4.2.13

tomorrow test:

-The US Home-front

  • Women's role

woman went into work at factories

the bad thing was when the men came back the women got laid off

Rosie the Retriever- women working back home, work hard but still look like woman

they were also nurses in the war

woman were typers and secretaries

other jobs: conducts, time keepers, farmers, transportation drivers.

Women's Army Corps- testers, transporters, secretaries

Waves- women navy

WASP- woman air force

  • Factories-War Production Board

make as much as you can cause this will win the war
don't waste anytime they didn't anyone to go strike because together we win

we made more war goods then all the allies combined

National War Labor Board- where the business man, workers, and US all working

  • War bonds

people bought these and the money would go to the government towards the war help fund the war

  • Japanese relocation camps

after Pearl Harbor was attacked we were scared for Japanese spies.  So we took Japanese to concentration camp, they had to pack a few things are we forced to go live in these camps. 

children went to school and got educated and there was also athletics

  • Propaganda

it was made to convenience people think one way

we were fly over drop booklets that said there countries were bad

Goals:

1. Buy War Bonds

2. Enlist Today!

3. Make us look good and Germany bad.

4. Do your part today!

  • War rationing-Office of Price Administration

to get money back

money flow

ration goods

so prices would sky rocket

only 5 gallons of gas a week

got certain stickers to see how much you can get

black market- illegal play

people could not share, you could only use it for your own family.

  • Hollywood in WWII

the actors would make films about the war

USO (united service operation) would also perform for the troops and would tour everywhere to get to the troops

The USO tour was founded by Bob Hope

By May of 1945- The performed over 700 shows

  • The story of "Kilroy was here"

A guy named James Kilroy and he inspected ... then he would write Kilroy was here.

So the troops wasn't really sure where it came from

Germany and other countries thought he was a Super Troop or spy

  • US Fighting:
  • US in Africa

It involved a lot of tank attacks

it was a dessert

 Bad French, Germany and Italy vs. US, Canada, Free French, Britain

June 1940 started- we got involved in 1942- ended in  May of 1943

because we felt it was axis powers weakest place

US was only in it 6 months

this was like a D-day invasion

Operation Torch- Code name for the invasion of Northern Africa

Erwin Rommel- Desert Fox - he was founded as a attempted killer of Hitler

George Patton and George  fought each other because they wanted to kill Rommel

George Patton was killed in a car accident right after the war

  • US in Italy

We attacked on the west coast- it was called operation 

We also invaded Sicily - July 1943 - Operation Husky- successful- helped end the war in Europe

We want to throw over Musalia government

September 8th,1943 is when the Italian government surrender

Italy was not free though because there was still German troops there

  • D-Day

Started on June 6th

13,000 patriarchates

there were 5 beaches- Utah, Gold, Sword, Omaha, Juno

was the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany

the weather was not very good that day

we had given there false information for about a week now

little over 3,000 people were killed

  • -US bombing of Germany

drop the bomb on places that were important to the German war device; factories, naval bases, shipyards, power plants, steel mills, airfields

More than 27,000 were deployed to help with the bombing.

"The Mighty 8th" or also known as the US 8th Air Force was the ones doing all of the bombing on Germany

  • VE Day

Europe want Germany to surrender unconditionally

May 7th, people wanted to know what happen

May 8th, The next day would be victory for European and would be a holiday 

  • -The US Home-front

    • Women's role

    woman went into work at factories

    the bad thing was when the men came back the women got laid off

    Rosie the Retriever- women working back home, work hard but still look like woman

    they were also nurses in the war

    woman were typers and secretaries

    other jobs: conducts, time keepers, farmers, transportation drivers.

    Women's Army Corps- testers, transporters, secretaries

    Waves- women navy

    WASP- woman air force

    • Factories-War Production Board

    make as much as you can cause this will win the war
    don't waste anytime they didn't anyone to go strike because together we win

    we made more war goods then all the allies combined

    National War Labor Board- where the business man, workers, and US all working

    • War bonds

    people bought these and the money would go to the government towards the war help fund the war

    • Japanese relocation camps

    after Pearl Harbor was attacked we were scared for Japanese spies.  So we took Japanese to concentration camp, they had to pack a few things are we forced to go live in these camps. 

    children went to school and got educated and there was also athletics

    • Propaganda

    it was made to convenience people think one way

    we were fly over drop booklets that said there countries were bad

    Goals:

    1. Buy War Bonds

    2. Enlist Today!

    3. Make us look good and Germany bad.

    4. Do your part today!

    • War rationing-Office of Price Administration

    to get money back

    money flow

    ration goods

    so prices would sky rocket

    only 5 gallons of gas a week

    got certain stickers to see how much you can get

    black market- illegal play

    people could not share, you could only use it for your own family.

    • Hollywood in WWII

    the actors would make films about the war

    USO (united service operation) would also perform for the troops and would tour everywhere to get to the troops

    The USO tour was founded by Bob Hope

    By May of 1945- The performed over 700 shows

    • The story of "Kilroy was here"

    A guy named James Kilroy and he inspected ... then he would write Kilroy was here.

