Download Chapter 25 World War II

World War II
1939-1945
APUSH
Part II
Allied vs. Axis Powers
• Allied Powers:
Great Britain, France, USA, Soviet
Union
• Axis Powers:
Germany, Italy, Japan
Selective Service
• U.S. Fought WWII in two fronts; Atlantic &
Pacific
• 5 million volunteers not enough to
effectively wage war
• Selective Service added 10 million soldiers
• What was the role of women & minorities
in the war effort?
Women in WWII
• Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC)
• Allowed women volunteers to join the
military and serve in non-combat positions
• How did women help out on the home front
during WWII?
• Took over jobs left behind by men
Minorities & WWII
• WWII created problems in armed forces
• As minorities rushed to enlist the military
was pressured to end discrimination &
segregation
• Despite poor treatment many minority
groups continued to serve in U.S. Military
A. Philip Randolph
• Organized march on
Washington to protest
discrimination in
military & industry
• Met with FDR who
issued order for end of
discrimination in
industry
• Why was it so important
to end discrimination in
industry during WWII?
Industry during WWII
• Many AfricanAmericans & women
work industrial jobs for
the first time
• Support for war time
industries just as
important as support for
war itself
• Women and Minorities
proved they are just as
capable in factory work
as white men
“Rosie the Riveter”
Economic Conversion
• Economy must shift to totally support war
effort
• Factories converted to war production
• Mechanical pencils = bomb parts
• Bedspreads = mosquito nets
• Less chrome on cars
• Increased ship building
Rationing & Price Controls
• Rationing of rare
goods to conserve
resources during
WWII
• Meat, sugar, coffee
• Shoes, metal, gasoline
• Price controls to stop
inflation
• War Production Board
(WPB) Rationed fuel
& materials vital to
war effort
• Office of Price
Administration (OPA)
fought wartime
inflation by freezing
wages, prices and rent
Japanese Internment
• After Pearl Harbor many innocent Japanese
Americans are sent to internment camps
• Hypocritical?
• Many Americans falsely thought Japanese
immigrants were spies
• 110,000 Japanese Americans put in 10
“relocation centers”, mostly on the West
Coast
German Blitzkrieg
• Nazi military Strategy, quick moving
military attacks
• Based on surprise and use of overwhelming
force
Battle for the Atlantic
• Hitler order’s U-boat
attacks on U.S. ships
• Hitler’s goal was to
cut off Europe from
U.S. supplies
• Allies use convoy
ships with sonar to
defeat Axis powers
and take control of
Atlantic
D-Day
• June 6, 1944
• Began the Battle of Normandy
• 3 million allied troops invade Nazi
controlled Northern France
• Commanded by Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Land-Sea-Air assault
• Allies liberate France from German control
Allied troops landing at Normandy
The Fall of Berlin
• April of 1945 the Soviet Army marches into
Berlin, Germany’s capital
• German citizens and the gov’t panicked
• Hitler commits suicide
• May 8, 1945 Allies celebrate V-E day
• FDR dies on April 12, 1945
War in the Pacific
• Early on Japan dominate the Pacific WWII
theater
• U.S. Navy is devastated from surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Midway is the turning point
• Allies slowly begin to take territory back
from Japanese & move closer to Japan
Battle of Midway
June 3, 1942
• Turning point in the Pacific War
• Allies break Japanese code & knew the
small island of Midway was next target
• Caught Japanese off guard & destroyed 4
aircraft carriers and 250 combat planes
• How does the United States end WWII in
the Pacific?
• What are the scientific, economic, and
military implications of using nuclear
warfare?
The Atomic Bomb
• Dropped Hiroshima &
Nagasaki, Japan
• Why did U.S. feel forced
to use nuclear weapons?
• Why was FDR not apart
of this process?
• Who became President
after FDR died?
Harry Truman
• 200,000 people die in
Japan
WWII Propaganda
• For each poster answer the following two
questions:
• Who is the poster’s target audience?
• Most important/appealing aspect of the poster
• After viewing all the posters answer the
following question:
• Which Poster is most effective in getting its
message across?
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