Today Alex and I finished our presentation
I have the great society-education for this week’s assigned blogs and for the next project I have the Policy of Containment: Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine for the cold war and me Alex nick andKody have the 1950 video project.
The US Home front:
- American Propaganda goals
- Portray the Germans and Japanese as animalistic, demonic, under undesirable
- Rationing- the gov’t gave people less food, gas, rubber, and silk
- War bonds- is how the gov’t got money to pay for the war
- Women in WWII
- They worked in factories, offices, military bases, and journalists
- No good paying jobs
- Low benefits
- Low income
- Low quality facilities for the children
The African Front
· Where
o In northern Africa in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts
· Who fought
o Italy declared war on Great Britain
· TANKS BIG PART OF THE BATTLE
· Stalin wanted us to invade France so Germany wouldhave to fight a two sided war.
· Major general
o Britain- Montgomery
o U.S.- George Patten
o Germany- Irwin Ramel
· Operation Torch
· Major BATTELS
o SIDI, BARRANI ITAY
o OPERATION COMPASS
o SECOND BATTLE OF EL ALAMIN
o OPERATION CRUSADER
o TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN
· WHY THE ALLIED WON
o BECAUSE OF ULTRA IN NORTH AFRICA
- The Italian-Mediterranean front
- lasted the entire war
- Generals
- Dwight d Eisenhower-USA
- Alexander –Britain
- George S. Patton- Usa
- Axis
- Benito Mussolini
- Alfredo guzzui
- Rodolfo grazzoni
- lasted the entire war
- Battles
- Battle of the Atlantic-mainly navel
- Battle on ortono- major battle
- Battle of Rome- major because Rome is Italy’scapital and people think that if you capture the capital you capture thecountry
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