-The US Homefront
Women's role: During WWI many men were hurt, which kick-started the theme of women getting into the workforce. Women worked in factories during WWII. 90% of the women serving in the military worked as search-light operators.
Factories,War Production Board: There were many factories during WWII which gave the U.S. a huge advantage because of all the materials and supplies they had.
War bonds: Everyone in the U.S. was assigned war bonds according to how much each person was with. The government would pay them back at the end of the war with interest.
Japanese relocation camps: Any Japanese person in the U.S. was sent to a camp because there was a possibility they were spies, and could not be trusted.
Propaganda: Posters, movies, music, and many other things were all aimed at publicizing the war, and the war effort.
War rationing,Office of Price Administration: The government controlled how much food, clothes, and various resources to everyone in the U.S.
Hollywood in WWII:
The story of "Kilroy was here": Graffiti that was used to display what people were low on in rations and other resources.
-US Fighting:
US in Africa
US in Italy
D-Day
US bombing of Germany
VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of the Philippines
Battle of Okinawa
Hiroshima bombing
Nagasaki bombing
VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering
Yalta Conference
Potsdam Conference
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