WWII

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    Volunteerism of WW2

    Patriotic americans invested their time volunteering for red cross making bandages,knitting socks,and collecting books to send to the troops
    -celebrities boosted sales for war bonds and other warfame endorsements
    -Red cross also sent provisions to help soldiers
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    Navajo Code Talkers

    During WW2 the marine corps used one of the thousands of languages to create an unbreakable code
    -No other country had american Indians who spoke Navajo it was an unwritten language it saved thousands of american lives because nobody could break the code

  • Axis Power

    The reason Germany,Italy,and Japan joined together and formed an alliance (called the axis power also known as "The Tripartite Act")
    -The Tripartite Act aimed at keeping the U.S. out of the war
    -Under the treaty each axis nation agreed to defend the others in case of an attack

  • Allied Powers

    Allied powers were Great Britain, France,then Russia later joined June 1941 and in Dec. 1941 the U.S. joined
    -Britain and France fought when Germany invaded Poland
    -Russia joined after the German invasion of the U.S.S.R
    -The U.S. joined the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor

  • Lend Lease Program

    The purpose was to provide U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WW2
    -Factories needed more and more workers to build war machines and helped decrease unemployment
    -Selling weapons and supplies brought in lots of revenue to help end the great depression.European countries didnt have to pay back debt until after war,and only paid for what they salvaged

  • Pearl Harbor

    The morning of this day Japanese bombed the island of oahu in 2 waves of airplanes
    -Damage destroying/Damaging 18 U.S. ships and more than 260 airplanes and killed or injured around 6,000 americans
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    Flying Tigers

    Flying Tigers were recruited to send supplies and to engage in combat with Japanese pilots

  • Omar Bradley/George Marshall

    5 star general ,comander 2nd corps in tunisia

  • Tuskegee Airmen

    Tuskegee Airmen were the 1st group of African American fighter pilots in the U.S. army corps WWII
    -The Army had resisted using black men as pilots
    -The created a segregation unit for them

  • war bonds

    Known as debt securities for the purpose of financing military operations during war time,The bonds yield a mere 2.9 percent return after 10 year maturnity living in the united states with a median income during WW2 meant earning about $2,000 a year despite the wars hardship

  • WAC

    Members of the womans army corps were the first other than nurses to serve within the united states army

  • WAVES

    During WW2 WAVES was a acronym for Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service
    -Waves let woman work on planes and fly planes in the continental U.S.

  • Volunteerism of WWII

    The highschool victory corps program emphasized an entirely supplemental war time education
    -They trained them for war both male and female were required to enroll in a war effort class

  • Dwight Eisenhower/Gorge Patton

    Dwight Eisenhower served commander of the allied forces in western Europe
    -5 star and second highest passintal rank given, the go ahead for a massive invasion of europe called the operation D-Day
    -Gorge Patton was senior officer of the U.S. Army who who commanded the u.s 7th Army in the mediterrneon and europe by the end of ww2 which he died