US Homefront:
1. Selective Training and Service Act 1940
- Fist peacetime draft in US history- because we were not in the war yet
- Used until 1973 to fill military needs- after Vietnam
- after 1973, US military depends on volunteers to fill needs
2. Women's role in WWII
- Traditionally just stayed at home, and were thought not to be as strong as men - worked in factories, red cross,farm workers, waitress, teachers, bus drivers, messengers, laundresses, conductors, jobs that men traditionally had -Rosie The riboter- used in propaganda
-waves- woman's navy- many worked in the military, not directlyl but in training, testing, etc
3. African-American's role in WWII
- many of them volunteered to fight in ww2, they fought pretty good, the were segregated because they thought that they could not fight as well.
- Tuskegee Airmen- were the most famous- great bombing campaigns, showed that African American were good fighters, they really proved themselves in ww2
4. Asian's role in WWII
- many volunteered, they had to wear badges, that way they would be thought to be original Japanese soldiers.
- If they did not fight they would stay at home and work in factories, and stuff.
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
Started making a lot of movies showing how bad the German's were- propaganda- Bob hope- he worked with the U.S.O to help the troops to entertain the troop- no profit, still around today, since 1941.
- watch candy man video from Cristina Aguilera
6. Office of Price Administration
- they were in charge of everything that consumers needed.
- They would ration gasoline- 4 gallons, food, etc.
- People were given different stickers, a b sticker you would get more because you helped the war effort
- C- doctor you would get more
- T- truck driver transportation unlimited amounts of gasoline
- also a black market came about with everything that was being rationed.
7. War Production Board
- Production that we made as much as we possible could for the war
- encouraging people to do everything for the war
- Started by FDR.
8. National War Labor Board
- Started in WW1- made sure that workers and businesses got along.
- Not good that the workers, and businesses were at strike at war time because the war really become to supplies
- Made sure that the owner, and the worker got along, with the watching of the government.
- They regulated transportation, and communication was used in ww2
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
- Made a ton of war, and supplies,
- Importance of the women, and taking over jobs
- Hollywood- keep the war positive
- It really comes down that we just made way too much. We overwhelmed the other people. With all the supplies that we made.
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
- The Germans were sinking tons of Allied Ships, it just kept on increasing, and increasing.
- Ultra was the one that helped out with this because the we were able to know what was going to happen
- Built ships that we could out run.
- HF/DF we would be able to figure out were the German U-boats were located- underwater radar.
- Convoy system- travel in large numbers with merchants ships in the middle, and surrounded by armed ships.
- Enigma Machine, they would type there information on this, and we would intercept the message, The bombe would deciphered the German codes
- Depth Charges- They big barrels of explosives,
- Airplanes specifically designed to attack U- boats
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
- Copied German machines
- Cryptanalyst were the ones that were in charge and made everything happen
- Ultra The name that British code name for the intercepting and differing of German Codes.
- They had to send messages in codes, because otherwise we would be able to know what they were planing
- Magic was the name for Japans codes
- Spying was a big part in the war
- One of the big reason that we won the war was because we knew what they were doing and they did not know what we were doing.
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
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The German invasion of The Soviet Union by Blitzkrieg. - He did it for lebensraum, or living space for the Germany people in Ukraine.
- He despised the Ethnic Slavs, and he hated communism.
- Wanted Ukraine for farmland
- If German could take over the Soviet Union that the U.S would not get into the war, because it would be seen as the U.S fighting alone against Germany and Allies.
- He showed propaganda that they Soviets were going to take over Germany, so it was like a defense attack
- Stalingrad, Leningrad, and Moscow were the Cities that were the main targets.
- Winter saved the Soviet Unions because German was not ready for a winter war
- More people died In the battle of Stalingrad, and Leningrad then in in the whole war.
- The Soviets ended up winning.
- Hitler believed if he was able to take over all those cities that he would be able to take over the country.
- Millions and millions of people died in the Battles.
- After Moscow Hitler took over the Military. got 12 miles away from Moscow
- The siege of Leningrad- blockading the city, and bombarding it hoping to get people into submission
- People started eating each other, they were worried that people would kill them for food. over a million people died, mostly starvation and sickness.
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
- Africa was the first place that we would Fight Germany Nov, 1942 was when we invaded Africa
- was called operation torch. - The British- American invasion of French North Africa started on November 8, 1942
- By mid 1943 we had defeated the Germans and Italians.
- Stalin put pressure on us to invade France, to take pressure of the Soviets, but we were not ready for that yet, so we started off in Africa
- We started of with Italy because it was the week underbelly , so that was the second place we attacked, Sicily.
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
- Patton- Died in a car crash- he was a Major U.S general in WW2 fought in Africa and later on in Europe
- George C. Marshall- Was second in charge of everything. was the guy behind the desk making all the decisions, he was every ones boss, but the Presidents.
- Dwight Eisenhower-nick name was ight. He was the supreme commander of all allied forces Later went on to be president.
- MacArthur- U.S general Against Japan
- Nimitz- General of the Navy was the head of the navy against Japan
- Bradley- U.S general in ww2 was involved in D-day invasion, and in Africa
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
- Invasion of France.
- Was one of the biggest days in u.s History
- Operation overlord, U.S, French, Canadian, and British forces took over France.
- Divided on two faces and air force troops and an amphibious landing
- there was also decoy operations
- June 6, 1944 was when D-day happened
16. Battle of the Bulge
- Hitlers last attempt to break the Allies front lines.
- Massive offensive for Germany.
- Hitler was making the Major decisions so he had issues with his mind
- He believed that if he could force the Allies to the sea, that we would be so upset with them that we would give up.
- Eventually we stopped it and we pushed them back.
- Called Bulge because there was a bulge in the front lines.
- This battle was the worst for the U.S
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
- He died of a cerebral stroke
- Truman was in charge of the atomic bomb bombing.
- He had to deal with the post war economy
- was one of the most unpopular presidents after his presidency
- When FDR died Hitler thought they had a chance, within weeks he killed himself.
- The Atlantic Wall
- Hitlers plan to prevent D-day from happening.
18. VE Day
- May 8 1945 victory in Europe day,
but the war was not over yet, we still had to defeat Germany
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
Island Hoping- Military action against Japan were we invaded stratigic important islands and skipped the others. Hit the bigger more strategic island jump over some island hit some jump some until you hit Japan. Saves time money, and Lives.
- We never invaded Japan because instead we dropped atomic bombs.
21. Doolittle's Raid- They bombed Japan, it was a mission to bomb pearl harbor. It was all about hurting the Japanese moral and improving our good moral. Militarly it was not very good becase we were no really achieving anything.
22. Manhattan Project- code name for the developing of the atomic bomb. Trinity was the code name for the first atomic that was made in war history.
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in
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