US Preps for World War II

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US Preps for World War II

• According to the Japanese media, the US was
  trembling in their shoes
• Preparation will mirror WWI, but on a greater
  scale
• Selective Service System helps US meet manpower
  demands for fighting 2 front war
• Through volunteers and draft, millions will serve
• At its peak, the US will have over 16 million
  active duty personnel

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• Typical propaganda poster, though most Americans
  did not need to be motivated to fight

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• US Army Chief of Staff George the Hammer
  Marshall, he will transform the US into the
  dominate military, industrial and economic power
  in the world

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• Colonel Oveta Stretch Culp, will lead the WAAC
  during the war. The WAVES and SPARs will also
  greatly assist the war effort.

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• Despite fierce resistance, over 250,000 women
  wind up serving in the military during the war.

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• Most served knowing they were not going to get
  the same pay as men, have a limited role and
  could not make a career out of the military.

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US Commanders

• General Dwight Ike Eisenhower
• Supreme Allied Commander
• Plans most European operations

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• General Omar I may look nice but I can be mean
  Bradley
• Brilliant planner, respected by all
• The GI General

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• General George Patton
• Old blood and guts
• Feared by all
• His own worst enemy
• Top US battlefield commander
• Enormous ego will cause many conflicts

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• Admiral Ernest The Ern-Man King
• Commanded US Navy in the Atlantic

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• General Mark yes I know my names rhyme Clark
• Commands US troops in Italy

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• General Crazy Matt Ridgeway
• Pioneer in use of Airborne troops
• Usually you dont see 4-star Generals with
  grenades strapped to their jackets

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• General Hap py Arnold
• Commands US Army Air Corps
• Pioneers use of airpower in war

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• Lt. Audie Murph Murphy
• Most decorated US soldier of War, will win every
  medal for valor US offers
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v_akPiAPECuY

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• British Field Marshall Bernard I still sleep
  with a nightlight Montgomery
• Ego clashed with Patton

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Plan of Attack

• Attack the soft under belly of Europe

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• Despite racism, segregation, and denial of civil
  rights, many minorities serve. All knew life in
  an Axis-controlled country would be much worse.
• Above are members of the all Japanese-American
  442nd Regimental Combat Team. They served in
  Europe and won more medals than any other unit in
  the war.

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• Frustrated by the Japanese code-breakers, the US
  Navy and Marines use Navajo Indians as radio men
  in the Pacific.
• Navajo language was very complex. Japanese were
  never able to understand it.

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• The most famous all black unit was the 332nd
  Pursuit Squadron (better known as the Tuskegee
  Airmen)
• Shot down over 100 German planes during war

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• Mass media expand as they deliver news of the war
  and patriotic messages
• FDR orders 110,000 Japanese-Americans into
  internment camps (70,000 are Nisei)

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• By early 1942, all US Industry is re-tooled to
  produce war material (by Feb. 42, no civilian
  cars were made in US)
• Defense plants and shipyards turned out material
  at a record pace.
• By Dec. 42, US industrial output is greater than
  all Axis Powers combined

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• Due to the increase in the demand for labor,
  women and minorities begin to work in factories
  and take on new jobs.
• This plays a vital role in the Civil Rights
  Movement that will grow after the war
• New Government agencies are created to insure all
  are acting in the best interest of the war
• NWLB-limits wage increases, kept unions stable
• OPA-froze prices and wages, rationed food
• WPB-rationed fuel and other material vital to war
• Treasury Dept.-sold war bonds
• Revenue Act-increased income taxes
• SCLD Act-limited right to strike
• OSRD-created new gadgets for war, most important
  was the Manhattan Project