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Mobilizing for Defense Section 25*1 Americans Join the War Effort • Selective Service drafted 10 mil GI’s • Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps – Formed to meet additional labor needs – Only worked in non-combat positions Americans Join the War Effort • Recruiting and Discrimination – Live in segregated bases – Restricted from combat duties – Japanese serve as interpreters A Production Miracle • Industrial Response – Factories converted to war production – Shipyards function at record speed A Production Miracle • Labor – Women replace men as labor source – A. Philip Randolph • Protest for equal labor rights for Afr. Amer. • FDR issued executive order for equality A Production Miracle • Office of Scientific Research & Development – Improved use of radar and sonar – Manhattan Project researched atomic weapons Federal Government Takes Control • Office of Price Administration – Froze prices to prevent inflation – War bonds Federal Government Takes Control • War Production Board – Allocated raw materials – Organized collection drives The War for Europe and North Africa Section 25*2 US & Britain Join Forces • Agree to defeat Hitler first, then Japan • Battle of the Atlantic – Prevent supplies from reaching UK – Convoys and sonar help US ships survive – Allies gain control of the seas Eastern Front & Mediterranean • Battle of Stalingrad – First turning point in the war – Soviets trap Germans and cut off supplies – Germany surrenders 1/31/43 – Soviets lost 1.1 million defending city Eastern Front & Mediterranean • Operation Torch – November 1942 – Allies attempt to take N. Africa – Led by Gen. Eisenhower – German Gen. Rommel surrendered May 1943 – Morale for Allies Eastern Front & Mediterranean • Italian Campaign – “Soft Underbelly” of Europe – Allies capture Sicily – Mussolini forced to resign – Allies don’t capture Italy Eastern Front & Mediterranean • Decorated Minority Units – Tuskegee Airmen: African Americans – Japanese 442nd Combat Team was most decorated unit in US history Allies Liberate Europe • D-Day: June 6, 1944 – Massive invasion of Normandy coast • Largest land-sea-air invasion in history • German retaliation was brutal – Allies work for 3 months to liberate France • August 1944: Paris liberated • September 1944: All of France liberated Allies Liberate Europe • Battle of the Bulge – Hitler tried to cut off Allied supply lines – Germans push 60 miles into France – Germans forced to retreat, suffer heavy losses • Allies begin discovering concentration camps Allies Liberate Europe • Hitler shot himself to avoid capture • April 12, 1945: FDR dies in GA • VE Day: May 8, 1945