-The US Homefront
Women's role: During WWI many men were hurt, which kick-started the theme of women getting into the workforce. Women worked in factories during WWII. 90% of the women serving in the military worked as search-light operators.
Factories,War Production Board: There were many factories during WWII which gave the U.S. a huge advantage because of all the materials and supplies they had.
War bonds: Everyone in the U.S. was assigned war bonds according to how much each person was with. The government would pay them back at the end of the war with interest.
Japanese relocation camps: Any Japanese person in the U.S. was sent to a camp because there was a possibility they were spies, and could not be trusted.
Propaganda: Posters, movies, music, and many other things were all aimed at publicizing the war, and the war effort.
War rationing,Office of Price Administration: The government controlled how much food, clothes, and various resources to everyone in the U.S.
Hollywood in WWII: Had role similar to propaganda. Movies were not historically accurate. They were made to have the U.S. look good, and the Axis powers look terrible.
The story of "Kilroy was here": Graffiti that was used to display what people were low on in rations and other resources.
-US Fighting
US in Africa: Fought in northern Africa between Italy, Germany, France, against Great Britain, United States. Fighting took place because of the resources in Africa. Operation Torch was a U.S. invasion of Morocco, and then to Tunisia. Morocco was easily taken, but Tunisia was a longer battle. After waiting out the winter the U.S. pushed back the Axis powers. The U.S. then went on to invade Italy.
US in Italy: The U.S. invaded Italy, and battled German forces after conquering northern Africa. It was a bloody time in the war. It was mountainous terrain, so it was very tough fighting.
D-Day: June 6, 1944 the U.S. invaded France fighting German troops, who were in control of the country. The U.S. sent Germany misinformation about the attack to try and throw them off on the place of the attack.
US bombing of Germany: The Allied air forces joined together, and bombed every important target in Germany during WWII.
VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering: I talked about VE-Day
Battle of Coral Sea: The 1st battle of the Pacific War that the U.S. took part in. The U.S. fought in it to protect Australia from Japanese invasion.
Battle of Midway: A U.S. victory, and major turning point in the Pacific War.
Battle of Iwo Jima: A month long battle, and the bloodiest in the Pacific theater.
Battle of the Philippines: A U.S. territory before Pearl Harbor. In 1944 U.S. troops returned to fight and take over the islands.
Battle of Okinawa: A very bloody battle of the Pacific. Called the Battle of Typhoon and Steel because of the battleships and kamikazes.
Hiroshima bombing: August 7, 1945 the U.S. dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan.
Nagasaki bombing: August 10, 1945 the U.S. dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki, Japan.
VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering: August 14, 1945 Japan surrenders following the two nuclear strikes against Japan by the U.S.
Yalta Conference: Conference deciding what was going to happen after the war. Germany would be broken up into 4 zones. Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe, and also to join the war against Japan after the war with Germany was over. United Nations was set up.
Potsdam Conference: Conference deciding that Vietnam would be divided, and Japan would surrender to Great Britain in the south and China in the north. Germany would be punished. They would lose land, and the Nazis would be disbanded.
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We then took part one of the WWII test.
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