Selective Training and Service Act 1940
first peacetime draft in us history (we were not at war)
used until 1973 to fill military needs
After 1973 US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
basically forcing people to join the military
Women in WWII
women can help the war by working in the factories
Rosie The Riveter- represented women workers in WWII
they could do a lot more than working in the home
women also were nurses to soldiers
Waitresses, time keepers, elevator operators, teachers...
every branch in the gov, had a section for women
WAVES- womens navy
WASP- womens army service pilots
African American women also worked in factories
African- Americans In WWII
half a million served in europe
not allowed white soldiers
USO- United Service Organizations
provided entertainment for the soldiers in the war
presented performances all over the world to troops
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War Production Board
regulates America's supplies and puts limits on supplies
rationed things they needed for the war
National War Labor Board
helped workers get more rights in the eight hour day
How the US homefront help win the war
we made so many products that helped the war
women, africans, asians helped a lot
hollywood played important role in keeping spirits up
How we Fought Back
Convoy System- german U boats would go out and single out merchant ships going to GB with supplies and get them down with battle ships
british changed the codes halfway through so the germans couldn't decipher it
through the use of sonar we would figure out where german u boats were and we would avoid them
--Intelligence Gathering
magic was for US and it was for deciphering japan's codes and evaluate the message
we knew what they were doing
ultra was the british decipherer same thing as magic-- germany's messages
we gave germany false info. on D-Day
Allied Inteligence was top secret
Enigma- germany transfered messages through codes
we also had weapons that would go after german u boats
depth charges
Operation Barbarosa
Why did hitler invade the soviet union- wanted the land, despised the slavs (russians), wanted the farmland, use people for slave labor, he thought stalin was going to attack him at one point
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