Thursday, March 28th (U.S.)

-The US Homefront

  • Women's role
    • Rosie the Riveter - represented women workers in WWII
    • needed as farmers, typist, timekeepers, elevator operators, messangers, teachers, search light operators
    • WASP- Womens Army Service Pilots
  • Factories-War Production Board
    • lots of war goods and production
    • more production
  • National War Labor Board
    • worker and owner
    • picture of 3 hands
    • no going on strike
    • Together we win
  • War bonds
    • How we paid for the war
    • every person has to buy so many war bonds. make money off of interest down the road
  • Japanese relocation camps
    • were american citizens who were forced to sell everything and sent to relocation camps in western US
    • wasnt German concentration camps
    • kids went to school and adults had paying jobs
  • Propaganda
    • meant to pursued the american people
    • 1. Buy War Bonds
    • 2. Get people to enlist
    • 3. Make US look good and Germany Bad
    • 4. Do your part today
  • War rationing-Office of Price Administration
    • controlled distribution of resources and services
    • War Ration book
    • war rationing was so rich people couldnt buy it all and control it
    • gas, food, and resources
    • had stickers for different amounts of gas
  • Hollywood in WWII
    • propaganda
    • making germany and japan look bad
  • The story of "Kilroy was here"
    • some graffiti

US Fighting:

-US in Africa

  • Morrocco, Algeria, Egypt, Tonesia, Libea
  • Axis- Mainly Italy, but some Germany and Vishy France
  • Allied- GB, US, Free French
  • a lot of resources in africa that Italy had control of and we wanted to stop them
  • from June 1940 to may 1943
  • Operation Torch- Nov 8, 1942. we invaded two or three cities in Moroco and we took it over easily
  • Erwin Rommel- "The Desert Fox" one of the best german military leaders
  • George Patton- one of the most famous US general. leader in Africa and DDay

-US in Italy

  • First they moved into Sicily
  • mostly german and Italian soldiers there
  • surendered very quickly
  • invaded in 1943
  • Germany still controlled apenine mountains in Italy

-D-Day

  • June 6, 1944
  • Largest operation to ever take place
  • invaded France because Germany had control
  • Hitler was building the Atlantic Wall - a defense against an attack
  • we delayed it once- but not twice cuz we didnt want Hitler to find out
  • 3 commanders- Ike, Patton and Bradley

-US bombing of Germany

  • US and Royal Air Force bombed Germany
  • used fire bombs

-VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering

  • Invaded Berlin and Hitler killed himself
  • VE day was on May 8th 1945
  • when Germany surrendered

-Battle of Coral Sea

  • Kind of a draw, but we stopped their advance
  • saved Australia
  • we knew attack because of Magic
  • 1942

-Battle of Midway

  • most famous battle in Pacific
  • Chester Nimitz - Admiral of the Navy
  • next month after Coral Sea
  • Magic helped us
  • a resounding victory for us

-Battle of Iwo Jima

  • month long battle
  • bloodiest battle in the Pacific
  • bombed them some
  • they were dug in
  • Flag raising

-Battle of the Philippines

  • US territory
  • December 7, 1941 the Japanes bombed Phillipines too
  • Japan took over
  • Batan death march
  • MacArthur return to the Philippines

-Battle of Okinawa

  • did this one

-Hiroshima bombing

-Nagasaki bombing

-VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering

-Yalta Conference

-Potsdam Conference

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