fighting is to save their face
For ancestors waiting in celestial space
We’ll kick their precious face down to the other place
We gotta slap the dirty little Jap

We’re gonna have to slap the dirty little Jap
And Uncle Sam’s the guy who can do it
We’ll murder Hirohito, massacre that slob Benito
Hang’em with that Shickle gruber when we’re thru it
We’ll search the highest mountain for the tallest tree
To build us a hanging post for the evil three
We’ll call in all our neighbors, let’em know their free
We gotta slap the dirty little Jap

The song was considered racist these days, so don't sing it but you can listen to it.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Deaths Caused by Holocaust

In the 1920s and 1930s, Anti-Semitism was common in Europe. Jews were not the only target for the Nazis. They targeted Polish intelligentsia, communists, and Roma groups as well. Nazis called them "undesirables." Concentration camps were spread throughout Europe. New camps being created near centers of crowded "undesirable" populations and most camps were located on the area of General Government.

The exact amount of people killed by the Nazis is still put through to additional investigation.The Soviet and British documents have pointed out the total may be higher than previously believed. However, the following approximations are considered to be highly reliable.
  • 5.6 - 6.1 million Jews
  • 3.5 - 6 million Slavic civilians
  • 2.5 - 4 million POWs
  • 1 - 1.5 million political dissidents
  • 200,000 - 800,000 Roma & Sinti
  • 200,000 - 300,000 handicapped
  • 10,000 - 250,000 homosexuals
  • 2,000 Jehovah's Witnesses

Friday, February 12, 2010

Interesting Facts About WWII

  1. From 1939 - 1945, the Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs. An average of 27,700 tons of bombs per month.
  2. US's youngest serviceman was 12 years old! His name is Calvin Graham. He was wounded in a battle and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age.
  3. Germany lost 110 Division Commanders in battle.
  4. 40,000 Germans served on U-Boats during World War 2 and 30,000 never returned.
  5. When Allied armies reached Rhine River in Germany, the first thing men did was pee in it. This was quite worldwide due to a big show that Winston Churchill made. Gen. Patton, one of the men who had peed in it, had photographed himself in the act.