1. Selective Training and Service Act
1940- first peace time draft in US history
used until 1973 to fill military needs
after 1973 US military depended on volunteers
2. Women's role in WWII
Rosie the Riviter- represented women workers in WWII
women supported everything during the war and they made most of the supplies
many women became nurses during the war
jobs-farm workers, typist, bus drivers, time keepers, messangers, teachers, conductors. women had to do the jobs men would do.
women did not do any of the actual fighting
Army- WAC- women in the army
Navy- WAVES- women in the navy
WASP- womens army service pilots
3. African-American's role in WWII
many worked in factories or were sent to war
they were still segregated
4. Asian's role in WWII
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
lots of propaganda films.
8. National War Labor Board
tried to get everyone to work together to avoid strikes and have everyone get along
"together we win" brought workers and owners working together.
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
used radio transmission to find out there the boats were located
convoy system- kinda like the buddy system, strength in numbers. germany just started traveling in packs also.
Churchill and Roosevelt knew the importance of intelligenct in safegaurding allied commerce to defeat the axis powers
US and GB shared info from newly developed technologies like RADAR and high frequency radio detection. HF/DF "huff duff"
provided a way to detect vessels and aircraft above the surface
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
allied leaders began sharing code breaking secrets "very special intelligence"
ULTRA and MAGIC
enigma- system germany used transferred their info thro codes. solving enigma systems remains one of the great allied triumphs of WWII
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
lebesraum- living space in the USSR that hitler wanted for people to live in when they have lots of kids that are perfect
purposed for attack- he despised the ethnic Slavs ruled by their "jewish bolshevik" masters
wanted Ukraine for farmland
could use people as slave labor
if he defeat the USSR it would further isolate the allies
wanted the oilfields in the caucasus mountains
didn't trust Stalin-German propaganda showed that stalin was planning an attack on Germany
western front fighting was over (except GB)
greatest land war in recorded history (man power and caualties)
3.5 mil. captive and 4 mil. had died by the end of the winter
battle of moscow- oct. 1941 and january 1942
-280000-400000 germany casualties
-650000-1280000 soviet casualties
hitler believed moscow was the major military and politaical target in the USSR as it would lead to the collapse of the country
germany got within 12 miles of moscow before soviets stopped the advance
this battle marked the major turning point on the eastern front
hitler took control and made all military decisions afterwards
fired his top men and brought in young push over people.
many experienced officers went against hitler
Siege of leningrad (surround a city and cut off all supplies)
hunry gangs attacked and ate defenseless people- lots of reports of cannibalism
largest in history
formed a special cannibalism unit
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
erwin rommel, the desert fox- germany leader in afrika. best german general in the war but put to death because he wanted to kill hitler
known as the desert fox because he fought in the desert in afrika and was known for being sneaky
operation torch- british-american invasion on french north africa started nov. 8, 1842
by mid 1943 we had defeated the germans, italians, and the vichy french
casablanca conference- jan 1942 "unconditional surrender"
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
George C. Marshall- cheif of staff of the US Military during WWII. Only person above Marshall was the president.
Henry Kaiser- owner of a ship building company.
George Patton- one of the best US generals ever. was full of himself, carried an ivory pistol.
Bradley- us general. involved in D-Day operations
Admiral Chester Nimitz- head of the navy
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord June 6, 1944
allied invasion of nazi controlled france
conducted in two phases
1. airborne assault landing of 24000 british, american, canadian, and free french airborne troops shortly after midnight
2. an amphibious landing of allied infantry and armored divisions on the coast of france starting at 6:30 am
-there were also decoy operations to distact the germanforces from the real landing areas
-the operation was the largest amphibious invasion on world history with over 160,000 troops
-roughly 10000 allied causulties (6,600 us)
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
island hopping- military strategy where you hit an island, skip a few and hit the main ones on the way toward japan
Dec. 7, 1941- in the philippines.
-under US control
-taken over by japan
bataan death march- took place in march 1942. american and pgilippino soldiers forced to march 60 miles. 6,000-11,000 deaths. japenese officials faced war crimes trials after the war. May 30, 2009 officially apologized.
20. Navajo Code Talkers
secret language
important to WWII and keeping our info secret
didn't give credit to the talkers until 1982
medals given to code talkers or code talkers family
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
island hopping- military strategy where you hit an island, skip a few and hit the main ones on the way toward japan
BATTLE OF CORAL SEA- naval battle only. major battle between japan navy and allied naval forces from US and Australia. Victory of the US, stopped the japanese from advancing
BATTLE OF MIDWAY- most important naval battle against Japan
fought between June 4-7, 1942
japanesed aimed to eliminate the US as a strategic power in the pacific
US navy decisively defeated the japanese Navy attack
Japanese suffered heavy loss and never recovered from this battle
magic played vital role in Allied victory
Guadalcanal
first offensive battle the US fought
major changing point for the japanese empire
kamikazes- japanese suicide bombers
Dec. 7, 1941- in the philippines.
-under US control
-taken over by japan
-battle of Leyte Gulf
-MacArthur returns to the philippines
Iwo Jima-
6821 US deaths at iwo jima
flag raising
famous flag raising on Mt. Suribachi
Okinawa- really close to japan and lots of bombs being dropped on japan already
bataan death march- took place in march 1942. american and pgilippino soldiers forced to march 60 miles. 6,000-11,000 deaths. japenese officials faced war crimes trials after the war. May 30, 2009 officially apologized
21. Doolittle's Raid-- april 1942
attack on Japan
had to strip the planes down so they were light enough to take off from the ships
22. Manhattan Project
code name for the project of the atomic bomb
General Leslie Grooves- in charge of the scientist working on the atomic bomb
J Robert Oppenheimer- scientist in charge of making the atomic bomb
alamogordo, New Mexico- place where they tested out an atomic bomb
Enola Gay- plane built specifically to be strong enough to carry the atomic bomb. plane flown and atomic bomb dropped by paul tibbits in hiroshima. Bomb known as "little boy" it was a uranium bomb.
lots of burns and radiation sickness
Nagasaki bombing "fat man" bombing went wrong. missed target, didn't do enough damage.
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
Aug. 14, 1945
japan surrenders ending the war
26. Yalta Conference feb. 1945
deciding what would happen to germany after WWII
Germany would be broken into four zones each controlled by the major countries (US, GB, France, USSR)
stalin promised free elections in eastern europe
stalin promised to join the war against Japan after the war with Germany was over.
have a conference at San Fransisco to set up the United Nations.
27. Nuremburg Trials
Nazi war crimes trials held in Nuremburg, Germany.
GI Bill of Rights
-to help the members of the armed forces adjust to civilian life after seperation from the service
-to give those who cannot afford a higher education the chance to get one
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
place the japanese americans were forced to live during WWII because we didn't trust them. We thought they might be spies so we forced them to pack up everything and live in these camps.
bill clinton apologies for how they were treated during WWII
29. Why we won WWII.
henry kaiser- owner of a ship company. Made it possible for the US to make more ships than all other countries combined
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