World War II

World War II

Best Access to the War

Minorities on the Home Front

Geovanni Boticella

1940-1945
Is the war good for our economy?

He said WHAT!?

A Look at Major Battles

By Kenia Gomez

Daily News
War is here, but what about the economy?
We are at war with the world! This Second World War was on for a while but we are going in due to the bombing on Pearl Harbor. The question is if we are ready to join the war? We ourselves have not completely gotten out the Great Depression and had little help from the New Deal, but there seems to be hope. President Roosevelt has issued a full defense in the military using a great amount of money. Right now there is a huge demand for labor because there is wartime manufacturing. The unemployment rate decreased about 10% from 1940s. There is currently a war mobilization in which there is a mass production of military weapons and equipment. The need for labor is so high that many are staring to hire women and other non-whites. There are many administrations right now that are only making products for he war or for example the railroads are mainly moving for transportation of war equipment. The outcome of the wartime economic is an explosion of increasing wealth on the U.S. The war itself might be a repair for the damaged U.S. economy. This is because there will be an increase in wages by 15% yet the hours will be longer. But this is all good for the economy as many farmers are starting to get four times more incomes than in 1940. It is predicted or the federal government to be spending $98 billion in 1944 as compared to $9 billion in 1940. This war is something to look forward to finishing because as people are gaining more jobs, they saving money and will be spending it after war. This is a great economic boom that will get us out of the hole the Great Depression left us.

Patriots Daily By Geo Botticella All out war!

Europe Front

D-Day (aka Operation Overlord)

In this historic battle of the World war American, British and Canadian forces pushed into Normandy to take back Europe from the evil clutches of the Third Reich. In this battle troops landed on the beaches of Normandy charging against machine gun and mortar fire. Hundreds of troops lost their lives in this operation; but the American, British, and Canadian forces broke through and started their Liberation of Europe.

Battle of the Bulge

In this battle Allied forces had pushed the Nazis and had the upper hand. However they managed to launch a counter attack and pushing the Allies back. However the Nazis left a vantage point open allowing the Allies to break through their lines. Along with that the fact that the Germans had lost most of their supplies the Allies won this battle; and the outcome of the war seemed inevitable.

Battle of Berlin
All allied forces had surrounded the capital of Germany, and launch a massive bombardment; with American and Brits on one side and Soviets on the other. The battle was now a race to who can take Berlin first ( Russians won). Third Reich brought to her knees and their leader dead this battle had ended the war in Europe with the.

Pacific front

Pearl Harbor
5/7/41 The Japanese Fleet launched Kamikaze bombers to destroy the US military base; killing thousands of Military troops as well as civilians. This marked the day in which the US would enter World War 2, and fight against the Germans and the Japanese.

Battle Of Midway Island

This was the turning point of the war against Japan. The Japanese Navy was sent to destroy military bases the Midway Island. However the Americans (knowing of their intentions) launched an ambush and destroyed a large portion of the Japanese Navy weakening it severely,

By Alfredo

Minority Experience on the Home Front

African Americans experiences
African Americans during World War 2 resolved on victory over discrimination at home. Large numbers migrated from poor Southern farms to munitions centers. Racial tensions were high in overcrowded cities like Chicago, Detroit, and Harlem. Black newspapers created the Double V Campaign to raise black morale and prevent radical actions. Most Black women had been farm laborers or domestic workers prior to the war. Although discrimination and segregation throughout the South still existed, they stopped working on cotton plantations and moved to cities for industrial work. Unfortunately in the South black women worked in segregated jobs while in the West and most of the North they were integrated. However strikes still occurred where whites did not accept the fact that they had to work with blacks.

Womens experiences
Women in the home front during World War 2 joined the workforce to replace men who had joined the forces. Roosevelt stated that the effort of civilians at home to support the war through personal sacrifice was as critical to winning the war as the efforts of the soldiers themselves. Rosie the riveter became the symbol of women laboring in manufacturing. The war effort caused a significant change in the role of women in society as a whole. At the end of the war, many of the ammunitions factories closed. Other women were replaced by returning veterans. However most of the women who wanted to continue working did. Young daughters of these working women learned that to be a working woman was a normal part of life and later many of these daughters also became working women.

Neutrality or war
After a couple of weeks since the war broke out Roosevelt went to legislation to revise the neutrality act in order to be able to assist the France and England who needed assistance, and

Domestic Policies
Due to the beginning of the world war and of the great depression there was not interest by Americans to focus on foreign policies. America stated becoming isolated, or as the picture suggest following isolationism. Since there were high unemployment rates looking at abroad interest seemed out of the mind. Because of the war, when it synced in American consciousness did they see it best to try to escape involvement. As the people saw the progress saw the progress of the war, people stated to fear being in a war and were mostly against it through literature blaming Wilson for not staying true to the neutrality act. Many universities such as Brown and Princeton participated in anti war rallies and made their own polls in which 75 percent of the students didnt want to support any war participation. This became known as the pacifist movement. Because of The Nye Committees revelation it led to neutrality legislation. People such as Senator Nye and another Senator colleague believed that by banning the sale of arms and loans to belligerents, would the possibility of the United States ending up heading towards the same path such as that for World War II. Leading to the passing of the Neutrality acts by congress.

wanted to supply arms. However once America joined the war by 1941, American new that with the creation of jobs that manufactured not only would it help raise and improve the economy but there would be more chance that there would be no threat of Germany conquering America after it had most of France and was approaching England.

By Ninfa Jarquin