1. Selective Training and Service Act
- Instituted the draft!
- First peacetime draft in US History
- Used till 1973
2. Women's role in WWII
- (Rosie the Riveter)
- Nursing
- Working in factories
- Typists, waitresses, bus drivers, etc
- Women's Navy / WASP (test planes)
- "Tokyo Rose" Iva Toguri (taunted troops)
3. African-American's role in WWII
- Not seen as equals yet
- Many were in the war but were segregated
- Weren't allowed on the front line (thought couldn't handle it) at first
- Used as janitors, etc first
- Tusegee Airman proved they could fly
- If didn't fight, worked in factories / farmed
4. Asian's role in WWII
- After Pearl Harbor, they were forced to leave their homes
- Many of them volunteered to serve in the war to prove their loyalty
- Had to wear tags so they knew they were Japanese Americans
5. Hollywood's role in WWII
- Bob Hope - entertained the troops (comedian)
- Looney Tunes!
- USO
- Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, The Rockettes
6. Office of Price Administration
- Set up by FDR
- Before involved in WW2
- Set up how much the ration coupon books were supposed to allow people to buy
- No toys because they weren't allowed steel
- No silk or nylon
- Gas rationed
- 4 gallons of gas per week
7. War Production Board
- Kept up with supplies for WW2
- Made sure we made as much as we could!
8. National War Labor Board
- Help stop fights / arguing between companies
9. How the US Homefront helped win the war
- Women stepped up; war production
- Hollywood; kept troops entertained (kept war positive - propaganda)
10. How US/Allies fought back against U-boats
- Able to make a lot of ships
- Changed our Navy Code so couldn't determine where we were
- We sunk a bunch of their U-boats
11. Intelligence gathering--Ultra/Magic
- (Spying)
- Ultra/Magic - Broke their codes so knew where they were going; what they were going to do!
- Ultra (Secret) -- German code (BY BRITAIN)
- Magic -- Japanese code (BY US)
- Speed
- Convoy System - power in numbers
- Huff Duff - radio below surface
- Radar
12. Operation Barborossa(USSR vs Germany)
- Ordered him to cut off production
- Lebenraum (living space in Russia for German people)
- Wanted for farmland
- Could use the people as slave labor
- Isolate the Allies
- Hitler was getting bored..
- German Army in USSR was split:
- 1. Army Group North whose main goal was Leningrad
- -it's a siege, not invade
- 2. Army Group Center whose main goal was Moscow - key city - made hitler mad
- -he took over and made military decisions, german officers started to go against hitler
- 3. Army Group South
13. Battle in Africa and Italy
Africa:
- Started on May 11th
- Invasion of Marraco
- German General: Erwin Rommel - turned on Hitler; committed suicide
- Benard Montgomery: British General
- US & Canada invaded Cicily
- Allies wanted to move into main Italy - 1943
- Wanted to get city of Naples
- Allies won
- Rome next - 1944 got control
- Florence
- August 25th got through Gothic Line
14. US Generals-
Marshall:
- Organizer to victories, given Noble Peace Award
Eisenhower:
- D-Day Invasion
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
29. Why did the Allies win WWII?
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