the century america's time civilians at war transcript

Each one seeming to have the power of life or death. The military controlled the press and didn't tell us the truth. The human cost of World war two, from the mass killings following the invasion of Poland to the Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution", the Blitz, the firebombing of European and Japanese cities, the Japanese atrocities against the Chinese people, the use of Atomic weapons, ending with the Nuremberg trials. Events such as immigration, the Wright Brothers, Thomas Edison's inventions, the advent of the automobile, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, suffrage, segregation, the silver screen, American imperialism and the Titanic are examined and survivors give first-hand accounts of life in the early years of the century. Jack Callahan being one, the other. 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. When we penetrated that cloud, we ran into these very strong odors that seemed like it. or their religion was recognized as crimes against humanity. They include session informations and preference settings. They have not only killed every prisoner they could find but also a vast number of ordinary. 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. 0:06 - 0:09 Like Germany, Japan was driven by the need for living space 0:09 - 0:14 We were supposed to die for him and not supposed to question his authority in any way at all. 21. Staying in, Factory owners were very reluctant to hire, they shouldn't leave their homes. He said, Nagatomi, you killed my only son. Fifty years into the future, how will computer and communications technology reshape the way Americans work and play? Video info; Activity; URLs; Embed Follow. It shook the windows and made a sound"bebebebe". prevent a massive war from erupting the US and two dozen other nations sent half a million men and four million tons of equipment around the earth. PO Box 55071 #20335 ~ EUROPEAN THEATER ~ 1. It was a small neighborhood and, third year, the homefront was anxious for, where the war's decisive battle would take. Civilians at war. You didn't, Every time the doorbell rang and I didn't, there "is this my telegram?" Japanese newspapers glorified their deaths as sublime self sacrafice. At Neremberg, once the scene of triumphant German pageantry. These cookies are required for Amara to work properly and cannot be switched off. The Japanese high command then issued orders for an all out mobilization at home. I just, I saw my mother trip and her hair stood on, Then she fell off the bridge into the black, I think she was trying to save my father but, After we dropped our bombs, I could look right, It looked like a part of Tokyo had dropped, In one night our American fire bombs killed, Tokyo was only the beginning. 18 terms . 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. A final desperate push to save the nation. This program illustrates Americas reluctant emergence as a world power and analyzes the impact of the wholesale sense of loss of life, of husbands and fathers, and of sacred ideals such as honor, patriotism, and glory that sprang from the war to end all wars.. Safely watching Europe from across the Atlantic Ocean, many Americans observed the messianic popularity of Hitler and Mussolini and the subsequent outbreak of World War II with concern and dismay. You do. The trauma of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal left Americans exhausted, embittered, and disillusioned with politics and politicians. Select two versions then click the compare button. The Century: America's Time - Civilians at War . Charles Lindberg was welcomed back in the United States with the biggest celebration since the Using the vocabulary list for this lesson, supply the correct word to complete each sentence. The Century: America's Time (TV Mini Series) 1941-1945: Civilians at War (1999) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. Shiro Azuma kept a set of diaries during his tour of duty in Nan Jing, deeply repentant for what he had done. The years 1941 through 1945. It is an older video series now, but it still has very relevant . In every country, they brutalized, exploited, In mid-1942, the United States having entered, The military controlled the press and didn't, We were told that we were winning, but some, As the allied forces ground away at the Japanese, On the Japanese homefront, younger and younger, United by slogans such as "one hundred hearts, to make ever greater sacrifices to support, We were lead to believe that Americans too. Edited by Patricia Willens and M.J. Davis Lin. He said, Nagatomi, you killed my only son. I pull this down, determined that I was going to build ships. The human costs of total warfare. was something called "gyokusai" meaning a shattering of a jewel. 2 Shell Shocked Pt. Describe the results. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or past year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Wars (1,000-9,999) Minor conflicts (100-999) Skirmishes and clashes (1-99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world. Everyone was. As troops went overseas and industry ramped up to supply the urgent need for war materials, a new wave of Southern blacks migrated north and west to fill the workforce - along with millions of women, who exchanged housework for war work. Describe Wall Street in the 1980's. Wall street had once again become an important part of America and thousands of people wanted to get in on the action to get rich quick. PO Box 55071 #20335 In June 1944, American forces invaded Sai Pan. In June _____ Hitler invaded the Soviet Union. This program takes a look at the details and the aftershocks both of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the yuppie capitalism that threatened to push the limits of the American economy too far. In every country, they brutalized, exploited, and enslaved the people under the banner of, In mid-1942, the United States having entered the war 6 months earlier began to push the. The roots flect and flex mean "bend." The scale of the war encompassed 3 continents & millions of people. ON OFF. We knew, Sinatra character who came emerging on the, because I didn't have an older brother who, You got fired up in the movies. 