US Homefront:Why we won the war?-Henry Kaiser- had factories that pumped out a lot of goods1. Selective Training and Service Act■instituted the draft■first peacetime draft■war was upon us■needed men■used unitl 1973 to fill military needs■after 1973 US depended on volunteers2. Women's role in WWII■worked in factories■took over mens jobs■Rosie the Riveter◦represented women workers in wwii■nurses■became secretaries and typers■farm workers■waitresses■bus/taxi drivers■Army◦WAC- womens army corps■Navy◦WAVES■Airforce◦WASP- Womens army service pilots■Tokyo Rose- she was a US citizen in japan, convicted of treason3. African-American's role in WWII-same as white men but with discrimination-Tuskegee Institute- group of african american airmen- bombed places4. Asian's role in WWII-same as white men but with discrimination5. Hollywood's role in WWII-entertained troops-put out propaganda films-make people hate germans and japanese-made us look strong and powerful and unbeatable-Kilroy- worked in docks... put his symbol on ships6. Office of Price Administration-administered price control-made sure prices didnt skyrocket-rationed goods-sugar and meat-broke rations into A B andC stickers- depended on occupations-truckers had T stickers- unlimited-black market for fake stickers-ration book with stamps7. War Production Board-encouraged factories to produce a lot and be very efficient-did a good job because we did produce a lot8. National War Labor Board-tried to make sure owners of factories and workers got along well-couldn't afford to have people go on strike9. Why the Homefront helped win the war-producing materials10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats■Germans went undersea because the British boats above water were too good■u boats- german subs■battle for atlantic- control the atlantic- control trade to britian■how did we fight back◦speed◦intercepted german transitions/allied intelligence◦convoy system- ships travelling in large numbers◦germans did this too-called them wolf packs◦hunter/killers◦depth chargers- underwater bombs11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic■Radar- detected vessels above water■HF/DF- detected vessels under water■ULTRA-codename for the intercepting of german code■MAGIC- codename for the intercepting of japanese code■enigma-system in which germany transferred their info through codes■bombe- machine that broke the code12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)■Germany invades Soviet Union◦believe that the country that dominated this area would rule for years◦lebensbraum-needed room◦despised the ethnic slovs in USSR◦good farmland◦people slaves◦believed it would isolate the allied powers◦wanted oil fields in caucasus mts◦hated stalin-didn't trust him■Operation Barbarosa-◦greatest land war in recorded history◦HItlers greatest mistake (invading USSR)◦June 22nd 1941◦millions of soviet people died◦Germans did really well at first◦winter sets in and germany starts not doin so hot■German wehrmacht (Army)◦Army group north- Leningrad◦Army group centre- Moscow◦Army group south- Stalingrad■Battle of Moscow◦germans never got there- 12 miles away◦Hitler thought this was key to take over USSR◦hitler got angry about losing◦fired the commander in chief and hitler took over command◦hilter got all crazy◦started firing the older experienced officers because they were questioning him- surrounded himself with young unexperienced officers■Seige of Leningrad◦surrounded and bombarded the citiy◦one of the largest seiges in history◦supply line got cut off to the people in the city◦starving people◦reports of cannibalism◦birds, rats, pets were eaten by people◦started to get gangs on the street that would kill and eat people◦formed a special police unit to fight cannibalism◦Battle of Stalingrad ended the seige13. Battle in Africa and Italy■Erwin Rommel- The Desert Fox◦best german general◦name was involved in hitler assassination◦killed by nazis■Bernard Montgomery- Monty◦Britian General■George Patton◦ United States General◦known for treating soldiers really rough◦defeated germans in africa◦died in a car crash in germany-Operation Torch- british american invasion of french north africa-by mid 1943 we had defeated the germans italians and the vichy govt-lots of tanks in the desert fightingITALY-took sicily- used as a base to attack mainland-very mountainous- hard to fight-italian govt surrendered pretty quickly-came to our side- not necessarily free- still had german troop thereCasablanca Conference- Jan 1942-we would only accept and unconditional surrender from germany14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley■Marshall-chief of staff of US military during wwiiEisenhower- general of all allied powers15. D-Day-Operation Overlord-June 6th 1944-operation overlord-allied invasion of nazi controlled france-2 phases- 1. airborne asssault landing of 24000 british, american, canadian, and free french airborne troops shortly after midnight. 2. water landing of allied infantry and armored divisions on the coast of france starting at 6:30- had decoy operations to distraact germany-largest amphibioud invasion-atlantic wall- coastal forts with machine guns the ran along western coast of europecommanders-ike-patton-bradley16. Battle of the Bulge-winter of 1944-45-right on the border of germangermanys last ditch effort-huge undertaking-lost of casualties-malmedy massacre- 86 american troops were killed-worst battle for usHITLERS SUICIDE-married eva braunpoisoned himself and shot himself17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over18. VE Day19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,20. Navajo Code Talkers21. Doolittle's Raid22. Manhattan Project23. Hiroshima bombing24. Nagasaki bombing25. VJ Day26. Yalta Conference27. Nuremburg Trials28. Japanese Internment Camps in
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