A Country at War Chapter 13 World War II & Utah

The World Scene U.S. struggling through the Depression Countries in Europe and Asia at war Germany-Adolf Hitler Invades France, Poland, Russia, Persecuting Jews Japan wants to expand empire Invades Manchuria, China & other countries

Pearl Harbor Sunday, December 7, 1941 Japanese attack U.S. warships in Hawaii The following day Pres. Roosevelt & congress declare war on Japan 3 days later Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.

The Attack Pearl Harbor Lay out

Nations Combine Allied Forces Great Britain Winston Churchill Soviet Union Joseph Stalin United States Franklin Roosevelt Axis Powers Germany Adolf Hitler Italy Mussolini Japan Emporer Hirohito

WOMAN & WWII Women made airplanes, guns and worked on the railroads during WWII.

Woman Cont… Women also volunteered to be nurses and secretaries.

UTAHNS STAY INFORMED Newspapers, Newsreels and Radios kept Utahans informed during WWII.

PENICILLIN A valuable antibiotic drug first used during WWII.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT The largest employer in Utah during the 1940s Hill Air Force Base Ogden Arsenal Fort Douglas

Utah in Good Position to HELP 1) Open spaces for training pilots. 2) Natural Resources. 3) Well educated work force. 4) Defense facilities. 5) Inland-far from either coast 6)Good transportation system

IMMIGRATION INCREASES During World War II to find jobs.

GENEVA STEEL Will be built in Utah to make steel for warships.

Many things such as sugar, butter, and rubber were rationed during the war.

Rationing Coupons Gasoline No guarantee available “A” Most, “B” War Workers, “C” Auto req. for job “E” and “T” Emergency Vehicles Red Stamps 64 meat, fish, dairy Blue Stamps 48 processed foods

TOPAZ Japanese-American Internment Camp Located Delta, Utah housed thousands during WWII.

Most People in Topaz were from the West Coast California and Oregon Established to protect U.S. from any loyalty may have to Japan

NAVAJO CODE TALKERS Helped the U.S. win the war The Japanese never broke code.

There were many American POWs General Depot, Ogden Salina, Central Utah