America Mobilizes for war

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Chapter 25

• America Mobilizes for war

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Selective Service
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Production in America

• Prefab Construction
• Labor force kicked in and women went to work
  Rosie the Riveter

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Technologies role in World War IIPresident
set up the OSRD Office of Scientific Research
and Development
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Radar for detecting planes
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Sonar for detecting submarines
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Manhattan Project
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• Agency and Laws
• Office of Price Administration
• Fought inflation by freezing wages, prices, and
  rents
• Rationed food, such as meat, butter, cheese,
  vegetables, sugar, and coffee.
• National War Labor Board
• Unlimited wage increases
• Allowed negotiated benefits, such as paid
  vacation, pensions, and Medical
• insurance
• Kept Unions stable by forbidding workers to
  change unions
• War Productions Board
• Rationed fuel and materials vital to the war
  effort, such as gasoline,
• heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics  
• Department of Treasury
• Issued war bonds to raise money for the war
  effort and to fight inflation 
• Revenue Act of 1942
• Raised the top personal income tax rate to 88
• Added middle and lower income Americans to the
  income tax rolls.
• Smith-Connelly Anti-Strike Act
• Limited the right to strike in industries crucial
  to the war effort.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Unsung Heroes of World War IITuskegee
Airmen Nisei
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America Invades
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D-Day Invasion
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Two Commanding Officers leading the way through
EuropeOmar Bradley George Patton
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Battle of the Bulge
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1945 Harry Truman
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Harry Truman

• Vice President under FDR
• Became president and Orchestrated VE Day
• Would lead the way in the war in the Pacific

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The Battle of the Pacific
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Two Military Leader in the PacificDouglas
MacArthur Chester A. Nimitz
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Battle of Midway
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Japanese Zero vs. VMF 214
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Kamikaze Pilots threaten American Ships
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Iwo Jima
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Robert J. Oppenheimer
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Fat Man And Little Boy
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Atomic Destruction10 Kiloton 1 Megaton
20 Megaton1) 0.5 Miles 2.5 Miles
8.75 Miles2) 1 Mile 3.75 Miles 14
Miles3) 1.75 Miles 6.5 Miles 27 Miles4)
2.5 Miles 7.75 Miles 31 Miles5) 3
Miles 10 Miles 35 MilesAirburst
1,980 Feet Airburst 8,000 Feet Airburst
17,500 Feet1) Vaporization Point Everything
is Vaporized by the atomic blast 98
Fatalities Over pressure25psi wind
Velocity320mph2) Total Destruction All
structures above ground destroyed 90
Fatalities Overpressure17psi Wind
Velocity2903) Severe Blast Damage Factories
and large scale buildings collapse. Damage
Bridges. Rivers flow counter current. 65
Fatalities Overpressure9psi Wind
Velocity 260mph
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Atomic Explosion Contd10 Kiloton 1 Megaton
20 Megaton1) 0.5 Miles 2.5 Miles
8.75 Miles2) 1 Mile 3.75 Miles
14 Miles3) 1.75 Miles 6.5 Miles 27
Miles4) 2.5 Miles 7.75 Miles 31
Miles5) 3 Miles 10 Miles 35
Miles4) Severe Heat Damage Everything
Flammable Burns. People in area suffocate due
to the fact that most available oxygen is
consumed by the fires. 50
Fatalities 45 Injured Overpressure6psi
wind Velocity140 mph5) Severe Fire and Wind
Damage Residency structures are severely
damaged. People are blown around. 2nd and 3rd
degree burns suffered by most
survivors. 15 Dead 50
Injured Overpressure3psi Wind
Velocity98 mph
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Nuclear Proliferation will take over the world
The Threat that is posed by Nuclear weapons
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General MacArthur signs surrender by the Japanese
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The Big Three
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Yalta Conference

• Roosevelt was mediator between Churchill and
  Stalin
• USSR wanted to divide Germany into military zones
• USSR agreed to join in the war in the pacific
• Establishment of the United Nations

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Nuremberg Trials

• German Officials put on trial for their role in
  the genocide policy adopted by Hilter against the
  Jews

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War on the Home front

• Japanese Americans were treated close to the Jews
  of Europe

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Japanese Internment Camps
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VE Day
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VJ Day
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Signing the GI Bill
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Axis Power Casualties
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Axis Totals
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Allied Casualties
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Contd
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Allied Totals
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Comparative Loses