    So the troops wasn't really sure where it came from

    Germany and other countries thought he was a Super Troop or spy

    • US Fighting:
    • US in Africa

    It involved a lot of tank attacks

    it was a dessert

     Bad French, Germany and Italy vs. US, Canada, Free French, Britain

    June 1940 started- we got involved in 1942- ended in  May of 1943

    because we felt it was axis powers weakest place

    US was only in it 6 months

    this was like a D-day invasion

    Operation Torch- Code name for the invasion of Northern Africa

    Erwin Rommel- Desert Fox - he was founded as a attempted killer of Hitler

    George Patton and George  fought each other because they wanted to kill Rommel

    George Patton was killed in a car accident right after the war

    • US in Italy

    We attacked on the west coast- it was called operation 

    We also invaded Sicily - July 1943 - Operation Husky- successful- helped end the war in Europe

    We want to throw over Musalia government

    September 8th,1943 is when the Italian government surrender

    Italy was not free though because there was still German troops there

    • D-Day

    Started on June 6th

    13,000 patriarchates

    there were 5 beaches- Utah, Gold, Sword, Omaha, Juno

    was the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany

    the weather was not very good that day

    we had given there false information for about a week now

    little over 3,000 people were killed

    • -US bombing of Germany

    drop the bomb on places that were important to the German war device; factories, naval bases, shipyards, power plants, steel mills, airfields

    More than 27,000 were deployed to help with the bombing.

    "The Mighty 8th" or also known as the US 8th Air Force was the ones doing all of the bombing on Germany


    • VE Day
  • Europe want Germany to surrender unconditionally

  • May 7th, people wanted to know what happen

  • May 8th, The next day would be victory for European and would be a holiday

Other topics:

    • Battle of Coral Sea
  • US first big win against Japan and gave us a big lead
  • first battle that we did on sea and air only, none on foot
  • Chester Nimitz- was in charge of the Navy

    • Battle of Midway
  • Japan tried to plan a another surprise attack, but the code breakers broke the code

  • the navy only lost 1 and sunk 4 of them

  • it turned around the US and Japan

  • they wanted this land to extend there land

  • Japan was never the same after this

  • the war was over for Japan at this time
  • There was no way they could come back
    • Battle of Iwo Jima
  • beautiful island

  • one of the worst battles for us

  • D-day invasion style, but we had to come across water

  • it was a easy landing

  • 6,821 US deaths at Iwo Jim, it was high because Japan fought to the death 

  • we eventually got control of it

    • Battle of the Philippines
  • Famous Gernel- Douglas MacArthur
  • Japan attacked Philippines were we lost to Japan at
  • troops that we caught we transferred from one base to another base
  • Suicide plane- plane that the pilot has to fly right into the US ship 
  •   MacArthur wanted to return...and this is when we got the Philippnes bacl

    • Battle of Okinawa
  • 82 days

  • it was a Japan island
  • it didn't end till Japan surrender
  • one of the bloodiest battles we have ever had
  • 100,000 deaths
  • 100,000 civilian were killed
  • invasion was next

Atomic Bomb-

  • greatest secret keep from the US
  • German Jewish scientist left and came to the US and made the bombs
  • Albert Einstein was from German
  • Oppenheimer was the one in charge of getting scientist to make the bombs
  • New Mexico was were it was tested, less people and desert

Blog Discussion

  • Hiroshima bombing
-"Little Boy" was its nickname
-66-90 million people
-90% of doctors and nurses were killed in the first few days
-died from falling builds, fire, and radiations
-it missed it target by like 800 feet
-uranium bomb
-only drop the bomb if you can see the target
-T shape bridge was there target
-Water manes were destroyed so they could not put the fires out
  • Nagasaki bombing

-wasn't the number one place, it was the fifth

-nicknamed "Fat Man"

- it didnt do as much damange

-40% was destoryed

-87 thousand people died

-20 thousand pounds of explosion

-they ran out of gas just when they landed

-they were we off target

-caused Japan to surrender

  • VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering

-victory over Japan day

- August 14th of 1945

- they surrender because of the atomic bombs

-some Japanese were mad  and killed them selves

-a lot of American prisoners were then killed

  • Yalta Conference

-February, 1945

- in the Soviet Union

-Germany would be broken into 4 occupation zones

- Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe

- Stalin promised to join the war against Japan after war with Germany was over

-Have a conference at San Fran to set up United Nations..

  • Potsdam Conference

-surrender now or we will destroy you more

-July, 1945

- temporarily divide Vietnam at the 17th parallel

-Japan would surrender to Great Britain in the south ad China in the north

-Goals of Occupation

demilitarization, denaztification , democratization (take away there military, make them democracy, get rid of the Nazi)

- Prosecution of Nazi war criminals

- All the countries that were taken during the war were given back

-Germany is going to reduced in size, 25% is taken away

-Agreement on war money to the Soviet Union

- take control  of German industries that made war materials.

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