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Agenda. 3.27.12. Quiz…. _______ was the first country to sustain intense civilian- targeted bombing campaigns during WWII. True/false, the fire bombing of Dresden broke German morale. What was the point of the Tehran Conference?

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  1. Agenda 3.27.12

  2. Quiz… • _______ was the first country to sustain intense civilian-targeted bombing campaigns during WWII. • True/false, the fire bombing of Dresden broke German morale. • What was the point of the Tehran Conference? • What modern-day organization was established at the Yalta Conference? • What was the central conflict at the Potsdam Conference? • What was Churchill referring to when he said an “iron curtain” had descended across the continent?

  3. Ch. 19 test Thurs. • Review sheet for HW

  4. 19.4 – Home front and Aftermath of the War • Mobilization of Four Nations Mobilization: assembling and preparing for war • Soviet Union • 1943, 55% of Soviet national income went to war supplies • Food and housing were scarce • women’s contribution by 60% (even fought in war as snipers)

  5. The United States • Height of war production in Nov. 1943 • More than a million African Americans moved north and west to get industrial jobs • Another million served in segregated units in the army • Over 110,000 Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to internment camps for issues of “national security.”

  6. Germany • 1942, Hitler ordered an increase in armament production and in the size of army • Albert Speer was the minister of armaments and munitions in Germany – tripled production within a year • Japan • Super mobilized • Young Japanese men became kamikazes, suicide pilots against US ships • Women didn’t do much but were given the right to vote and were given legal equality in Japan in 1947.

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