Eric+S+WWII

media type="file" key="PhotoStory-ES.wmv"media type="custom" key="6099413"
 * || ** Details ** || last edit by [|nesd12-esteadman] [|Yesterday 3:16 pm] - [|3 revisions] ||   ||
 * ** Tags ** || · none ||  ||

Type in the content of your page here. Event 1 Rationing - While men were overseas fighting in the war people in the states were rationing certain items that were needed for the war. Certain foods that were rationed were butter, sugar, and coffee. Some resources rationed were steel, rubber, oil, and gasoline. To but rationed food you had to have coupons, and if you did not have any coupons you could not by the food. To get gas the government issued a certain amount of gallons of gas you could buy in a month. Housewives would be issued less gallons of gas than doctors. [] []

Event 2 Blackout Drills - Due to the publics fear of enemies bombing us we had blackout drills. People painted the top of lampposts, put blankets in front of windows, and put felt around lights in the house so that light would point straight down. Local air raid wardens would check each house and if yours had light showing they would knock on your door and tell you to turn it out. Not only were blackout drills for airplane bombings but also so our ships could not be seen while they were sailing out on the coasts. If lights were on in the background of our ships German U-boats would be able to see their silhouette and bomb them. [] []

Event 3 Rosie the Riveter - During World War 2 men had to leave the workforce to go overseas to fight. Women were encouraged to leave their housewife ways and go out to find jobs. Rosie was used on advertisements representing women going out into the workforce. Advertising her encouraged women to fill in where men were to keep our economy going. Once the war ended men went back to their jobs and Rosie disappeared. [|http://www.edupics.com/rosie-the-riveter-t7219.jpghttp://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1656.html] Event 4 D Day – On June 6, 1944 the largest land, air, and sea battle took place in Normandy France. The Germans did not believe that we would attack them where we did attack them. Early that morning before we stormed the beaches we sent paratroopers over enemy lines to cut off communications. Since we did this the Germans could not get supplies or reinforcements. We won the battle forcing the Germans back into Germany. Even though we won 10,000 Americans lost their lives. [] []

Event 5 V mail – Soldiers overseas missed their home lives and became homesick frequently. One thing that boosted soldiers’ morals was letters from home. Since massive amounts of letters were being shipped over frequently room for all the letters became very scarce. To make room for all these letters people would send their letter to the post office where then they would take a picture of it and ship it over to places like London. Once your letter came to London they would print the letter on a piece of paper and send it to the soldier. V mail helped make room for supplies during the war. [] [] Event 6 Flags – Families were brought together during the war through flags. Families would take either a flag with a blue star or a flag with a gold star and place them in their front window. A flag with a blue star signified that you had someone in your family currently fighting in the war. If you had a flag with a gold star it meant that you had a family member who was fighting in the war but died in combat. These flags made people have something in common and it made people realize how many of our boys were fighting over seas. [] []

Event 7 Pearl Harbor - on December 7th 1941 the US was shocked by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This bombing was the only attack by another country in the United States. The Japanese sunk 8 of our ships, 188 of our planes, and 2,500 Americans lost their lives on this devastating day. President Roosevelt stated this day as "A day to remember in infamy." President also declared war on Japan due to this attack and the United States took its side with the allies in WWII. [] []

Event 8 Atomic Bomb - When FDR died in April of 1945 (only two months into his fourth term) he was succeeded by Harry S. Truman. When Truman took office he was told about the Manhattan Project. The project was the building of two nuclear bombs in New Mexico. When he was the vice president he did not even know about he bombs it was kept that secret. He was then faced with a decision about how to end the war. He was given a handful of options and he chose to drop both of the bombs. The first bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" was dropped on August 6th on the city of Hiroshima. This bomb killed 145,000 people directly from this bomb. The second bomb was dropped 3 days later on August 9th. This bomb nicknamed "Fat Boy" hit the town of Nagasaki 70,000 people lost their lives directly from the bomb. These bombs were the first time that nuclear bombs were ever used in a war. This also ended the war, causing Japans emperor calling for surrender. [] []

Event 9 VE Day - Germany broke its Non Aggression pact with Russia because it sought out Russia’s oil and wheat. Germany fought hard and found themselves deep into Russian territory. Germany did not take into account Russia’s cold and bitter winters and this gave Russia the upper hand. Germany began to lose their fight in Russia but Hitler would not let Germany retreat. The Germans were cut off from all supplies because they were surrounded and eventually had to retreat. Russia pushed them back into their country. Hitler realized that he had lost the war and killed himself, his wife, and his dog in Berlin. Germany surrendered to the allies on May 8th 1945. Since Germany and Italy were out of the picture we focused all of our attention on Japan. [] []

Event 10 VJ Day - All of the US attention was focused on Japan after VE Day. From the Postdam Conference president Truman had warned Japan to surrender unconditionally but they would not surrender. The Japanese would not surrender until nine days after the US had dropped two bombs, one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki. The Japanese emperor had called for the surrender even though he did not have full control over Japan or even the most power. World War Two had ended when Japan surrendered causing all of our troops to return home after years of fighting. [] [] Works Cited:

1. "Rationing on the US Homefront during WW II." //Ames Historical Society Website//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

2. "Busy with the Blitz-proofing." //America in WWII: The Magazine of a People at War, 1941-1945//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

3. //Rosie the Riveter Trust Website & Store for Official Rosie Products//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

4. . "D-Day June 6, 1944." //The United States Army Homepage//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

5. "Brief History of World War Two Advertising Campaigns: V-Mail." //Duke University Libraries - Home//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

6. Williams, Rudi. "Blue Star Flag." //Cyber Sarge’s//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

7. "Attack At Pearl Harbor, 1941." //EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

// 8. World War 2 //. Web. 11 May 2010. .

9. "V-E Day: May 8, 1945 — Infoplease.com." //Infoplease: Encyclopedia, Almanac, Atlas, Biographies, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Free Online Reference, Research & Homework Help. — Infoplease.com//. Web. 11 May 2010. .

10. "VJ Day, the End of World War II – August 15, 1945 «." //Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub//. Web. 11 May 2010. .