Chapter 24 America goes to war : Europe and Asia 1941 - 1945

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Pearl Harbor

On December 7th, 1941- Japan attacked the American Navy at

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

War bonds

Helped raise money for the war. Buying would fund the war. Buying

these was an easy way to volunteer.

Victory gardens

These gardens helped ensure an adequate food supply for

troops and civilians. People in rural and urban neighborhoods would grow their

own food allowing farmers to grow more for the government and troops.

Rationing

Regulated the amounts of goods a consumer could buy. Coffee, food,

tires, gas, and clothing were regulated. Coupons were given to families based on

size.

Office of war information

It was responsible for the production of propaganda.

voice of America

Broadcasted overseas, intended to stir up distrust among

German, Italian, and Japanese leaders, to lower morale of enemy troops, and to

encourage their surrender.

Womens army corps

Women took clerical jobs in the military.

● Between 1941-1945, more than 6.5 million women went to work.

African American

1 million served. Created the Tuskegee Airmen. Their job was

to escort US bombers into drop zones.

Native americans

Military needed an unbreakable code to relay messages to

the Pacific. The Japanese could not figure out the Navajo language. No syntax

(the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a

language.) and no alphabet. A Navajo solider code decode the messages in 20

seconds.

Mexican Americans

500,000 Latinos served in WWII.

Executive order 9066

Required Japanese Americans to relocate to internment

camps

Korematsu v. the U.S.-

1944 Supreme Court upheld the internment camps.

Stating that some freedoms may be restricted during war-time

june 6th 1944 D day

156,000 Allied troops invaded the coast of France at Normandy

Battle of the buldge

German counterattack that failed. Allowed Allied troops to

push on for the final offensive vs. Germany

Bataan death march

Battle of Midway

US Navy defeated Japanese Navy in the Pacific, regained naval

superiority

A bomb

The US detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of

Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th, 1945.

Radar

Uses electromagnetic waves to detect a moving object’s range, altitude,

and direction.

Antibiotics

Such as penicillin, to treat soldiers’ battle wounds