today we continued notes from the power point.US Homefront:Homefront is what your doing at home.1. Selective Training and Service Act--Passed in 1940-First peace time draft in US history-Used until 1973 to fill military needs-After 1973, US military depended on volunteers to fill needs.2. Women's role in WWII-Rosie the Riveter- represented the women in WWII-women worked in factories to help make supplies for the war-women also became nurses for the war. many of them met their husbands during war.-many propaganda posters were displayed to help convince women to join the war-WAVES- Women's Navy- women would be secretaries and making phone calls-each military brach had different jobs for women-WASP- Womens army service pilots-Iva Toguri (tokyo rose)--was forced to broadcast propaganda to the allied troops for japan-she was a US citizen in Japan that taunted the troops and played music from home.-she was later convicted of treason3. African-American's role in WWII--served as pilots or flyboys-they made things in the factories-they bombed enemies-and fought in the front line4. Asian's role in WWII--same as african americans5. Hollywood's role in WWII-entertained troops by making propaganda for the war-sent people overseas to entertain troops-made WWII movies6. Office of Price Administration-THe office of price administration was est in 1941 to administer price controls-8000 rationing boards were created with 200,000 volunteers to assist the 60,000 employees of the agency-food rationing included restrictions on suger and meat. clothing rationing restricted silk and nylon-by the end of 1942, half of the nations automobiles were issed an A sticker allowing 4 gallons per week-gasoline rationing began in may 1942 on the East coast, limiting use to 5 gallons per week/-the other half of automobils had either a B or C sticker (war workers and vital occupations such as doctors)-truckers had a T sticker for unlimited-a black market developed in stolen or counterfeit stickers that were used in 5-30% OF GASOLINE sales-by 1945 there were 32,500 people arrested for using false stickers-4000 gas stations closed7. War Production Board-all about production and was created to make sure factories were making as much as they could8. National War Labor Board-brought all of the war workers together so they dont go on strike-their motto was "Together we win"9. Why the Homefront helped win the war10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats-build faster and more manuverable ships-US navy radio operators tried to intercept German radio trasmissions-if you itercept it, you can figure out where German's U-boats are-Convoy System- many ships moving at once (mechant ships surrounded by destroyers)11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic-Chuchill and Roosevelt knew about the importance of intelligence gathering-the US and GB shared information-RADAR provided meants of detecting vessels and aircraft above the surface-HF/DF (Huff-Duff)- used to lcate the sources of enemy radio transmissions such as submarines-ULTRA and MAGIC- code breaking secrets\-ULTRA was GB-and MAGIC was US-these gave us the advantage of knowing what the enemy was doing but they didnt know what we were doing-Enigma- system in which Germany trasferred their information through codes12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)-Lebensraum-Hitlers invasion of the Soviet Union-he wanted Ukrainefor the farmland-the defeat of the USSR would further isolate the Allies-wanted the oilfields in the Caucasus mountains-he didnt trust Stalin because there was propaganda saying Stalin was going to attack Germany-it was the greatest land war in recorded history, began at 3:30 am on June 22,1941-the main front would eventually expand to 1490 miles-at one time, the Germans occupied some 900,000 miles of Soviet territory-the German army in the USSR was split- this battle was seen as Hitlers biggest mistake-Battle of Moscow took place on october 1941-Hitler had made taking over moscow a big accomplishment13. Battle in Africa and Italy-Erwin Rommel was known as the Desert Fox-he is considered as the best german general-he was later killed for planning to assasinate Hitler-Operation Torch- the american invasion of French North Africa on November 8, 1942-we were fighting the Germans, Italians, and the Vichy french-by mid 1943 we had defeated them-we invaded Morocco-Casablanca Conference- we said that we would not make peace, we would only accept Germanys unconditional surrender14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, BradleyGeorge C. Marshall--Cheif of Staff of the US miliary during WWIIGeorge Patten--he believed that if you can carry a weapon and be able to walk you can fight15. 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 US29. Why did the allies win WWII?-Henry Kaiser built many ships and he owned many companies and hired women to help make ships for the war-the United States was able to make for supplies than any other country which led to the allies winning WWII
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