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Transcript
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

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

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




Franklin Roosevelt
Germany


Joseph Stalin
United States

Axis Powers
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union


Italy


Adolf Hitler
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



Red Stamps


No guarantee available
“A” Most, “B” War Workers, “C” Auto req. for job
“E” and “T” Emergency Vehicles
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
Established to
protect U.S. from
any loyalty may
have to Japan

and Oregon
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