US Homefront:
1. Selective Training and Service Act 1940
- Fist peacetime draft in US history- because we were not in the war yet
- Used until 1973 to fill military needs- after Vietnam
- after 1973, US military depends on volunteers to fill needs
2. Women's role in WWII
- Traditionally just stayed at home, and were thought not to be as strong as men - worked in factories, red cross,farm workers, waitress, teachers, bus drivers, messengers, laundresses, conductors, jobs that men traditionally had -Rosie The riboter- used in propaganda
-waves- woman's navy- many worked in the military, not directlyl but in training, testing, etc
3. African-American's role in WWII
- many of them volunteered to fight in ww2, they fought pretty good, the were segregated because they thought that they could not fight as well.
- Tuskegee Airmen- were the most famous- great bombing campaigns, showed that African American were good fighters, they really proved themselves in ww2
4. Asian's role in WWII
- many volunteered, they had to wear badges, that way they would be thought to be original Japanese soldiers.
- If they did not fight they would stay at home and work in factories, and stuff.
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
Started making a lot of movies showing how bad the German's were- propaganda- Bob hope- he worked with the U.S.O to help the troops to entertain the troop- no profit, still around today, since 1941.
- watch candy man video from Cristina Aguilera
6. Office of Price Administration
- they were in charge of everything that consumers needed.
- They would ration gasoline- 4 gallons, food, etc.
- People were given different stickers, a b sticker you would get more because you helped the war effort
- C- doctor you would get more
- T- truck driver transportation unlimited amounts of gasoline
- also a black market came about with everything that was being rationed.
7. War Production Board
- Production that we made as much as we possible could for the war
- encouraging people to do everything for the war
- Started by FDR.
8. National War Labor Board
- Started in WW1- made sure that workers and businesses got along.
- Not good that the workers, and businesses were at strike at war time because the war really become to supplies
- Made sure that the owner, and the worker got along, with the watching of the government.
- They regulated transportation, and communication was used in ww2
9. Why the Homefront helped win the war
- Made a ton of war, and supplies,
- Importance of the women, and taking over jobs
- Hollywood- keep the war positive
- It really comes down that we just made way too much. We overwhelmed the other people. With all the supplies that we made.
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
- The Germans were sinking tons of Allied Ships, it just kept on increasing, and increasing.
- Ultra was the one that helped out with this because the we were able to know what was going to happen
- Built ships that we could out run.
- HF/DF we would be able to figure out were the German U-boats were located- underwater radar.
- Convoy system- travel in large numbers with merchants ships in the middle, and surrounded by armed ships.
- Enigma Machine, they would type there information on this, and we would intercept the message, The bombe would deciphered the German codes
- Depth Charges- They big barrels of explosives,
- Airplanes specifically designed to attack U- boats
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
- Copied German machines
- Cryptanalyst were the ones that were in charge and made everything happen
- Ultra The name that British code name for the intercepting and differing of German Codes.
- They had to send messages in codes, because otherwise we would be able to know what they were planing
- Magic was the name for Japans codes
- Spying was a big part in the war
- One of the big reason that we won the war was because we knew what they were doing and they did not know what we were doing.
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
14. US Generals-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Nimitz, Bradley
15. D-Day-Operation Overlord
16. Battle of the Bulge
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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