Testing today. possibly 3 per day? Z->AIts raining. So the tennis meet was postponed to may 10th. thats quite the postponement.WW2 Part 2 test questions.1. Selective Training and Service Act1940-First peacetime draft in US history (passed before we were in war)-Used until 1973 to fill military needs, and afterward the military depended on volunteers to fill needs2. Women's role in WWIIhomefront. factories, etc. across the way, nurses.3. African-American's role in WWIIsoldiers, mechanics, etc. did just as much as the common white soldier. but segregated.4. Asian's role in WWIIagain, like the African-Americans, did just as much as the common white soldier.5. Hollywood's role in WWIIentertainment and propoganda - morale6. Office of Price AdministrationOffice of Price Administration was set up in 1941 to administer price controls and rationing goods-Food rationing included restrictions on sugar and meat; clothing rationing restricted silk and nylon-Gas became rationecd in May 1942 on the East coast and was limited to 5 gallons per week-Half of the nation's automobiles were issued an A sticker, common person, allowing 4 gallons per week. B stickers were supplementary allowance for war workers, and C stickers were vital occupations such as doctor. Truckers had T stickers for unlimited amounts.-Many fake stickers were made, and 32,000 people were arrested for it-Once your stamps were gone for the week, you had to wait because you could only get so much-There were many laws with ration books. If you die, someone has to return your book to the ration board-You had to wait in long lines to get things-Horse meat was not rationed, so you could get as much as you wanted7. War Production Boardencouraged production in factories8. National War Labor Boardkept peace between employees and employers.9. Why the Homefront helped win the warproduced a ton of stuff, made new stuff, helped with morale, etc10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boatsMade radarsU-boat/submarine-Battle of the Atlantic was mostly about controling the seas and shipping lines and trying to prevent stuff from getting to Great Britain-Germany went under the water to have success at the high seas because United States and Great Britain had control of the top of the seas-By intercepting German radio transmissions (code) you could figure out where the u-boats were located and avoid them-Convoy system (power in numbers) you would go in a group and be surrounded by battleships and destroyers-U-boats could get a few ships but most would go through-HF/DF was used to locate the source of submarines-Hunter/Killer ships and airplanes that were specifically designed to go after u-boats-Depth Charges were bombs that would sink a submarine and cause an underwater explosion11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magicradars; we could see our enemies comingUltra for GB, Magic for US.Once we knew were U-boats were located we would take a different route-Enigma was the machine that Germany used to transfer their information through codes-Eventually intercepted Enigma codes12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)germany's attack on russia, wanted to be done in 6 months, took a lot longer, bloody battles and cannibalism and such, and when all seemed lost for soviets, winter came and germany was pushed back.13. Battle in Africa and Italyitaly's fight for controling africa. against us, too.Erwin Rommel (The Desert Fox) was the hed German in Africa-Bernard Montgomery-Monty and George Patton didn't like each other and had a competition going to see who could beat Rommel first-George Patton defeated Rommel and goes down in history as a great US General-Operation Torch was the code name for the British-American invasion of French North Africa on November 8, 1942 (invaded Maracco)Casablanca Conference (January 1942) 'we will not make peace, we will only accept Germany's unconditional surrender'-FDR and Churchill-After Africa we turned our attetion to the Mediteranian Islands-Italy was a major part of the war for the American soldiers-Italy was the "soft underbelly of Europe" according to Churchill and thought we should attack them-Once Italy surrendered they became allies of ours14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradleya number of big-headed generals.Marshall: head honcho, only below FDREisenhower: supreme commander of us forces in europePatton: Italy, AfricaMacArthur: islands, and korea; asiaNimmits:Navy against japan15. D-Day-Operation OverlordUS, etc, attack on the shores of france. bloody and insane, but we eventually won.1.Airborne assult landing of 24,000 British, American, Canadian, and Free French airborne troops shortly after midnight-2.Amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armored invasion on the coast of France starting at 6:30am16. Battle of the BulgeLast major offensive by the Germans-Felt if they got to the sea they could split Allied forces up and get back to France-We eventually stopped them and pushed them back-Over a million men were involved in the battle-The Malmedy Massacre, where 86 American soldiers were murdered, was the worst atrocity committed against American troops during the course fo the war in Europe-Worst battle in term of losses to the American forces in WWII-Hitler and his wife Eva Braun comitted suicide the same day17. FDR Dies-Truman takes overwhy, yes, yes he does.18. VE DayVictory over EuropeMay 8, 1945-War was over in Europe (but not Japan)-Nazis gave up-People were excited19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,*-Island Hopping is a military strategy in the South Pacific. The idea was to hit more important islands, skip a couple, hit another one, etc. until you get to Japan.-The smaller islands inbetween would eventually surrender because they're surrounded and can't get supplies.-Island Hopping saves money, time, supplies, and live.United States Navy defeated Japanese Navy-Japan's Navy suffered heavy losses and never recovered from the battle (they were never the same)-Magic played a big role in the Allied victory-Midway was the major turning pointWe were trying to take the Philippines after losing it to Japan earlier-After this battle Japan didn't really have much of a Navy left-MacArthur returned to the Philippines in September 1944We lost more American lives at Iwo Jima then on D-Day-There were two flag raising, first on February 23, 1985-They raised the second flag on Mr. Suribachi because they felt the first flag was not large enough*-Okinawa; we were bombing Japan a lot once we got to Okinawa which was extremely close to Japan20. Navajo Code Talkerscould not be broken, unless by a native speaker. lovely.-Transmitted our messages over airways in Navajo language (not many non-natives knew the language)-Kept our information secret-Code talkers received no recognition until the declassification of the operation in 1968-August 14, 1982 started "Navajo Code Talkers Day"-Gold medals were presented to the familites of 24 code talkers no longer living, and the 4 that were still alive21. Doolittle's RaidJames Doolittle; famous pilot-April 1942-Roosevelt ordered the attack even though it wouldn't make any headway in the war, it would just show a moral boost-Went to attack Japan-Led to the Battle of Midway-Bombers were stripped down (things taken out) as much as they could, even taking out machine guns, to take off from ships-Many of the bombers eventually landed in China-Forced Japan to be a little more agressive, but other than that did nothing militarilly22. Manhattan Projectthe developement of the atomic bomb. los alamos, alamagordo, etc.23. Hiroshima bombing70,000 dead immediately, 30,000 more in the weeks to come, form horrible radiation and injuries.24. Nagasaki bombinganother 60,000 dead, only a few days after hiroshima.25. VJ Dayjapan surrendered soon after the nagasaki bombing. emporer hirohito spoke to his people for the first time during the war on the radio.26. Yalta ConferenceRussia, GB, and USChurchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin got together In February 1945-The fate of post-war Europe was decided at the conference-A few months later Roosevelt diedYalta Conference Compromise:-Germany would be broken into four occupation zones (US, GB, France, USSR) (later split into two parts until 1991)-Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe (lie, Stalin took over Eastern Europe and for a while they were Communist)-Stalin promised to join the war against Japan after war with Germany was over (he did the day after the war with Germany was over)-Have a conference at San Francisco to set up the United Nations27. Nuremburg TrialsNazi war crime trials after the war in Nuremburg, Germany-Herman Goering was the leader of the Luftwafa and became leader of Germany after Hitler commited suicide. He committed suicide during the Nuremburg Trials-Without internet it was much easier to take over the media and dictate the country28. Japanese Internment Camps in USnot nearly as bad as concentration camps. we fed them, gave them jobs, allowed for fun and such; we just didnt trust them.
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