1. Selective Training and Service Act- first peacetime draft in US History, Used until 1973 to fill military needs, after 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs2. Women's role in WWII- working in factories, giving our troops stuff, Rosie the Riveter- represented women in WW2, women were also nurses for wounded soldiers, worked in Europe, Pearl Harbor, US, secrataries-typed the death notices for women at home, farm workers, sales people, waitresses, bus drivers, taxi drivers, time keepers, elevator operators, messengers, laundresses, teachers, conductors. Army: WAC (Womens Army Corps), Navy: WAVES, Air Force: WASP, Iva Toguri :"Tokyo Rose"- forced to broadcast propaganda to the allied troops for japan, in the radio programs, she taunted the troops and played music from home, she was a US citizen in Japan, convicted of treason3. African-American's role in WWII- worked in factories, many joined military, segragated units, discrimination,4. Asian's role in WWII5. Hollywood's role in WWII- they would send entertainers over seas to entertain the troops, give them a break, some acted, some sang, example: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, John Wayne6. Office of Price Administration- established in 1941 to administer price controls, 8000 rationing boards were created in 200,000 volunteers to assist the 60,000 employees of the agency, food rationing included restrictions on sugar and meant, clothing rationing, resticted silk and nylon, gasoline rationing began in May 1942 on the east coast, limiting use to fine gallons per week, by the end of 1942 half of the nations automobiles were issued an A sticker alloweing 4 gallons per week, the other half of automobiles had either a B sticker(war workers) or C sticker(vital occupations), Truckers had a T sticker for Unlimited amounts, a black market developed in Stolen or counterfeit stickers that were used in 5-30% of gas sales, by 1945 there were 32,500 motorists arrested for using such false stickers, 1300 convictions, 4000 gas stations closed.7. War Production Board8. National War Labor Board9. Why the Homefront helped win the war-because people like Henry Kaiser produced ALOT of ships and goods, women also helped produce alot of goods such as food and weapons.10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats- built faster, more agile ships. used a convoy system, to protect more important ships. Used Huff Duff to dected submarines under water. Enigma Machine, Used ULTRA to get it. Hunter Killer Grumman.11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic- the US and GB shared info from newly developed technologies like RADAR and High Frequency Radio Direction Finding(Huff Duff). British and American trackers used special inteligence to locate Axis forces with extreme precision. Allied inteligence leaders began sharing code-breaking secrets known as "VERY special intelligence" and classifed under cover names like ULTRA and MAGIC. got the Enigma Machine. Bombe-super computer.12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)- lebenstraum. despised the ethnic slavs ruled by their "jewish Bolshevik" masters. wanted ukraine for farmland. could use the people as slave labor. the defeat of the USSR would further isolate the allies. wanted the oilfields in the caucasus mountains. didnt trust the stalin german propaganda showed that stalin was planning to attack germany. the western front fighting was over, the greatest land war in history (manpower and caualties), the main front would eventually expand to 1490 miles to extend to a depth of 600 miles, in the soviet union marched the best of the german army amounting to three quarters of its field strength, 3 cities hitler wanted to capture from the USSR: army group north-lenigrad, Army group centre- moscow-capital city, thought the government would fold and army would surrender, army group south- rostov, caucasus Mts., crimean peninsula, stalingrad.13. Battle in Africa and Italy- Erwin rommel-dessert fox-eventually killed by nazis-germany, general geoprge patton-usa, montgomery-GB14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley- Marshall: Cheif of staff of the US Military during WW2.15. D-Day-Operation Overlord16. Battle of the Bulge17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over18. VE Day19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,20. Navajo Code Talkers21. Doolittle's Raid22. Manhattan Project23. Hiroshima bombing24. Nagasaki bombing25. VJ Day26. Yalta Conference27. Nuremburg Trials28. Japanese Internment Camps in US29. Why did the allies win WW2? : because of women working in factories, hence giving us more stuff
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