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Early Difficulties. Chapter 27 Section 1. A . Strengths and Weaknesses Axis Controlled areas Better Prepared Spread out all over Small production supplies. B. Mobilizing for War 1943– 486,000 workers building war goods 300,000 aircraft 88,000 landing craft 215 subs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Early Difficulties

Chapter 27 Section 1

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• A. Strengths and Weaknesses– Axis Controlled areas• Better Prepared• Spread out all over• Small production supplies

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• B. Mobilizing for War– 1943– 486,000 workers building war goods• 300,000 aircraft• 88,000 landing craft• 215 subs• 147 aircraft carriers

– Unemployment dropped to 1.2%

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• War Production Board– Changed factories– Taxes– Rationed goods

• Raising an Army– 18-45 years old• 12 million needed

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• C. War in the Pacific– Japan bombs bases in the Pacific– Douglas MacArthur commanded in the Philippines• Had to retreat

– Bataan Death March• 70,000 involved• 10,000 died

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• D. Halting the Japanese Advance– Chester Nimitz• Pacific Fleet is salvageable

– Battle of Coral Sea– Battle of Midway– Guadalcanal

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• E. Early fighting in Europe– 500 ships sunk off of US coast– North Africa• Erwin Rommel/Desert Fox

– Stalingrad• Germans were surrounded in city• Lost 200,000 men

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The Home Front

Chapter 27 Section 2

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• A. Promoting the War– Blue Star-War– Gold Star-KIA– Office of War Information• Made movies• Put out info about war

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• B. Life during Wartime– Millions grew gardens• Victory Gardens

– Blackouts during war• Civilian enforcement

– Air Raid Drills

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• C. Rosie the Riveter– 1940-1944—6million women employed

• D. Discrimination– Blacks put in segregated units– Women in workplace– Zoot Suit Riots• Mexicans who served

– Japanese Internment—119,000

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Victory in Europe

Chapter 27 Section

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• A. Allied attacks in the Mediterranean– Nov 1942—Operation Torch– Patton led the Americans in North Africa– Allies Force Italy to sign treaty• Mussolini fled to Germany• Rome fell June 1944

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• B. Sea and Air assaults– Battle of the Atlantic• Used Sonar• 1944—Allies control Atlantic

– RAF Bombings over Germany

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• C. Operation Overlord– Invasion of France• Planned by George Marshall

– D-Day June 6, 1944• Sword• Gold• Juno• Utah• Omaha

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• D. Holocaust– Genocide of 6 Million Jews– 2/3 European population– Final Solution

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• E. Defeating Germany– Battle of the Bulge—200,000 vs 80,000• Dec 1944—Germans retreating 100 miles/day

– Yalta Conference• Big Three met to divide Germany

– Race to Berlin• April 30—Hitler offs himself• VE Day—May 8th

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Victory in Asia

Chapter 27 Section 4

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• A. Pacific Offensives– Island Hopping• Tarawa—1000 killed• Saipan—3400 killed

– Philippines– Leyte Gulf• Largest and most decisive

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• B. Victory in the Pacific– Tokyo Firebombing—Feb 1945• 20,000 Japanese died

– Okinawa• April 1945• 49,000 Americans Killed• 100,000 Japanese Killed

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• C. The Atomic Bomb– Manhattan Project• Einstein• Oppenheimer

– Enola Gay• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

– September 2, 1945• Japan surrenders on USS Missouri

• D. Cost of War– 30 Million dead– 1 trillion dollars