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red cross
patriotic Americans also invested their time volunteering for organization such as the red cross and victory corps they made bandages knitted socks collected books to send to troops abroad celebrities advertised the sale of war bonds and other war time end ever -
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allies
allies joined together to stop Hitlers aggression France England us and Poland Russia eventual joined under stallin to create the big 3 -
axis powers
on 9/27 Americans were notified that Germany Italy and japan had signed a mutual defense treaty the tripartite pact there known as the axis powers there main goal was keeping the USA out of the war in the treaty they agreed to defend on another in case of a attack -
rationing
the u.s wanted to ration Restrictions on imported foods, limitations on the transportation of goods due to a shortage of rubber tires, and a diversion of agricultural harvests to soldiers overseas all contributed to the U.S. government’s decision to ration certain essential items. -
war bonds
Known as debt securities for the purpose of financing military operations during war time, the bonds yielded a mere 2.9 percent return after a 10-year maturity.Living in the United States with a median income during World War II meant earning about $2,000 a year. Despite the war’s hardships, 134 million Americans were asked to purchase war bonds to help fund the war. Stamps also could be purchased, starting at 10 cents each, to save toward the bond. -
peral harbor
the morning of this day japenese bombed the island of oahul in two waves of airplanes damaging and destroying 18 us ships more than 260 airplanes and killed about 6000 americans roosevelt asked congress if they can got to war thet agreed -
george marshal
he was a american statesman and soldier he was chief of the u.s army under president Roosevelt and Truman served as secretary of state defense under Truman hailed as the organizer of victory by Winston Churchill -
Dwight d Eisenhower
was the 34 president of the USA prior to his presidency he was a military man commanding the d-day invasion while serving as supreme allied commander in Europe during ww2 -
tuskegee airman
Tuskegee airman were the first group of African american fighter pilots in the us army corps ww2 the army had to resist using black men as pilots they created a segregated unit for them -
code talkers
were people who decoded Japanese messages to learn key points to help and win the war -
volunteerism in ww2
the victory corps was an american prog during ww2 that provided training to make female hs students focused on skills relevant to war efforts ranged from physical conditioning to special skills depending on the desired branch of armed forces -
flying tigers
were recruited to help china and give them supplues while they fought china -
waves
during ww2 waves was a acronym for womens accepted for volunteer emergency -
George pactton
general George smith Patton jr was a senior officer of the us army who commanded the us seventh army in the Mediterranean and European theaters of ww2 but he was best known for his leadership of the us involved in a military career leading cavalry troops against -
lead lease
the purpose was to help the us and foreign nations during ww2
unemployment decreased due to being in war and weapons need to be made