1. Georgia’s War Effort

2. Axis Powers Germany (Leader: Adolph Hitler)
Italy (Leader: Benito Mussolini)
Japan (Leader: Hideki Tojo)

3. Allied Powers (WINNERS!!)
Great Britain (Leader: Winston Churchill)
United States (Leader: FDR)
Soviet Union (also known as Russia) (Leader: Joseph Stalin)

4. World Leaders
Adolf Hitler

5. World Leaders
2. Benito Mussolini

6. World Leaders
3. Joseph Stalin

7. World Leaders
4. Hideki Tojo

8. World Leaders
5. Emperor Hirohito

9. World Leaders Revisited
6. Winston Churchill

10. World Leaders
7. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

11. Holocaust
Means “sacrifice by fire” is the term used to refer to the murder of over 6 million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps.
Auschwitz, Buckenwald, Dachau, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen infamous concentration camps where Jews and others were executed

12. Nazis Invade Poland
September 1, 1939

13. Aggression in Asia and Africa

15. FDR Intervenes…but not officially
Destroyers for Bases
Lend-Lease Act
Tracking U-Boats

16. Before U.S. entered the war their contributions consisted of…
Providing Lend-Lease aid to Great Britain and Soviet Union (Russia)
Lend-Lease Act: U.S. sent billions of dollars worth of supplies to Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, & China-in return these countries gave the U.S. base rights in these countries military bases.
Refused to export planes, plane parts, & sell gasoline to Japan.
U.S. seized Japanese property in U.S

18. Pearl Harbor “The day that will live in infamy”
This day led U.S. into WWII

19. A Day That Will Live in Infamy
December 7, 1941
An effort headed by Hideki Tojo and supported by Hirohito, Japan surprise attacked the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii.
2400+ killed, wounded, 4 battleships sunk, 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 188 aircrafts
Goal of Japanese?

22. War Mobilization FDR declares war on December 8, 1941
Before Pearl Harbor, FDR had already approved the first peace time draft. Mobilization efforts now move forward full throttle.
Needs according to FDR
185,000 airplanes
120,000 tanks
Draft (Army reached a total of 1.5 million by Pacific Theatre).

23. Stalingrad,

24. D-Day: June 6, 1944

25. Military Bases in Georgia
Fort Benning in Columbus
Camp Gordon in Augusta
Fort Stewart and Hunter Air Field in Savannah
Flew blimps along the southern Atlantic coast in search of German subs

26. Taken at the Brunswick shipyard

27. POW Camps
Many military bases in GA housed thousands of German, Austrian, and Italian soldiers
Over 4,000 stationed in GA
Some prisoners when released chose to stay in Georgia
Many were scared of what they would find when returning home

28. American Soldiers identify new German POWs in Europe

29. German POWs stop for a picture while working on a local farm in Georgia

30. Agriculture
Farmers planted peanuts, grew vegetables, and raised livestock
Most farmers saw a huge increased income
Victory Gardens

31. Bell Aircraft Company Located in Marietta, GA Assembled b-29 Bombers
Finished 668 plane
Employed thousands of Georgian workers

32. Bell Aircraft finished planes being inpsected

34. Home front Rationed food items Donated blood
Students made candles for Great Britain
Planted victory gardens

35. Shipyards Built Liberty Ships in SAVANNAH and BRUNSWICK
Simple cargo ships, almost 200 ships in all
Many workers were women

37. Women Contributions: Serve as nurses & clerks Serve as test pilots
Helped build B-29 Bombers

38. Carl Vinson “Father of the two-ocean navy”
Served 25 consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from
Helped to expand the U.S. Navy during this time period by creating bills that built new Navy bases & ship building factories.

39. Richard B. Russell Served in the U.S. Senate for 38 years
Helped improve the military preparedness of the United States by increasing the military budget & helping to create additional military bases in GA

40. FDR-Warm Springs, Georgia
Mineral waters of Warm Springs helped his polio
FDR died of a major stroke in Warm Springs, Georgia
Vice President Harry Truman became president

41. The War in the Pacific
1942: Japan expanded its territory throughout the Asian Pacific region
1945: Allied forces began to retake Japanese controlled lands
Japan refused to surrender

42. Finally ending WWII…
President Truman authorized the use of atomic bombs to force Japan’s surrender
Enola Gay: plane that dropped first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Japan surrendered after a second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Over 50 million people died in the war