1. Selective Training and Service Act
-It forced people 18 and older to join the army
-First peacetime draft in US History
-Used until 1973
-After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
2. Women's role in WWII
-Women started working and liked it
-Women made bombs and supplies for war
-Women were nurses during the war
-Rosie the RIviter-represented women worker in WWII
3. African-American's role in WWII
-Many volunteered many were drafted
-they were segragated
-at first they weren't allowed to fight in the front line
-many were put in as custodians and cooks
-Many did things at home to help with the war
4. Asian's role in WWII
-Many american born Japanese volunteered to fight
-There wasn't a lot of trust
-They had to wear tags in the war so people would know they were japanese-american soldiers
-there was up to 20,000 chinese that were in the war
-300 Korean- Americans
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
-Bob Hope and Looney Toons were important to WWII
-Bob Hope would go to the troops and tell jokes and stuff to take the war off of the soldiers minds
-USo is a private non profit group that goes around entertaining troops
6. Office of Price Administration
-Set up by FDR
-Set up how much people could ration
-There was propoganda for it
7. War Production Board
-Established in 1942 by FDR
-purpose to keep up with supplies for WWII
-Made as much as they could
-Went from making Peacetime goods to wartime goods
8. National War Labor Board
-Was to help stop arguments between employers and industries during WWII
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
-The women had a role in the war because they made war supplies
-Hollywood helped keep the war positive and get people to do their part like buying war bonds
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
-We kept adding U.S ports and they
-We made a lot of ships
-We changes their naval code
-We sunk many of their U-boats
-we built faster ships
-Wolf packs were groups of Submarines that fought together
Allied Intelligence:
-we used radar
-huff duff-used to locate radio transmitions from submarines
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
-Codes to make sure people are following
-was called it ultra secret because it waas ultra secret
-magic was it's code name and was ran by the U.S that deciphered Japanese code
-Ultra was used to decipher German code
-Ultra was used by the British
-radioed info to ships so they would stay out of the areas where German U-boats were
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
-was the largest military operation in history
-It was the Germany invasion of the Soviet Union
-Hitler told nazis to cut off supply lines
-Many died of starvation and froze to death
-The Russian army went through leningrad
-In stalingrad it was known as the turning point
-Hitler got appointed the General
-more cassualties in this war than the U.S cassulties combined
-Germa takeovers:
-1.Army group North whose main goal was Liningrad
-2.Army Group Centre whosemain goal was Moscow
-3.Army Group South whose main goals were Rostov, the Caucasus Mts, the Crimen Peninsula and Stalingrad
Battle of Moscow:
-millions died
-Furious that his army had been unable to take moscow
-Fired commander in chief and took personal charge
-Hitler took control and made all military decisions afterward
-this led many ecperienced German officers to go against Hitler
-Hitler surrounded himself with staff officers with little or no recent combat experience
The Siege of Leningrad:
-started Spet 8 1941
-the last land connections to the city was cut off by Germany
-Lifting of siege took place on Jan 27 1944,872 days after it began
-it was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and one of the most costly in terms of casulties
-people often died on the streets and citizens shortly became accustomed to the death
-reports of cannibalism appeared in the winter of 1941-1942,after all birds,rats,and pets were eaten by survivors
-Hungry gangs attacked and ate deffensless people
-Finally,a successful Russian counter-offensive at Stalingrad,drained necessary resourced , the GGermans nedded to continue the blockade,and eventually, it failed
-the Germans never took Leningrad,but it was one of the most costly conflicts Russia had ever faced
Why did hitler invade the soviet union?
