https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i en-us 2021-01-26 16:21:12 UTC 2024-08-13 07:45:16 UTC hello@padlet.com stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127571755 The drafting service of the US, which managed to draft 10 million men into the military, while over 50 million had registered. 10 million is a little over half of the entire German Wehrmacht, including losses, over the entire course of the war.]]> 2021-01-26 16:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127571755 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127573081 With most able-bodied men being shipped off to Europe or the Pacific, women were required to take a more active role in factories to ensure that American industry didn't falter. 5 million women entered the workforce, while 350,000 women served in the armed forces as support roles.]]> 2021-01-26 16:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127573081 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127574788 World War 2 was an important time for minorities, as they were able to show the predominantly white US military that they were just as effective. While groups like the Tuskegee Airmen were vital for Civil Rights, the 33,000 Japanese Americans that served, despite the racism they faced, should not go unnoticed. Nor should the 25,000 native Americans; some of which used their native languages as codes during the Pacific War that the Japanese could never break.]]> 2021-01-26 16:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127574788 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127576003 The purpose of the OPA was to manage the prices of goods and rent during the outbreak of war, to ensure nothing ran rampant. Around 90% of retail food prices were frozen at the peak of it's influence.]]> 2021-01-26 16:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127576003 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127577909 Americans were required to forego many amenities to spare resources for the war effort. Everything from food to metal was rationed for use against the Axis powers. Rationing was introduced from the beginning of US involvement to 1945, and 1947 for sugar rationing.]]> 2021-01-26 16:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127577909 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127578824 Debt security given to people to finance the military and campaigns. The US managed to raise $21.5 billion dollars through bonds.]]> 2021-01-26 16:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127578824 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127579106 A slogan used by FDR as a promise to sell weapons to Britain to aid in the war against the Nazis. Equipment sent totaled 30,000~ planes, 27,000~ tanks, and 637,000~ other military vehicles.]]> 2021-01-26 16:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127579106 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127580345 Also founded shortly after Pearl Harbor, and transitioned into the Civilian Production Administration after the war's end, the WPB oversaw the production of military equipment, totaling $183 billion dollars worth of war equipment.]]> 2021-01-26 16:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127580345 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127581510 Operating from 1942, 6 months after Pearl Harbor, to 1945, the OWI was a major propaganda piece for the United States mobilization effort.]]> 2021-01-26 16:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127581510 stevenamrhein https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127582783 The policy of gathering American Japanese people and placing them into camps to be held until the end of the war. Around 120,000 Japanese Americans were gathered, and 300 of them were drafted.]]> 2021-01-26 16:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/stevenamrhein/3d6kib9kkoikyn5i/wish/1127582783