US Homefront:its what people are doing back home to help with the war.1. Selective Training and Service Act 1940first peacement draft in US historyused until 1973 to fill military needsafter 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs2. Women's role in WWIIRosie the Riveter- represented women workers in WWll.-jobs the did during WWll:farm workers,sales people, taxi drivers,bus drivers,messengers,teachers,conductors...womens navy- the waves.WASP-womens army service pilots.3. African-American's role in WWIIworked in factories.the guys fought in the wars.bombing.fighting on the frontlines.doing this and being discriminated against.tuskegee institute-african american bombers in ww2. italy and germany they bombed.D-day- june 6, 1944.allied invasion of nazi controlled france.2 pahses. needed the full moon so they could see,1. airbourne assualt2. amphibious landing160,000 troopsAtlanticWall:wall to stop the invasion from great britainfrom spain to norway.4. Asian's role in WWIIasians pretty much same thing as african - americans5. Hollywood's role in WWIImade propaganda films-wake island, the purple heart, casablanca, destination tokyo6. Office of Price AdministrationOPA and Rationingg- office of price administration \-1941. control pricesgas, meat, sugar, clothingA-sticker- 4 gallons of gas a week. <--- common american.B-stickerC-stickerT-sticker (best)7. War Production Boardfactories made as much stuff and as quickly as they could.work hard.8. National War Labor Boardwanted everybody to work together. dont want workers going on strike.workers and owners working together.9. Why the Homefront helped win the war10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boatsfaster ships. speed. and being able to detect them.intercept german code.travel in numbers11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magicallied comerce to defeat the axispowers.radar for detecting vessels and aircraft abover surfacewe knew what the enemy was doing but they didnt know what we were doing. BIGGG advantage.enigma- machine transfers info through codesBombe- broke the code.12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)hitler invading soviet union. wanted ukrain.despised people living there. farmland. slaves.didnt trust Stalin<--- planning to attack germanyy.greatest land war recorded in historyGerman wehrmacht.Battle of moscow: 280,000-400,000 german casualties650,000-1.280,000 soviet union casualtieshitler believed moscow was the major military and political target. lead to collapse of the countryy.Germany was stopped 12 miles from moscow and then got pushed back by soviet troops.this operation made german officers fo against hitler.he put young and inexperienced people in the miliatry so they wouldnt question what he was up to.they started losing and that made him go crazyy. losed his mind-literalyy.the siege of leningrad:city was surrounded and was cut off by Germanyy. sept 8 1941. last for 872 days.cannibalism happened there.hungary gangs beat up defenselss people and then ate them.one of the most longest and most destructive sieges in history.had a cannibalism unit.13. Battle in Africa and ItalyIrwin Rommel-The Desert Fox-leader of Afrikaput to death by german nazis cause he was gonna take over hitler.he was sly and sneakyy.operation torch- we wanted to defeat Germany, Italy, and Vichy FranceCasablanca Conference "unconditional surrender" jan. 194214. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, BradleyGeorge C. Marshall- chief of staff of the US military during WWll.General George Patton-defeated Rommel. goes down in history.admiral chester nimitz15. D-Day-Operation Overlordup in number 316. Battle of the Bulgecoldest winter on recordworst battle for american forces in ww2.germany loses A LOT.17. FDR Dies-Truman takes overapril 8, 194518. V-E Daymay 8, 1945-victory in europe day.19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,island hopping-strategy to cut off supply lines.Coral Sea: turning point of the cold war for japan.naval battle.Battle of midway- war against japanjapan suffered and never recovered from this battle.japanese aimed to destroy the US.MAJORturning pointdec. 7 1941-phillipines. big defensive for japan. wanted to knock US out of the war. we didnt really fight until a year later.bataan death march-march 1942. filipinos were forced to march a track. 60 miles. people even died.Guadalcanalaugust 7 1942victory for uswe defeated japan20. Navajo Code Talkers21. Doolittle's Raidbomb japan. april 1945james doolittle-famous pilot22. Manhattan Project23. Hiroshima bombing24. Nagasaki bombing25. VJ Day26. Yalta Conference27. Nuremburg Trials28. Japanese Internment Camps in US29. why did we win WWll?Henry Kaiser
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