Transcript The Allied Victory in WWII

Government Controls the Economy
Agency/ Law
What the regulations did
Office of Price
Administration (OPA)
-fought inflation by freezing wages, prices and rents
-rationed foods: meat, butter, cheese, vegetables,
sugar, coffee
National War Labor Board
(NWLB)
-limited wage increases
-allowed negotiated workers benefits
-kept unions stable
War Production Board
-rationed: fuel, heating oil, metals, rubber and plastics
Department of the
Treasury
-issued war bonds to raise $ for war effort
Revenue Act of 1942
-raised wealthy American’s income tax rate
-added lower/ middle income taxes
Smith-Connally AntiStrike Act (1943)
-limited workers rights to strike during war
-president had power to control striking plants
Rationing: Consumers were only allowed to purchase a
fixed amount of particular goods.
•The OPA issues rationing coupons;
•Consumers faced shortages as a result of the war;
• Ex. gas, sugar, butter, meat
• No new cars were produced after 1942.
Rationing
Coupons for
sugar.
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Propaganda – A biased communication
designed to persuade an audience to think or
behave in a certain way.
 Propaganda is used for a variety of reasons
throughout WWII.
Propaganda is used to encourage rationing…
Paying for the War
Propaganda is used to encourage people to buy
war bonds to pay for the war.
Paying for the War
Propaganda was used for many reasons…
The wartime demand for goods ended the Great Depression
and unemployment fell.
General Eisenhower talking with troops before D-Day
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Battle of the Atlantic
 Hitler tries to cut off supplies to Britain
 U.S. organizes convoys of cargo ships, with navy
support, to get supplies safely across the Atlantic
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The Eastern Front
 Hitler invades the Soviet Union in 1941;
▪ Stopped by cold weather
 Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
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Stalingrad was a major industrial center;
Luftwaffe bomb, city burns, hand-to-hand combat
Soviets hold out till winter, then counter-attack
Germans surrender Jan. 1943 – a major turning point in the
war
Naval ships and planes gave
support to convoys traveling
through the Atlantic.
Battle of Stalingrad;
1942
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Stalin pressures FDR/Churchill to open a second
front in Western Europe
 Instead, Allies invade N. Africa led by Gen. Eisenhower
 Afrika Corps, led by Gen. Rommel, surrender May,
1943.
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Italian Campaign (p. 573), read and answer:
 Why do you think FDR/Churchill agreed to only accept
unconditional surrender by the Axis powers?
 What happened to Mussolini?
 Describe what happened at “Bloody Anzio.”
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In 1943, the Allies began making plans to invade France;
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the invasion
forces;
The Allies choose to strike on the coast of Normandy, in
northwestern France
Code Name: Operation Overlord
June 6, 1944 – U.S., British and
Canadian forces storm the
beaches of Normandy;
 Troops are met with machine
guns, rockets and cannon fire;
 Heavy losses are sustained;
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 2,700 American troops lost
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Allies retake Paris within a month
 Gen. Patton – led army forces
 Gen. Omar Bradley– led air forces
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You are a soldier preparing to launch onto the
beaches of Normandy.
 What are you thinking?
 What have you done to prepare?
 What fears do you have as you are about to
launch?