1. Selective Training and Service Act
Required all capable men to sign up for the military and they were required to fight if called upon.
2. Women's role in WWII
Propoganda pieces emphasized women getting jobs to help the war effort.
3. African-American's role in WWII
Contributed to the count of soldiers, however were still segregated.
4. Asian's role in WWII
Asian soldiers had to wear tags stating that they were American soldiers.
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
Looneytunes, troop entertainment, Bob Hope, news reels played in between movie showings
6. Office of Price Administration
Organized the ration coupon books, tried to help people conserve consumables.
7. War Production Board
To make sure that they kept their supplies production augmented during the war.
8. National War Labor Board
Help cease arguments between employee's, employer's, and companies.
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
Supplies, weapons, positive propoganda
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
Speed, used ULTRA, Convoy, RADAR, HF/DF, Depth Charges
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
Deciphered enemy encryption methods
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
Largest Military Action ever, Lebensraum, hated Slavs, Ukraine for farmland, defeat of USSR would further isolate the Allies, oilfields and Caucasus mountains, did not trust Stalin, Western Front fighting was over (besides GB)
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
Operation TORCH-Morocco Invasion, tank warfare
Invaded Sicily, mountainous terrain
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
Marshall: Chief of Staff, Secretary of State, "Organizer of Victory"
Eisenhower: supreme Ally commander (leader of all Ally troops), commander of NATO, later became president
Patton: officer in WWI, fought in Africa and Europe
MacArthur: chief of staff for army, Pacific front, medal of honor, Commander of UN forces in the Korean conflict
Nimitz: leader of the navy, Pacific front
Bradley: born in poverty, dad died early, fought in Africa then Europe
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
Overlord-Normandy landings, Allied invasion of France, June 6, 1944
16. Battle of the Bulge
Most costly battle for the US, Malmedy Massacre,
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
FDR died from a stroke just after starting 4th term
Truman decided to drom atomic bombs
18. VE Day
Victory in Europe day, day of the surrender of the Axis Powers
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
Island Hopping- skipping heavily armed islands and taking over the weaker ones
Philippines- Bataan Death March, Japanese lost 3 aircraft carriers, Japan lost
Coral Sea- May 4-8, Japan vs. US and Australia, turning point in the war against Japan
Midway- intercepted Japanese messages and prepared ourselves accordingly, first serious defeat of Japan
Guadalcanal- first battle with US taking the offensive, August '42-February '43, invasion of an island
Iwo Jima- US offensive, southern coast of Japan, Japanese dug into the hills
Okinawa- invasion (similar to Iwo Jima)
20. Navajo Code Talkers
See my Blog
21. Doolittle's Raid
See my Blog
22. Manhattan Project
Making of the atomic bomb, Oppenheimer, Trinity (bomb testing)
23. Hiroshima bombing
Radiation sickness, massive amounts of death, boiling skin, Uranium bomb
24. Nagasaki bombing
Meant to be dropped elsewhere, but had to drop on Nagasaki due to cloud cover, Plutonium bomb
25. VJ Day
Victory in Japan Day, August 14, 1945
26. Yalta Conference
Conference where the heads of government met to talk about the post-war world, Germany into 4 occupation zones, Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe, Stalin promised to join the war with Japan, set up a conference about the United Nations
27. Nuremburg Trials
War-crime trials in Germany, many people were sentenced to death and/or imprisonment
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
29. Why did the Allies win World War 2?
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