I have women's role in ww2 and battle of bulge.
Women in world war 2.
Before world war 2 women traditionally wore dresses and stayed home to cook, clean, and care for the kids. Women were never thought of as smart or strong enough to do the work that men did. Rosie the Riveter was the poster person for women workers but she hurt restaurants and laundry business because women quit to go work at factories for higher pay. Then younger ladies started to work their. During the war over 6 million women took wartime jobs in factories or filling in for men on farms, 3 million women volunteered with the Red Cross, and over 200,000 women served the military. Then there came the WASP. WASP or Women Air force Service Pilots was established August 5, 1943which was young women who gave their life to fly military aircraft that weren't combat planes. The WASP was trained the military way and had to pay their way. WASP flew 60million miles in operation. After the war was over all the women were laid off but many of them wanted their work back but couldn't get it.
The Battle of Bulge.
The battle started December 16th, 1944 and is known as the battle of bulge because it was Hitler's last attempt to break the Alliance power's front line. Hitler did indeed put a bulge in the front line and that is were the name came from, it was Ardennes Offensive. Hitler's plan had three parts; first the Sixth Panzer Army, led by Sepp Dietrich, was to lead the attack and to capture Antwerp. Second Fifth Panzer Army, led by Manteuffel, was to attack the centre of the American forces, capture the strategic road and rail centre of St Vith and then drive on to Brussels. Third The Seventh Army, led by Brandenberger, was to attack in the southern flank, as designated by Hitler, and to create a buffer zone to prevent American reinforcements from attacking the Fifth Panzer Army. As the battle started with a two hour bombardment with Germany having success only for two days. The Germans started to run out of fuel and the weather no longer in their favor the Allies fought back with their air power on December 22nd. By mid January of 1995 the Germans lost from lack of supplies. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest battle fought by the Americans in ww2. 600,000 American troops were involved in the battle. The Americans lost 81,000 men while the Germans lost 100,000 killed, wounded and captured.
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