Transcript World War II Battles and End

World War II
The Greatest Generation
The International Peace
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“Nothing succeeds like excess”
Winston Churchill
• more men
• more money
• more weapons
• more machines
• more technolog
Why America won the war
Warfare-welfare state
War Production Board
War Labor Board
Smith-Connally AntiStrike Act
Office of Scientific
Research &
Development
(Manhattan Project)
Women
African American
NAACP
CORE
Fair Employment
Native Americans
Mexicans
(zoot suit)
Korematsu vs. U.S. 1944
Doing Without - Again!
• Depression: Do without
• WWII: Do without
• ...just wait until the 1950s - there won’t
be any doing without then!
Ken Burns: The War
What was the strategy
of the Americans?
Flash Map of
European
Theatre of
WWII
Dear Mrs. Hoback,
We regret to inform you that your son Sergeant Raymond Hoback, son
Colonel John Hoback, and son Pvt William Hoback were all killed in action
on June 6, 1944. Our grateful nation acknowledges your sonsХservice and your
familyХs sacrifice. The United States military extends extreme sympathy to your
family during this time of grievance.
Sincerely,
The President of the United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What If....
Election of 1944
Battle Film
MacArthur Returns!
• THE CENTURY IN REVIEW
• WALTER CRONKITE
• WAR
Atomic Bomb
August 6 and 9th,
1945
Truman had been
president for about 40
days....