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Wayne E. Sirmon

HI 202 – United States History

History 202 — United States History From 1877

HI 202 – Work to be done….

Hinson Lecture – Martin Hall – 7 pm - 3 APRIL

Learning Lunch – noon – 8 APRIL (Tues.)40th anniversary of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking HR

Exam Three – 15 APRIL

Book Review Due – 17 APRIL

Article Review Three – Approval – 23 APRIL

Article Review Three DUE – 1 MAY

FINAL EXAM – Tuesday - 6 MAY@ 8 am


HI 202 – Work to be done….

Hinson Lecture –Martin Hall – 7 pm3 APRIL

Howard Jones, PhD.Professor of HistoryUniversity of Alabama


Chapter 22 – Fighting for the Four Freedoms:

World War II, 1941-1945

Before Pearl Harbor –USA Europe

The Eastern Front

The Arsenal of Freedom




FDR annual message to Congress (Jan 6, 1941)




Inter-war period – Isolationism, “avoid foreign entanglements”

Johnson Debt-Default Act – 1934 - US was owed over $22

billion (including future interest charges) all foreign countries had defaulted on their loans

Text p. 908 – Pacifism spread on college campuses where tens of thousands took part in a “strike for peace” in 1935

Communist student organization –commemorate USA entry into WWI




AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEEHenry Ford, Charles A. Lindbergh –

“Germany to well prepared for war”

MUNICH AGREEMENTSeptember 29, 1938

Britain’s Neville Chamberlain-�peace with honour. I believe it is peace

for our time. Now I recommend you go

home, and sleep quietly in your beds.




Text alert! P. 909- Congress approved Cash and carry sales to Britain and military rearmament. “But with a presidential election looming, Roosevelt

was reluctant to go further.” NOT

Summer 1940 – Army $8 billion budget (> sum of last 20 years)equip and maintain 1.2 million man force by 10/1941Federalize entire National Guard, call up Organized Reservesapprove 1st every peace time draft (Sept. 1940)

The Louisiana Maneuvers were a series of U.S. Army exercises held in Louisiana, in 1940 and 1941. The exercises involved some 400,000 troops, and evaluated U.S. training, logistics, doctrine, and

commanders.

““EASYEASY”” VICTORY IN POLANDVICTORY IN POLAND

11--30 SEPTEMBER 193930 SEPTEMBER 1939Losses:German

11,000 KIA

3400 MIA

27,000 WIA

400 Aircraft

shotdown/badly damaged

Poland

70,000 KIA

133,000 WIA

700,000 POW

The Fall of

France

The Fall of

France

Invasion of Poland – “Blitzkrieg”

September 1, 1939

The Phony War

10 May, 1940 – Netherlands (3 days)

Belgium (18 days)

26 May-4 June, 1940 – Dunkirk evacuation

16 June, 1940 – Fall of France

COMPARISON OF FORCESCOMPARISON OF FORCESMAY 1940MAY 1940

2631

2000

10,700

126

6

0

1

27

10

TANKS (ALL TYPES)

AIRCRAFT

Artillery

TYPES OF UNITS:

INFANTRY DIVISIONS

ARMORED DIVISIONS

MOTORIZED DIVISIONS

TANK BRIGADE

TANK BATTALION (INDEP)

LIGHT MECH BATTALION

2439

3700

7,400

134

10

4

0

0

0

ALLIED GERMAN

Battle of Britain

The Eastern Front:The Eastern Front:

The Real War in Europe !The Real War in Europe !

Hitler break pact

with Stalin and

attacks USSR on

June 22, 1941

Logistical Support Status

22 June 1941 - Operation Barbarossa begins.

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[19 days]

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11 July 1941 - Roughly 25% of German supply vehicles

had permanently broken down.

Keil und KesselKeil und KesselCampaign Encircled Soviets

• Bialystock - Minsk 340,000

• Smolensk 310,000

• Uman 406,000

• Kiev 675,000

• Bryansk - Vyazma 658,000

RussoRusso--German War 1941 German War 1941 -- 4545

US & British Lend Lease Aid18,700 Aircraft

10,800 Tanks

9,600 Artillery tubes

2,600,000 tons POL

427,000 motor vehicle

1900 Locomotive engines

4 million tons of foodstuff

6 million tons of raw materials

15 million pairs of boots

Soviet Deaths in World War IISoviet Deaths in World War IISoviet Deaths in WWII:Soviet Deaths in WWII:

27,000 27,000 per dayper day (average)(average)June 1941 June 1941 -- May 1945May 1945

Effective Political Will??Effective Political Will??

Soviet MalesSoviet Males----Class of 1941Class of 1941(Born in 1923)(Born in 1923)

Dead by 1946

Still Alive 1946

97%

3%

Willmott, Great Crusade

Where was the German Army Where was the German Army

killed?killed?Division CombatDivision Combat--MonthsMonths

Ger. Army and Ger. Army and WaffenWaffen SSSS

Eastern Front

Western Fronts

Eastern Front:

7,146

Africa, Italy,

Northwest Europe:

1,121

Ellis, On the Front Lines

Comparison of Soviet and US Comparison of Soviet and US

Mortality Mortality

In World War IIIn World War II

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

SU Per Month

US War Total

Thousands

The Arsenal of DemocracyLogistics During World War Two - MATERIAL

You will not find it difficult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily because of logistics.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1945

“TP”

America’s way of fighting a World War

Sheets of TP per soldier per day

USA 22.5UK 3

Infantry Division (14,000)

USA 53,700 rolls/div/monthUK 7,150 rolls/div/month

Mobile’s War Effort


USS Fort Marion (LSD-22)

Launched, 22 May 1945, at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp, Chickasaw, AL

293020

1021

MinesweepersC-2 Cargo ShipsLiberty ShipsT-2 TankersLanding Ship Dock


293020

1021


SS J.L.M. Curry (hull #1)Delivered 15 May 1942

11 kts. 9,140 tons of cargo

America’s War Effort

787173

2,76153640


SS J.L.M. Curry (hull #1)Delivered 15 May 1942

11 kts. 9,140 tons of cargo

Military Production

62833210Crude Oil (millions of tons)

189,307324,750308,322Aircraft

345,9142,382,311678,043Trucks

674,2802,679,8402,064,644Machineguns

159,147257,390657,292Artillery

46,85788,410138,825Tanks

GermanyUSAAllies (-USA)

Naval Construction

-4,152470-6,379 /

6,445**

33,993Merchant (x 1,000 tons)

1,3371672852167422Submarines

23---413/191*420Convoy Escorts

1763625240349Destroyers

-9623248Cruisers

223-58Battleships

-----141Escort Carriers

-16--1422Carriers

GermanyJapanItalyUSSRUKUSA

* Canada** Canada & Commonwealth

U.S. Ammunition Output

44,000,000,000Small arms rounds

47,000,000 tonsArtillery rounds

54,000Torpedoes

529,000Depth Charges

531,000,000 tonsAircraft Bombs

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