WW1 Homefront

Hi Jamie Life for women during WW2 was bittersweet. Their loved ones were at war, yet they discovered they were able to hold down men's jobs (which was foreign to them during these times). AMERICAN WOMEN IN WW2 More than 60,000 Army nurses served stateside and overseas during WWII. 67 Army nurses were captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in 1942 and were held as POWs for over 2 1/2 years. The Army established a Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAC) in 1943. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were organized and flew as civil service pilots. WASPs flew stateside missions as ferriers, test pilots, and anti-aircraft artillery trainers. More than 14,000 Navy nurses served stateside, overseas on hospital ships and as flight nurses during the war. 5 Navy nurses were captured by the Japanese on the Island of Guam and were held as POWs for 5 months before being exchanged. A 2nd group of 11 Navy nurses captured in the Philippines were held for 37 months. The Navy recruited women into its Navy Women's Service (WAVES) starting in 1942. Before the war was over, more than 80,000 WAVES filled shore billets in a large variety of jobs in communications, intelligence, supply, medicine and administration. The Marine Corps created the Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1943. Marine women served stateside as clerks, cooks, mechanics, drivers, etc. The Coast Guard established their Women's Reserve known as the SPARs (after the motto Semper Paratus-Always Ready) in 1942. SPARs were assigned stateside and served as storekeepers, clerks, photographers, pharmacists mates, cooks, etc. The Cadet Nurse Corps, established in 1943 trained some 125,000 women for possible military service. More than 400,000 American military women served at home and overseas in nearly all noncombat jobs. The nickname given to women factory workers was "Rosie The Riveter." This term is dedicated to all races of women during that served in some way during WW2. Once the war was over and the men came home, women were basically told to go home and do their "wifely duties" much to the dismay of these brave and hard-working young women. CANADIAN WOMEN IN WW2 Whether serving overseas, or keeping "the homefires burning" Cdn. women did their part during WWII. They were not given the option to enlist for combat duty, but many served in other areas. 45,000 Cdn. women enlisted in the Women's Div. of the Royal Cdn. Air Force, as well as the Women's Royal Cdn. Naval Service and the Cdn. Women's Army Corp. July 1941, the Women Div. of the RCAF was authorized by the gov't. Thousands of young women flocked to recruiting offices to enlist. By 1945, 17,000 women were in the Cdn. Armed Forces. Hundreds of Cdn. women worked in machine shops, welding shops, and manufacturing plants, making the equipment that was necessary to fight a war. Manpower was at a premium and fuses, guns and shells were urgently needed. Women were strained to the max, working hard to fill men's jobs and also cleaning their homes and looking after their children. Luxuries (like the American women) were few. Only 1 in 9 of the 45,000 women who signed up were selected for duty overseas. As the war progressed women began to be assigned to clerical and other duties in the combat zone. In 1945 when the war ended there were 2,000 CWAC's overseas. Women wanted to be shipped overseas. Just like the men, they had a yearning for adventure. Once they arrived the reality of the dangers became evident. Aug. 13/41, the Cdn. Women's Auxillary was established and took over jobs as clerks, vehicle driver, messangers and canteen workers and only being paid 2/3 of the men's wages. July 31 1942 the Women's Royal Naval Serve was established. The navy wouldn't look at a woman who didn't have excellent references. The active role of women in war was not a new concept. Many didn't feel that women were suited for military life, but soon realized, "what would we have done without them!" Cdn. nurses became the first in the world to achieve officer status in May, 1942 and had close contact with Cdn military operations overseas. While serving in the military during WWII women did everything the men did. After the war many wanted to carry on their military careers. Those at home wished to continue working in the jobs that they had become comfortable in. Women had tasted freedom. In the 50s and 60s women continued to enter the workforce and the world would never be the same.

During the Second World War, the US Congress raised the top marginal tax rates, to help pay for the war. An example of a law is the War Powers Act of 1941, which was passed in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack.

December 7, 1941 - when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

Well, the women took men's places in factories and businesses when we entered the war. We entered the war December 8, 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. We left the war when Japan surrendered in August 1945.

Aircraft played a major role in the first world war. At first they were unarmed observation aircraft, getting information on enemy troop movements and being the "eyes and ears" for the artillery.

In later years they carried either one or two forward firing machine guns(on a single seater aircraft) and if you shot down 5 aircraft, you were considered an Ace. Both sides started using fighter squadrons to shoot down enemy aircraft/ enemy observation balloons and assist in ground operations.

