- Women's role
-Women were afraid to get big muscles by working in the factories.
-Women started to take over the factories so we could produce more supplies.
-They wanted women to help in the war by farmworking, salespersons, busdrivers, messengers, teachers, and lots more.
-Women did more than work in factories. Every branch of the military had a branch for women. They would do mapwork and everything except fighting.
-Lots of women did stay home
-WAVES (Women's Navy) they did everything that was non combat.
-WASP (Women's Army Service)- Women for the army
-WAC (Women's Army Core)- Women in the army
- Factories-War Production Board
-Encouraged mass production of goods.
-We won because of our production of goods.
-Became a world power due to our military and economic power.
-They wanted to make as much as they can.
-National War Labor Board- They wanted workers and owner's to work together. They wanted them to put aside their differences during the war so we can win the war more easily.
- War bonds
-They helped the United States pay for the war.
-The people who bought them were lending money to the government for the war then will get interest afterwards.
- This was a huge part of world war 2. It payed for the war.
- Japanese relocation camps
- When america put Japanese people who lived in america into camps.
-We were afraid if they were spies.
-None of them ended up being spies only caucasion's were caught spying
-They had to pack up their homes and then were sent to the camps
-They were given jobs and were paid and were able to play sports and go to school
-Bill Clinton officially appologized to the Japan people acknowledging how they did everything wrong
- Propaganda
-Persuading people to do something
- Propogandas were war bonds, enlist, Make US look good and germany look bad,and do your part today
- War rationing-Office of Price Administration
-It made it so each family had an opportunity for food and were limited
-Each family was issued a book
-Each family could have 5 gallons of gas per week. You were given one of 3 stickers depending on your importance to your war.
- Hollywood in WWII
-The number one goal of Hollywood in WW2 played a vital roll making the enemies look stupid and make us look good to get people into the war effort.
- The story of "Kilroy was here"
-They would build ships. They would put flags on the ship to keep track of their hours. Then a guy named Kilroy was fed up with people taking out his flags and then he started drawing a cartoon and would write Kilroy was here. Hitler and those guys were afraid Kilroy was a spy.
US Fighting:
-US in Africa
- Took place in North Africa and we were there for about 6 months. Germany, Italy (Axis Powers) vs Great Britain, United States (Allies). We fought there for resources and control of the Mediterranean sea.
-US in Italy
-It would cause the Germans to have to move troups over there if we invaded France. Hitler really wanted to keep France. We decided to invade Italy and not France because they were weaker. The Italian government surrendered after a couple months. It wasn't until about a month or 2 before the world was over until Italy was free form France.
-D-Day
- The invasion of Norman D France. The main goal was to force Germany out of France. Eisenhower was the supreme Allie leader. It took place on Omaha beach. It was the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. Happened on June 6, 1944. Germany made the Atlantic wall in the ocean and concrete wall on the hill. In this battle the 3 American Generals were Ike, Patton, and Bradley. 3 of the best generals America has ever had.
-US bombing of Germany
- Great Britain and the US bombed Gemany every day and every single night trying to soften them up by taking out communication and factories and railroads that took supplies.
-VE Day and the story of Germany surrendering
- It was estimated 1 million people would lose their lives with the invasion of Japan.
DAY 2
-Battle of Coral Sea
- Naval Battle. happened down by Australia. It was a battle off air craft carriers by having planes fly off them. The first battle Japan didn't clearly win.
-Generals
-Nimits (The navy), MacArthur (Army, Most famous)
-Battle of Midway
- HUGE victory for the United States. We knew Japan wasn't going to win after midway. We demolished their navy. We kept producing when Japan wasn't able to after the battle. We knew this was coming through hearing it through radio (Magic)
-Battle of Iwo Jima
-Month long battle. One of the bloodiest battles in the pacific. Japan knew there was no way they could win but the commander said they will fight to the death. We won.
-Battle of the Philippines
- the baton death march was the 2nd worse atrocity to Americans. Many died. They were being transfered from one camp to another. Japan won this battle.
-Battle of Okinawa
-It was important to take over because it was really close to Japan. This was the first island that we took from Japan that was truly a Japanese island.
-Kamikaze
-Suicide airplane that would fly into US ships. Tried to change the tide of the war but it didn't. They were destroying airplanes and couldn't replace them.
-Navajo Code Talkers
-Transferred our codes and nobody knew them so it couldn't be translated.
-Manhattan Project
-Albert Ienstien wrote a letter to FDR saying how important the Atomic bomb was. J Robert Oppenheimer was put in charge by Groves who was an army general. Groves wasn't to happy about this but realized it was very important. He hand picked Oppenheimer even though he was a communist. They tested the bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. First bomb ever to go off. Trinity test was the name.
-Hiroshima bombing
-Used a U235 bomb. There was no airplane strong enough because the bomb weighed 10-20 thousand pounds. The Enola Gay was build for this bomb. Named after the pilots mothers maiden name. Paul Tibbits was the pilot. They nicknamed the bomb "little boy". 80,000 were killed instantly, and many more died from fires. Many also died from the radiation afterwards.
-Nagasaki bombing
-Was dropped a couple days after Hiroshima bomb. It was called "Fat Man". This bomb was more powerful but caused less causalities because Nagasaki was surrounded by mountains. About 50 thousand people died instantly. About everything went wrong with this bomb. They were about ready to run out of gas so they had to drop it fast.
-VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering
-Victory over Japan day. Happened after the atomic bombs.
-Yalta Conference
- 8 day conference where FDR, Churchill, and Stalin tried to get Hitler to surrender. They decided to break Germany into 4 zones. Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe. He lied and forced them to become communist. Stalin also promised to join the war against Japan after war with Germany was over.
-Potsdam Conference
-Stalin, Churchill and Atly, and Truman. It focused on punishing Germany making sure they could never do what they did ever again. They would have to be more democratic and reduce military and the Nazi's were disbanded. They told Germany they cannot export war goods.
-Island Hopping
-Invade the bigger and more important islands and then the smaller less important islands will surrender because they are surrounded.
-Indochina
-Became Vietnam
-Germany
-Goals of the occupation of Germany. Demilitarization, denazifiaction, and democrification. Reduce size by 25%. Removal of German populations remaining beyond the new eastern borders. Destroy industries that made war materials. The postdam declaration: stated that if japan didn't surrender it would face "prompt and utter destruction"
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