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THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II AMERICA TURNS THE TIDE John Naisbitt

SECTION 1: MOBILIZING FOR DEFENSE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

AMERICANS RUSH TO ENLIST ,[object Object],[object Object]

WOMEN JOIN THE FIGHT ,[object Object],[object Object]

ALL AMERICANS FOUGHT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],These “Golden 13” Great Lakes officers scored the highest marks ever on the Officers exam in 1944

A PRODUCTION MIRACLE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

LABOR’S CONTRIBUTION ,[object Object],[object Object]

MOBILIZATION OF SCIENTISTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

MANHATTAN PROJECT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL OF INFLATION ,[object Object],[object Object]

WAR PRODUCTION BOARD ,[object Object],[object Object]

COLLECTION DRIVES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WWII Poster encouraging conservation

SECTION 2: THE WAR FOR EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA ,[object Object],[object Object]

THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The power of the German submarines was great, and in two months' time almost two million tons of Allied ships were resting on the ocean floor. Efforts were soon made to restrict German subs' activities.

ALLIES CONTROL U-BOATS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],U-426 sinks after attack from the air, January 1944. Almost two-thirds of all U-boat sailors died during the Battle of the Atlantic.

THE EASTERN FRONT & MEDITERRANEAN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Battle of Stalingrad was a huge Allied victory

BATTLE OF STALINGRAD ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Wounded in the Battle of Stalingrad

THE NORTH AFRICAN FRONT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],American tanks roll in the deserts of Africa and defeat German and Axis forces

Allied troops landed in Casa-blanca, Oran and the Algiers

CASABLANCA MEETING ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],FDR and Churchill in Casablanca

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN – ANOTHER ALLIED VICTORY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ,[object Object],[object Object]

On May 31, 1943, the 99 th Squadron, the first group of African-American pilots trained at the Tuskegee Institute, arrived in North Africa

ALLIES LIBERATE EUROPE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Allies sent fake coded messages indicating they would attack here

D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],D-Day was an amphibious landing – soldiers going from sea to land

Planes drop paratroopers behind enemy lines at Normandy, France

Losses were extremely heavy on D-Day

FRANCE FREED ,[object Object],[object Object],General George Patton (right) was instrumental in Allies freeing France

BATTLE OF THE BULGE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BATTLE OF THE BULGE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Battle of the Bulge was Germany’s last gasp

LIBERATION OF DEATH CAMPS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ALLIES TAKE BERLIN; HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

V-E DAY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Famous picture of an American soldier celebrating the end of the war

FDR DIES; TRUMAN PRESIDENT ,[object Object],[object Object]

SECTION 3: THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC ,[object Object],[object Object]

BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA ,[object Object],[object Object]

THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

KAMIKAZE PILOTS ATTACK ALLIES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],In the Battle for the Philippines, 424 Kamikaze pilots sank 16 ships and damaged 80 more

IWO JIMA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],American soldiers plant the flag on the Island of Iwo Jima after their victory

THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

INVADE JAPAN? ,[object Object],[object Object],The loss of life at Iwo Jima and Okinawa convinced Allied leaders that an invasion of Japan was not the best idea Okinawa

ATOMIC BOMB DEVELOPED ,[object Object],[object Object]

U.S. DROPS TWO ATOMIC BOMBS ON JAPAN ,[object Object],[object Object],The plane and crew that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan

JAPAN SURRENDERS At the White House, President Harry Truman announces the Japanese surrender, August 14, 1945 ,[object Object],[object Object]

THE YALTA CONFERENCE ,[object Object],[object Object],(L to R) Churchill, FDR and Stalin at Yalta

YALTA AGREEMENTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NUREMBERG WAR TRIALS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Herman Goering, Hitler's right-hand man and chief architect of the German war effort, testifies at his trial. He was found guilty of war crimes but avoided execution by swallowing potassium cyanide.

THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SECTION 4: THE HOME FRONT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ECONOMIC GAINS ,[object Object],[object Object]

WOMEN MAKE GAINS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

POPULATION SHIFTS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GI BILL HELPS RETURNING VETS ,[object Object],[object Object]

INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Japanese Americans felt the sting of discrimination during WWII

Location of the 10 Internment camps

U.S. PAYS REPARATIONS TO JAPANESE ,[object Object],[object Object],Today the U.S. is home to more than 1,000,000 Japanese-Americans

Nearly 59 years after the end of World War II, the National World War II Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 29, 2004 to honor the 408,680 Americans who died in the conflict

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