march 29

selsctive training and service act 1940

first peace time draft in usa history

used until 1973 to fill military needs

after 1973 us military depended on volunteers to fill needs

 

gerorge c marshall cheif of tstaff of the is military druin

US Homefront:

 henry kaiser owned the company to make ships indutriluste help us win the war other ppl couldnt keep up

 

 

2. Women's role in WWII

 rosie the riveter

represeanted women workers in WWII poster child said u can still look good but role up ur sleaves and work in the factories alot of women became nusres druing WWII women were the providers for america and they had to do alot of sacrfice

3. African-American's role in WWII

 males worked in the factories and they were in WWII but segregated

4. Asian's role in WWII

 tokyo rise iva toguri was an american citizen in japana nd she played songs on the radio tryin to get ppl hiome sick many were in the war and worked in factories

5. Hollywood's role in WWII

 

6. Office of Price Administration

 

7. War Production Board

 

8. National War Labor Board

 

9. Why the Homefront helped win the war

 

10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats

 

11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic

 

12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)

 

13. Battle in Africa and Italy

 

14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley

 

15. D-Day-Operation Overlord

 

16. Battle of the Bulge

 

17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over

 

18. VE Day

 

19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,

 

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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