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WORLD WAR II
Chapter 36
WWII AMERICA INVOLVEMENT
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Attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii by Japanese Kamikazes.
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Surprise attack, peace medals awarded within a the
month prior to the attack.
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Angered Hitler because he wanted to keep
America neutral so that he could invade England.
Political Cartoons
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War Production Board (WPB)
• American factories produced and enormous amount
of weaponry (guns and planes). The WPB halted
manufacturing of passengers cars and
shifted those materials to producing war items.
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act.
• It authorized the federal government to take control
of certain business. Washington took control of the coal
mines and, railroads. The majority of American workers were
committed to the war effort.
Manpower and Woman-power
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With the draft of Americans, Immigrants were brought
from Mexico (1942) called braceros to harvest fruit and
grain from the West.
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Nearly 216,000 women were enlisted in the armed forces.
Queen Elizabeth II
Mechanic WWII
Minorities in WWII
• 1.6 million blacks left the south to seek jobs in the war plants
in the North.
• A. Philip Randolph led a massive negro march to
Washington in demand of equal opportunities for blacks in
this time of war.
– The Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)
forbade the discrimination of minorities.
• About 25,000 Native Americans served in the armed forces.
"code talkers"
AFFECT OF THE WAR AT HOME
• The war did not affect Americans greatly, they were not in the
middle of fire.
• The war stimulated the economy.
Japan - the rising sun
• Japan attacked not just
Pearl Harbor but launched
attacks on Eastern
Strongholds and American
outposts (Guam, Wake,
Philippines)
• An attack was led by
General MacArthur lasting
5 months before
surrendering.
• My May, 1942 Japan had
complete control of the
Philippines.
Rising sun
• V - buy and hold War Bonds.
• I - Pay willingly our share taxes.
• C - Provide adequate life insurance and saving of
our future.
• T - Reduce our debts as much as possible.
• O - Buy only what we need and make what we
have last longer.
• R - Follow ration rules and price ceilings.
• Y - Cooperate with our Government’s wage
stabilization program.
High Tide at Midway
• May 1942 naval battle fought in the Coral Sea.
America & Australia against Japan.
• On June 1942 Japan retreated after loosing 4
carriers; Admiral Chester Nimitz directed a small
skillful invasion against Japan.
• Midway was the turning point of the Pacific war.
War bonds cartoon
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Island Hopping
• The Americans were “leapfrogging” to Tokyo;
they were capturing nearly islands, setting up
airfields on the, . And then neutralizing the nee,y
base though heavy bombing.
• Admiral Chester Nimitz coordinated the effort of
of the island hopping.
Turning point for the
USSR
• Hitler’s main naval vessels were the U-Boats;
allies used bombs from boats to sink the
submarines.
• In October 1942 Britain drove the Nazis back to
Tunisia (this was done vie Bernard Montgomery
(british) . Marshal Rommel (German))
• In September 1942 the Soviets captures
thousands of German soldiers. (this was the
turning point0
USA, UK, & USSR
America, France, & Africa
• President Roosevelt wanted to take France
back, they devised a plant to go upwards from
North Africa.
• The invasion was the mightiest waterborne up to
history; Germany/Italy were trapped in tunisia
(may 1943)
Italy falls
• January 1943 Roosevelt & Churchill meet at
Casablanca. They agreed on steeping up their
Pacific war strategy, they invaded Sicily;
Mussolini surrendered in September 1943.
• Germany refused to surrender Italy over to the
Allies. They massacred Italian civilians that
surrendered.
• On May 2, 1945 thousand of Italian soldiers
became POW.
Sicilia
D - Day
• June 6, 1944
• Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin meet in Teheran
IRan to plan the final blow that would take down
the Nazi regime.
• The USSR attacks germany form the East, the
Allies form the West.
• Normandy France was chosen because it wasn't
heavily guarded. (General Eisenhower was given
command)
FDR
Fatality... Hitler
Atomic Bomb
The Allies Triumphant