1. Selective Training and Service Acthomefront-what we are doing back home to help win the war-instituted the US draft (1st peacetime draft in US history)-used until 19732. Women's role in WWII-worked in factories (represented by Rosie the Riveter)-worked as nurse, farm workers. typist, sales people, bus driver, taxi driver, time keeper, elavator operation, laundry, teacher, conductor-waves for women (navy)3. African-American's role in WWII-minority men worked in factories or were in the war.. faced discrimination and segregation4. Asian's role in WWII5. Hollywood's role in WWII-films and cartoons were propaganda pieces-entertained soldiers6. Office of Price Administration-administer price controls-set limits on prices-rations.. certain stickers gave more gas than others-with rations came black market-stamps for food.. couldn't trade or give others-had to wait in lines for getting their stuff-horse meat not rationed7. War Production Board-production wins the war.. keep the home fires burning.. SUCCESS8. National War Labor Board-together we win.. get behin your labor-management committee9. Why the Homefront helped win the war10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats-convoy system: traveling in a big group-everything was about trying to figure out and decode the enemies messages.. HF/DF could detect subs-ships and airplanes fought uboats-depth charges were bombs that would be sent in the water where they could damage or destroy uboat11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic-Code name given for the intercepting of enemies codes.. ultra=germany and magic=japan-helped us win the war b/c we could avoid subs-solving Enigma system for Germany that transferred messages-bombe actually broke the code12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)-Hitler invaded (even with people saying no) b/c of: lebensraum, didn't like Slavs, Ukraine for farming, ppl for slaves, defreat of the USSR would further isolate the Allies, oilfields in Caucasas mountain, didn't trust Stalin, western from fighting was over-by end of war 3 and a half million red army soldiers were being held captive and 4 million died-largest land battle in history-1941-main goal was to capture Moscow.. turning point of the war-Hitler took control of the army and it went downhill.. got rid of people who knew what they were talking about-seige of leningrad.. surround the city and bombaard it.. largest siege in world history.. supplies were cut off.. cannibalism appeared after all birds, rats, and pets were eaten.. gangs attacked and ate defenseless people-Hitler never got Moscow or Leningrad13. Battle in Africa and ItalyMontgomery-BritainPatton-USDesert Fox-Germany14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley15. D-Day-Operation Overlord16. Battle of the Bulge17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over18. VE Day19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,20. Navajo Code Talkers21. Doolittle's Raid22. Manhattan Project23. Hiroshima bombing24. Nagasaki bombing25. VJ Day26. Yalta Conference27. Nuremburg Trials28. Japanese Internment Camps in USWhy did the Allies win WWII?-women working in the factories (:-Industrialists (like Henry Kaiser) helped to make more supplies etc. in factories
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