-Lebensraum
-despiesed the ethnic slavs by their jewish bolshevik masters
-wanted ukraine for the 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
-Didin't trust Stalin-German propaganda showed that Stalin was planning to attack Germany
-The western front fighting was over(except GB)
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
-involved in operation torch-invasion of Morocco
-They got control of Morocco
-Axis powers finally surrendered
-Tank warfare was very common in North Africa
Italian Campaign:
-allies wanted to move into the main part of Italy
-Italian government surrendered quickly
-they became allies with us
-it was hard because German troops were in Italy
-Italy was hard to fight in because of the mountains
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
-Marshall:
was called organizer of Victory
-was given the nobel peace prize
Dwight Eisenhower:
-five star genreal
-in charge of everyone
-supreme commander of allied forces
Patton:
-was a tough guy who cussed a lot
-got in trouble for roughing up some of the soldiers
-his speeches had mostly cuss words to pump up the soldiers
-died in a car accident after WWII
-died at 50
-was a famous US general
-fought in African
MacAruthur:
-chief of staff in United States army
-big role in Pacific theater during WWII
-him and his father were the first to get the father son award
-Became Armies youngest major general
-In charge of all american army units against Japan
-After war he was given military government of japan
-was general in Korean war
Nimitz:
-got accepted into the Navy academy
-Spent a lot of time on battle ships
-was given a commander fleet
-got the life saving medal for saving someone from drowning
-President of submarine design board
-signed for U.S when Japan surrenderd
-was the chief of staff against Japan
-Head admural against japan
Bradley:
-born into poverty
-against Germans
-fought in Africa and later on in Europe
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
-Started with fall of France
-invaded on Omaha Beach
-June 6th 1944
-was postpones was supposed to happen the 5th
-12,000 plane
-7,000 vessels
-160,000 troops
-The allied forces were from Canada,GB,ect
-stayed on the beach for three weeks
-most amphibious battle
-Operation overlord
The Atlantic Wall:
-and extensive system of coastal fortifications built by Nazi Germany along the western coast of Europe
16. Battle of the Bulge:
Started on December 16th 1944. Called the battle fo the bulge because the Germans made a bulge by pushing forward. Very cold snowy winter. Over million men: 500,000 Germans, 600,000 Americans, and 55,000 British. 100,000 Germans casualitites. 81,000 American casualities. 1,400 British casualities. 800 tanks lost total. Malmedy Massacre-86 Americans were captured and murdered by Germans. This battle was the worst battle-in terms of losses-to the American Forces in WWll.
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day:
-The day the axis powers surrendered
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
-Island Hoppings:
-Philippines:
-Bataan Dath March-americans marches and many got killed by Japanese and were mistreated
-60 mile forcible transfer of 75,000 american POW's
Battle of Coral Sea:
-We won
-body of water right by Australia
-first battle to flee when aircraft carriers came together
-Japanese invade port morisf
-plan called operation MO
-Japense invaded successfully
-Was a major Naval battle between the Japanese Navy and allied naval and air forces from the U.S and Australia
-The battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other
-it was also the first naval battle in history in which neither sides ships aw or fired directly upon the other
-while Japan sank more ships than the allies di,it was a stragetic victory for the allies as it was the first time we stopped the japanese from advancing
Midway:
-Widely regardeed as the most naval battle against Japan
-fought between June 4-7
-The Japanese aimed to eliminate the U.S as a stratagic power in the Pacific and believed a victory at midway island would do just that
-U.S Navy decisively defeated the Japanese Navy attack against Midway Island
-Japans navy suffered heavy losses and never recovered from this battle
-Magic played a vital role in the Allied victory
Guadalcanal:
-the Guadalcanal campaign was fought between August 7,1942 and Feb 9 1943 in the Solomon Island Archipelago
-The Guadalcanal campaign was a significant stragic victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theatre
-Guadalcanal marked the transition by the Allies from defensive operations to offensive that resulted in Japans eventual surrender and the end of WWII
Iwo jima:
-was off southern coast of Japan
-bloody battle
-flag raising on Iwo Jima
Okinawa:
-Huge battle
-fleet size was 186,000 troops
-had the most casulaties of any battle
20. Navajo Code Talkers
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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