Today in class mr. bruns presented his power point.
HomeFront-
1940 we were still neutral. We were preparing war and the peacetime was set up and it was supporting military needs.
George C. Marshall- chief of staff
US military during WWII
Rosie the Riveter- represented women in factories
Tokyo Rose- Forced to broadcast propaganda to the allied troops for japan.
In these radio programs, she taunted the troops and played music from home.
She was a US citizen in Japan. Convicted of treason.
Henry Kaiser-owner of the ship building company, without guys like him we wouldn’t have won the war. He was an industrialist and very hard working
Why did we win the war-?
Natural resources
Power
Technology
Hitler and Japan made the mistake by invading Soviet Union and China
Industrialist
Bob Hope- entertained the troops
Rationing
-Gas-used stickers in your window.
A Sticker-4 gallons a gas per week
B Sticker- war worker
C Sticker-Doctors
T sticker-Truckers
-the Food
Food stamps and rationing books
Rationing caused illegal activity such as stealing
Rationing would not be good for our time period, people are so used to getting what they want when they want.
People waited in line for sugar.
Nick's power point:
European Front-
The Battle of Bulge- Allies captures the German town of Aaechen
Germanys last ditch effort to recapture the Belgian port of Antwerp
Liberation of Death Camps-
Allied troops eastward
Soviet pushed westward
Came upon death camp in July 1944
SS guards tried to bury and burn evidence
Surrender-
April 25, 1945
Soviet had stormed Berlin
Hitler prepared himself for the end
Hitler blamed the Jews while blaming the generals for not winning it
Hitler shot himself and his wife drank poison to kill herself
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