US Homefront:
1. Selective Training and Service Act
- First peacetime 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
- Women started working and like helping out the war so they did the factory work
- Womens most important role was to become a nurse
- They also did a lot of secreterial work
- WASP- Women's Army Service Pilots
3. African-American's role in WWII
- 2.5 millions AA's registered for the draft
- But they were still segregated
- They weren't able to fight on the front lines and were given the jobs of janitors and cooks.
4. Asian's role in WWII
- After Pearl Harbor the Japanese were forced from their home into camps.
- Many Japanese born Americans gave a chance to show their loyalty
- They had to wear tags to show they were Asian
- 3/4 of Chinese weren't segregated
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
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6. Office of Price Administration
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7. War Production Board
- The War Production board was established in 1942 to make sure they had enough supplies for WWII
8. National War Labor Board
- Was created in 1942 to stop argument between employers and employees to keep things moving
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
- DIfferent administrations were set up and the women took rolls in the factories.
- People cut back on what they used.
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
- We kept adding navy advancements and making a lot of ships to replenish the fleet. Then we changed our navy code.
- We used the convoy system. In the middle would be good ships surrounded by war ships.
- We used RADAR, HFDF (used to locate enemy radio below the surface.)
- ULTRA decifering German Code
- WE had airplanes designed to go after teh UBOATS anad UBOATS only
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
- We decifered german enscriptions. These messages were sent out throughout the world. The Italian Maffia would also spy for the US.
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany) Leningrad, Moscow Stalingrad
- It was the largest military operation in history and the only supply route through the lake so many people died because of the cold and lack of supplies. The Red Army went through Leningrad and killed 640,000 civillians. In Stalengrad German ran out of ammuniton.
- Hitler invaded USSR because he wanted Ukraine, could use the people as slave labor, the defeat of the USSR would further isolate the Allies, wantedthe oilfields in the Caucasus mountains, didn't trust Stalin-German propaganda showed that Stalin was planning to attack German, the Western Front fighting was over except for Great Britain.
- Greatest land war in recorded history
- The main front would eventually expand to 1490 miles and extend to a depth of over 600 miles
- .5 million Germans died. This battle infuriorated him.
- Hitler never invaded Leningrad but he did a siege
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
- Started May 11, 1942 which wanted to get control of Morocco with Project Torch. They did get control of Morocco, and to Tenesia which had Axis power troops in it.
- Erwin Rommel was Nazi Germany's General
- Italy: US Great Britain and Canada invaded Cicily...the allies won but the troops from theAxis were able to withdraw.
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
- Marshall was a American General, Churchill named him organizer of victory and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Eisenhower was a 5 star general and teh supreme commander to the allies in WWII
- Patten was in service before WWI-1945. He fought in Africa and in the DDAY invasion
- MacArthur was a chief of staff of the US army and was in charge in the Pacific and recieved medal of honor.
- Nimitz thought that he was going to a officer but he ended up being a navy officer.
- Bradley fought against the germans
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
- Started in France, allied invasion of Nazi controlled France. The assault was conducted in two phases. The first phase was an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, American, Canadian and Free Frenchairborne troops shortly after midnigh. The second phase was an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armored divisions on the cost of France starting at 6:30 AM. There were also decoy operations to distract the German forces from te real landing areas. The operation was the largest amphibious invasion in World History with over 160,000 troops. Roughly 10,000 allied casulaties (6600 US)
- Before DDAY an extensive system of coastal fortification buily by Germany.
16. Battle of the Bulge
- The battle of the Bulge was the largest and costliest battle for the United State and it was Germany's last offensive in the Western Fronts. It was initially succesful but ended up failing. Over a million men involved combined on both sides
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
- FDR had polio. He also found out he had major problems. One day he became unconcious and died of a stroke. FDR was just starting his 4th term
- Truman was in the military. After he became president and was in charge of dropping the bombs.
18. VE Day
- Victory in Europe day. When the axis powers surrendered May 8th 1945
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
- Island Hopping was when we would go to island to island to have bases and places to retreat to ad for stations.
- The Philippines: Bataan death march was when US Troops and Phillipines were forced to march 60 miles without water or food. The fifthe of 5 major confrontations. WE won
- The battle of coral sea was a victorry for the US. If Japan would have won, they would have taken Australlia. It was the first time Japan didn't win.
- Midway was June 4th, 1942 was widely regarded as the most important naval battleagainst Jpan. The Japaese aimed to eliminate the US asastrategic power in the Pacific and believed a victory at Midway Island would do just that. US navy decisively defeated the Japanese Navy attack against Midway Island. Japn's navy suffered heavy losses and never reccovered from this battle. Magic played a vitl role in the Allied victory.
- Guadalcanal was a long battle in the SOlomon Island Archipelago. The Guadalcanal campaign was significant strategic victory by allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theatre. Guadalcanal marked the transition by te allies from defensive operations to offensive that resultedin Japans eventual surrender and the end of WWII.
- Iwo Jima was a offensive by the US and the Japenese were dug into the island. Approixmatley 6800 people died. It gave america hope by raising the flag.
- Okinawa was a huge battle that had the most casulaties
20. Navajo Code Talkers
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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