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The Homefront WWII

Facts you GOTTA KNOW! WWII affected every aspect of American Life Americans were asked to make sacrifices in support of the war effort and the ideas for which we fought

WWII Ended The Depression Factories and workers were needed to produce goods to win the war

Rosie the Riveter Thousands of American Women took jobs in defense plants during the war

Racial Barriers The need for workers temporarily broke down some racial barriers Although discrimination continued, many African Americans were hired to work in defense plants

Rationing Americans at home supported the war by conserving and rationing resources

War Bonds US paid for war by selling War Bonds/ Liberty Loans.

Paying for the War

Paying for the War

Paying for the War

Japanese Americans Many Japanese Americans served in the Armed Forces Many others were treated with distrust and prejudice and forced into internment camps

Propaganda

Victory Gardens Victory Gardens were a big thing during WWII. Americans were encouraged to grow and can as much as they could. The food from farms was needed for the war effort.

Scrap Metal Drives

Americans of All Ages Helped Out

War Agencies Women’s Auxillary Corps (WAC) War Production Board (WPA) National War Labor Board (NWLB)

World War II

Battles of WWII Use pages 775-790 War in Europe Battle of the Atlantic Berlin (V-E Day) North Africa Italian Campaign War in the Pacific Battle of the Coral Sea Philippines Kamaikaze Manhatten Project

A Grand Alliance The Big Three Great Britain (Winston Churchill) The U.S. (FDR) The Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) Strategies for War Defeat Germany first

The Pacific Theater: Early Battles American Forces halted the Japanese advances in two decisive naval battles. Coral Sea (May 1942) U.S. stopped a fleet convoying Japanese troops to New Guinea Japanese designs on Australia ended Midway (June 1942) Japanese Admiral Yamamoto hoped to capture Midway Island as a base to attack Pearl Harbor again U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz caught the Japanese by surprise and sank 3 of the 4 aircraft carriers, 332 planes, and 3500 men.

Importance of Midway The Japanese defeat at Midway was the turning point in the Pacific. Japanese advances stopped. U.S. assumes initiative. Japanese have shortage of able pilots. Censorship and Propaganda News of the defeat was kept from the Japanese public.

Turning Points of the War: The Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of the war. The German Army (Wehrmacht) had already lost 2 million men on the eastern front. In 1942-43, a German army of over 300,000 was defeated and captured at the Battle of Stalingrad. The Germans then lost the battle of Kursk and began a long retreat. The Red Army crossed into Poland in January 1944.

Turning Points of the War: Western Front Operation Torch (1943) Allied victory in North Africa and invasion of Italy. D-Day: Operation Overlord The Allied needed to establish a second front. General Dwight Eisenhower launched an invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. An invasion fleet of some 4,000 ships and 150,000 men (57,000 U.S.) Invasion successful. 5,000 killed and wounded Allied troops. It allowed them to gain a foothold on the continent from which they could push Germany back.

Race to Berlin D-Day was the turning point of the western front. Stalingrad was the turning point of the eastern front. The British, U.S., and Free French armies began to press into western Germany as the Soviets invaded eastern Germany. Both sides raced to Berlin.

Victory in Europe Mussolini was captured and killed by Italian partisans and Hitler committed suicide in April 1945, as the Russian troops took Berlin. Germany surrendered unconditionally on May 7, 1945 (V-E Day). Fighting in the Pacific would continue until August.

The Beginning of the End in the Pacific Yamamoto is assassinated by the U.S. (April 1943) Loss of Saipan (August 1944) “the naval and military heart and brain of Japanese defense strategy” Political crisis in Japan The government could no longer hide the fact that they were losing the war. Tōjō resigns on July 18, 1944 Intensive air raids over Japan Iwo Jima (February, 1945) American marines invaded this island, which was needed to provide fighter escort for bombings over Japan

A Grinding War in the Pacific In 1945, the U.S. began targeting people in order to coerce Japan to surrender 66 major Japanese cities bombed 500,000 civilians killed Battle for Leyte Gulf Total blockade of Japan Japanese navy virtually destroyed Kamikaze (divine wind) flights begin Okinawa (April, 1945) All 110,000 Japanese defenders killed U.S. invaded this island, which would provide a staging area for the invasion of the Japanese islands.

Atom Diplomacy FDR had funded the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb Dr. Robert Oppenheimer successfully tested in the summer of 1945. FDR had died on April 12, 1945, and the decision was left to Harry Truman. An amphibious invasion could cost over 350,000 Allied casualties.

Turning Points of the War: The Pacific August 6, 1945 – Enola Gay drops bomb on Hiroshima 140,000 dead; tens of thousands injured; radiation sickness; 80% of buildings destroyed August 9, 1945 – Nagasaki 70,000 dead; 60,000 injured Emperor Hirohito surrenders on Aug. 14, 1945. (V-J Day) Formal surrender signed on September 2 onboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay