A Country at

WarChapter 13World 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