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World War IIThe Greatest GenerationThe International Peace
“Nothing succeeds like excess”
Winston Churchill
•more men
•more money
•more weapons
•more machines
•more technolog
Why America won the war
Warfare-welfare state
War Production Board
War Labor Board
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
Office of Scientific Research & Development (Manhattan Project)
Women
African AmericansNAACPCOREFair EmploymentNative AmericansMexicans (zoot suit)
Korematsu vs. U.S. 1944
Doing Without - Again!
•Depression: Do without
•WWII: Do without
•...just wait until the 1950s - there won’t be any doing without then!
Ken Burns: The War
What was the strategy of the
Americans?
Flash Map of European Theatre of WWII
Dear Mrs. Hoback,
We regret to inform you that your son Sergeant Raymond Hoback, sonColonel John Hoback, and son Pvt William Hoback were all killed in action on June 6, 1944. Our grateful nation acknowledges your sons’ service and your family’s sacrifice. The United States military extends extreme sympathy to yourfamily during this time of grievance.
Sincerely, The President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What If....
Election of 1944
MacArthur Returns!
•THE CENTURY IN REVIEW
•WALTER CRONKITE
•WAR
Atomic Bomb
August 6 and 9th, 1945
Truman had been president for about
40 days....