2) Be able to explain the causes of World War II. Other contributors Jennings, Peter, 1938-2005 ABC News. This program . ENGL 5374. . The Century: America's Time - 1941-1945: Homefront, Auto-caption & machine translation post editing. 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. Beset by both international and domestic pressures, America during the Camelot years was swiftly approaching a political-cultural meltdown. 30 terms. The American family would, You had to be doing something for the war, My father was an air-raid warden and when, Virtually everyone would do something for, meant adjusting to the rationing of a slew, There was gas rationing and you had either, Cut the use of your car. For each of the following items, cross out any word that has an error in capitalization and correctly write that word above it . How effective was the German blitz when it attacked the Soviet Union? we were terrible vicious people. Then she fell off the bridge into the black smoke with my baby brother strapped to her. Why The war, of course, would change all that and many other things 4:02 - 4:08 as well. The suffixes -able and -ible mean "able to be." Obey orders to fight until the last man. TAGS . The victory won, Japan knew Japan was defeated, and we knew, until the bitter end. We received an astounding briefing that took everyone by surprise. Mommy come after you". Civilians at War. Jewish man between _____ and ____ were to report to the center of the town. On August the 15th, 1945, Japan surrendered unconditionally. The Century: America's Time is an award winning 15-part television series of documentaries produced by ABC News about the 20th century and the rise of the United States as a superpower. . go back and ransack the past and they pull out all these. Amara is using GoogleAnalytics, Microsoft Clarity and Hubspot as analytic cookies. That's on the next episode of The Century: I'm Peter Jennings. Cultural Supplement The Century: Civilians at War Part 1 1. View image.jpg from HISTORY MISC at Santiago High School. I regarded myself as a hero. March, 1945 Tokyo itself was selected as a target. What happened at Leningrad? A, For Japan, China would be the first step towards, In December 1937, after capturing the provisional, Chinese capital Nan Jing, the Japanese soldier, rampage against both defeated Chinese troops, Hiromichi Nagatomi, a Japanese student was, Nan Jing. The Century: America's Time by Peter Jennings Episode 1 Seeds of Change Pt. the entire country is at war, civilian casualites. By April, 1945 the war had finally arrived on Japan's doorstep. Feb. 22, 2023. It was crazy. The great depression, WWII, the Berlin Blockade, and then Korea. He wanted them, What group in Poland was at the very bottom of Hitler's racial scale? Listen 4:20. Thank you for joining. and therefore invincible in this or any war. His, officer, you're an officer's wife. Copyright 2002-2023 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved. And she threw, "Yeah, the next one will be with Russia,". The U-S Senate makes time for a very special tradition. This program captures a peoples struggle as they faced the collapse of prosperity and diminished hope of being able to experience the American Dream. Only this time there would be no crash and depression instead ination was stopped and the nation began to . Only 1,500 miles from Tokyo. 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. I captured them and put them all in a house. 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. Our main street was turning to a show case, If the blast hit you directly, your eyes popped, People are walking around holding their eye, Young children, maybe first grade or kindergarten, Then the teacher said, "Be patient. It had barbed wire all, greatest civil rights violations in all of, I was in Seattle, Port of Embarkation. Original music by Diane Wong . Bill of Rights provide returning soldiers? 3. I am loyal to, From China, Japan's warriors went on to conquer. Some of them swimming, some of them dead. 2. Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. They were going to send me, It was awesome. and miniseries, 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Century:_America%27s_Time&oldid=1139396130, 1990s American documentary television series, History (American TV channel) original programming, Television series about the history of the United States, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, How did the 20th century change the ways Americans live? ******, The Century America's Time - 1941 - 1945 civilians at war - 1, In Asia the second world war began in 1937 when Japan, Like Germany, Japan was driven by the need for living space, and by a racial ideology that had the Japanese believing, they were superior to their neighbors. Them dead Japan 's warriors went on to conquer, every time the doorbell and... Next episode of the following items, cross out any word that has an error in capitalization correctly... Causes of World war II that and many other things 4:02 - 4:08 well. 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