What roles and actions do civilians take to help the U.S. win WWII? America in WWII

Facts WWIWWII Allies France – 5% = 1.5 million Britain – 2% = 1 million Italy – 4%=1.3 million Russia - >2% =4 million Central Powers Austria-Hungary – 3%= 1.6 million Germany >4% = 2.5 million Ottoman Empire – 14%= 3 million 16 million dead Allies France 1.35% =567,000 Britain 1% =450,000 USA.32% =418,000 Russia 13% =27 million China 4% =20 million Axis Germany 10% = 9 million Japan 4%= 3 million Italy 1% =454,000 World 2.5%70 million Eighty percent of Russian males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII 12 million die in Holocaust The atomic bomb

Background Treaty of Versailles ends WWI Destroys Germany High inflation, unemployment, hatred This Hitler dude says he can fix it oWhat did he say about Jews? I dunno… Nazi “super race” needs “living space” and wants their old territory back Germans attack Poland Sept Britain and France declare war Germans attack Russia June 1940 Pearl Harbor Dec Japan wants our “rest stops” to China

Question How does WWI cause WWII?

Victory Gardens Nearly 20 million Americans planted victory gardens, producing enough fruits and vegetables to equal the amount grown commercially (for the store)

By the end of the war, 10 million men were drafted The ‘Draft’ or Selective Service Men forced to enter armed forces to fight 1. Why do you think the government forced men to be in the military? 2. How does it help the US win the war?

During World War II, some 350,000 women served in the U.S. Armed Forces, both at home and abroad. They included the Women's Airforce Service Pilots, who on March 10, 2010, were awarded the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal. Meanwhile, widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home. 1. What motivated women to join the war effort? 2. How did it help us win the war? 3. What do you think the long term effects are?

Victory bonds War Bonds give loans to gov’t to buy war supplies Hollywood stars push bond drives $185.7 billion / 85 million people 1. Describe the images used to convince people to buy war bonds. Why do you think they chose that? 2. How do war bonds help win the war?

Gas and Rubber Rationing to save raw materials for the war effort such as sugar, gas, rubber, aluminum, food The national maximum Victory Speed was 35 miles an hour, and driving clubs or carpools were encouraged. The main idea was to conserve rubber and gasoline by driving slower. 1. Why were supplies rationed? 2. Describe the image used to convince people to carpool. Why do you think they chose that?