US Homefront:
1. Selective Training and Service Act
-First draft in history.. younger people sent to war
2. Women's role in WWII
-played a huge role
-did factory work, were nurses..
3. African-American's role in WWII
-many were drafted
-the Tuskegee Airmen proved that they can fight and fly really well
4. Asian's role in WWII
-were discriminated against
-had to wear war tags
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
-the USO was entertainment to the people
-Looney Tunes
6. Office of Price Administration
-establshed in 1941..by FDR
7. War Production Board
-made sure the work got done
8. National War Labor Board
-established by FDR, make sure work labor is smooth..
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
-woman in the war.. factory work, nursing..
-Hollywood made the war positive..propganda
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
-the US sunk a lot of the boats
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
-we used codes to intercept and desipher
-shorted war by 4ish years
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
-Germany invaded the Soviet Union
-largest invasion in histroy..costly
-Leningrad, Stalingrad, Moscow
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
-werte involved in operation torch--invasion of morocco
-got control of morocco
-tank warfare was popualar
-Italy was invaded by ships and airplanes
-Allies won
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
-Marshall..cheif of staff in US army
-Eisenhower..supreme allied commander
-Patton..officer, known for leadership, fought in Africa
MacArthur..general against Japan
Nimitz..was an admiral for the navy
Bradley..another famous general, was involved in D-Day
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
-when Allied troops on Omaha Beech
-operation overlord
-June 6, 1944
-about 10,000 allied casualties.. (6,600 US)
16. Battle of the Bulge
-very cold
17. FDR Dies-Truman takes over
18. VE Day
19. Battle in the Pacific-Island Hopping, Philippines, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinawa,
20. Navajo Code Talkers
21. Doolittle's Raid
22. Manhattan Project
23. Hiroshima bombing
24. Nagasaki bombing
25. VJ Day
26. Yalta Conference
27. Nuremburg Trials
28. Japanese Internment Camps in US
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