U.S. Prepares for War-”Cash and Carry “ policy begins
to allow warring nations to buy US arms, as long as they paid cash & transported them in their own ships
-Axis Powers formed J/G/I
-Selective Service begins draft process (in case of a 2 front war)
-Roosevelt seeks third term & wins
-Lend-Lease policy begun to help supply allies-Arsenal of Democracy GB had NO money
-Atlantic Charter signed between U.S. and Britain becomes basis for United Nations
resembles 14 points of Wilson
Hitler’s Mistake
-Battle of Britain has stalled
-June 1941 Germany attacks Russia
-early success but then stalemate
-Russian winter sets in and halts advance
-Now war is on two fronts
U.S. enters the War
-U.S. has embargo on Japan for actions of Aggression in the Pacific (J hoped to unit all of East Asia) Japan could not live w/o our Oil.*Defeating J w/o firing a shot
-U.S. had warning of a possible Japanese attack somewhere
- Early Dec. 7th, 1941 Pearl Harbor Hawaii is attacked
“day that will live in infamy”
-U.S. declares war on Japan and then Germany, Italy declare war on U.S.
*For 1 ½ hrs, J was barely disturbed by US Guns*Killed 2,400 Americans*wounded 1,178*Sunk/Damaged 21 HUGE Battleships*Destroyed 300 Aircrafts*More Damaged combined than all WWI
Americans in the Service
-millions volunteered and millions more were drafted: Selective Service System Expanded
-GI’s went to basic training for 8 weeks
-Women’s Auxiliary Corps
thousands volunteered- served in Nonbattle/Non Combat positions
-Minorities served in segregated units- not allowed combative roles until last year of the war
Tuskegee Airmen 1st all AA Air force, Africa
Life on the Home Front= Production Miracle
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials ex: automobile plants retooled to produce tanks/planes
WWII brought the US out of the Great Depression!
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
-newsreels
Life on the Home Front
-Scientists are mobilized: to bring into the war effort
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project) : intensive program to build an atomic bomb in shorter than 3 yrs
*Albert Einstein warned against it
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter” icon for women in the workforce- propanda
-Entertainment propaganda
-newsreels
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda
Life on the Home Front
-War Production Board
industries were retooled to make war materials
-Scientists are mobilized
radar, sonar, penicillin, atomic bomb (Manhattan Project)
-women stepped into many war materials jobs
“Rosie the Riveter”
-Entertainment propaganda: Hollywood churned out War propaganda films
Government Control-Inflation controlled by price
freezes
-many products rationed to conserve resources :Coupon books to be used for buying such scare items- meat, shoes, coffee gasoline
-income taxes increased
-War Bonds sold –loaning the Gov’t $
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???
Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price freezes
-many products rationed to conserve resources
-income taxes increased
-War Bonds sold
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???
Government Control
-Inflation controlled by price freezes
-many products rationed to conserve resources
-income taxes increased
-War Bonds sold
-Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. United States
discriminatory policy???
German
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS4MiXrDsBE