World War II Part 2

World War II Part 2

• 1.
  Americans in Wartime To win the war Americans needed to support and supply the armed forces
• 2.
  At Home TrainTroops Government Controlled Production War Production Board Factories shift from consumer goods to war goods Rationing Limits on certain goods
• 3.
  Women Replaced Menin the Workforce Rosie the Riveter Symbol of American women’s contribution to the war effort Women and Men- equal pay
• 4.
  Discrimination African AmericansFDR ordered businesses to hire African Americans Japanese Americans “relocation camps”
• 5.
  The Tide TurnsAllies agreed to defeat Germany and Italy first Allies push Germany back in North Africa Invade Italy from North Africa Soviet army pushes German army west out of Eastern Europe
• 6.
  Operation Overload Invasionof Europe D-Day June 6, 1944 Invasion of France at Normandy By September 1944 all of France was free
• 7.
  Victory in EuropeFDR dies before the end of the war Vice-president Harry Truman becomes president Germany surrenders to Allies V-E Day (victory in Europe)- May 7, 1945
• 8.
  War in thePacific August 6, 1945- atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan 140,000 people killed or injured August 9, 1945- 2 nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan 40,000 people killed September 2, 1945- V-J Day (victory in Japan)
• 9.
  Cost of WorldWar II 30 million – 60 million people killed Houses, factories and farms destroyed Holocaust- (slaughter of Europe's Jews) Nazi Death Camps Nuremburg Trials Nazi leaders put on trial 12 leaders sentenced to death
• 10.
  Effects of WorldWar II New Country Boundaries New Nations End of Western Colonization Europe Split into Western and Soviet Cold War