Mr. Bruns did one of his three presentations while nicks presentaation was loading.
U.S. Homefront-
selective training and service act 1940
first peacetime draft in U.S. history, this was used untill 1973 now its just voluntary
George C. Marshall- chief of staff of the U.S. military
women of ww2
rosie the riviter- said women can work in factories and still be women
women could be : bus drivers, taxi drivers. teachers, laundry washers, factory workers.
women would transport, test, and fill planes.
Tokyo Rose- u.s. citizen, played music from home to lower morale for japan.
african americans- had to still be seperate from "white"
Henry Kaiser- biggest ship owner company, if it wasnt for him and other people we wouldnt have won the ar because we wouldnt have had ships.
Hollywood- big in propaganda. made cartoons and movies for ww2. kept us going
Bob Hope- would go over and entertain the troops ( he was pretty much the leader of it) singers and girls would go also.
There were different stickers on how much gas you could get. Many people would get arrested for selling stickers and some were convicted. There were also gas stations that were closed for selling stickers.
now we have to finish the presentations with our final one by Nick:
Post d-day
battle of the Bulge
oct.1944
germans last ditch was to recapture a city but it didnt work.
germany lost 120,000 troops
600 tanks
and 1,600 planes they also were pushed back and totally lost. everyone thought hitler was crazy but didnt wanna say anything because they didnt wanna be killed.
Soviet came upon death camps in July 1944
SS guards tried to hide evidence but ran out of time.
Surrender:
April 25, 1945
when german soldiers tried to run off hitler would capture them and hang them with a plaque that said " We betrayed the Fuhrer"
hitler blamed the jews for causeing the war and the generals for not winning.
hitler commited suicide and his wife drank poison. he ordered that he should be carried out and burned.
Admiral Karl Donitz took over
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