Both sides also started using twin engine bombers to hit key enemy positions , usually with devasting effects. Bombs were first dropped out of the observers cockpit since there were no bombsite and no bomb-racks on the bottom side of the fuselage,these came in later years.

The only thing about flying these aircraft is that they where made of wood, you chocked on engine fumes and were exposed to the elements because you were in a open cockpit, also if you were shot down, there was no way to bail or jump out since the parachute was frowned upon and it was also in the experimential stages in some countries.

The aces were looked upon as national heroes such as Eddie Rickenbacker, Raoul Lufbery, Manfred Von Richtofen, Max Immelman, Albert Ball, Mick Mannock, Billy Bishop, Billy Barker and many more.

In WWII there were actually more civilian casualties than armed forces casualties. Many children lost their entire family. Millions of families lost their sons, brothers, fathers, cousins, uncles or other relatives. Mothers were hit hard when they lost many of their offspring and their husbands too. Some families did not have a body to bury because the bodies were destroyed or buried in some far off war ground. The cost of losing over 50 million people during WWII was staggering. I am not just referring to burial costs. I am referring to the loss of income earning citizens of the world and the loss of future babies who would never be born. There was also the loss of six million Jews in this world. It also affected governments to lose that much population around the world. The sadness from the casualties will not die off. They are remembered and honored around the world. Hopefully, we will never forget them or ever allow a megalomaniac like Hitler rise to rule or let another nation conduct brutal warring practices.

At the start of world war two women were conscripted into war work. Alot of women worked in the munition factories others worked in the land army producing crops. W.A.A.F (womens auxiliary air force) which had over 180,000 members in the war.

The Espionge and sedition acts were made to keep Americans from having their freedom of speech. Pretty much the government was in control and there was no more being called an "American" because being an American meant that you would have civil liberties.

The basic characterising word would be "Austerity" Rationing was not brought to and end by the war finishing, and some items remained on ration until 1954. The railways and industries were worn out and consumer goods were hard to come by as much that was produced had to be exported, in a drive to pay off war debts and stabilise the economy. The BBC2 "People's war" site may be of help: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/A2082584 for example, looking at Christmas 1945. The Festival of Britain in 1951 has been noted as a mark of the recovery of spirit and colour in post-war Britain, but there was argument at the time as to whether it was a frivolous waste of scarce resources better dedicated to rebuilding damaged cities.

Germany thought they would defeat France easily but they were wrong ,they were evenly matched and couldn't defeat each other.So they held their positions by digging trenches and tried to gain the land in between them known as no-man's-land.

During the war, the events that undermined Americans civil liberties were not inspiring. The government did things to people that was not right during the first war. The government did such as things where some soldiers weren't the same when the home, the government never supported them back them like they don't now.

Times have changed a great deal in the last 100 years. Women before this time were largely an irrelevance in military affairs, but WW1 changed that dramatically. Industrialisation of the means of waging war, the fact that military weapons & munitions particularly, were needed at the battlefield in an ongoing conflict which was going on & on for years had made a terrific difference to women in industrialised countries. It was still a fact that the actual fighting was still virtually 100% done by the men. But increasingly the young men were consumed in the death toll, and of course the wounded. Women were needed in the factories which supplied the war effort. Their efforts did much to provide the means to continue fighting. Although of course they still were mothers & maids & nurses & so on & so forth as they had been, but the idea of waging war, a more total war than ever before had made them indispensible.

1. Cotton Gin, No one ever had to hand-pick cotton anymore

2. Telephone, No more Snail Mail, people could just give a ring

3. Airplane, People no longer had to travel by foot anymore, they could fly

4. Sewing Machine, People could make clothing and more without hand-sewing

AND MANY MORE!

American attitudes towards World War 1 at its outbreak were most feelings of indifference. At the time, most Americans had no interest in exerting American interests on other countries and favored isolationism. However, several incidents shifted American opinion until eventually the US declared war on Germany, with full public support.

Some because of family tradition or patriotism. Some because of social or peer pressure. Some to aviod the stigma of being drafted. A rare few joined to avoid prison.

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The Nigerian government didn't punish the Igbo instead they used federal money to rebuild the Igbo region

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many jobs were given to women that the men had before they left to war. these jobs included doctor, factory workers, teachers, and other jobs. some of these jobs required educational needs and woman were now allowed to take these jobs. many men were upset by this "replacement" and started discriminating woman...

After WWI, there were extreme food shortages in Europe. A poster advising people to Leave a clean dinner plate and take only as much as you need was put out. The title was "The Gospel of the Clean Plate."

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