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World War II1939-1945
APUSHPart II
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Allied vs. Axis Powers
• Allied Powers:
Great Britain, France, USA, Soviet Union
• Axis Powers:
Germany, Italy, Japan
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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Industry during WWII
• Many African-Americans & 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”
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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
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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
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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
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German Blitzkrieg
• Nazi military Strategy, quick moving military attacks
• Based on surprise and use of overwhelming force
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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
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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
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Allied troops landing at Normandy
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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
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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
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Battle of MidwayJune 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
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• How does the United States end WWII in the Pacific?
• What are the scientific, economic, and military implications of using nuclear warfare?
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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
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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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WWII Propaganda
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WWII Propaganda
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WWII Propaganda
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WWII Propaganda
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WWII Propaganda
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