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WW2 Homefront

WW2 home front refers to the activities of the civilians during WW2. The governments of affected countries required their civilians to assist in the war effort. While the men fought at the front lines, the women provided logistic support.

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Facts about women working in world war 2?

Because all of the men were off fighting the war there were not enough to do all the jobs at home. If the women had not stepped up to the jobs, there would have been much bigger shortages of materials and food necessary to both fight the war and keep the people in the US fed and taken care of.

How much are unused ration books worth?

As with all collectibles, it depends. I am only speaking here of WWII Ration Stamp Books. The largest consideration is condition--not only of the boolket folder, but of the stamps thatmay still be inside. From recent purchases from several dealers int he stamp collecting business, purchase price ranges between $2.00 (few stamps) and $15.00 (many stamps). If you chose to sell to one of these dealers, the offering price would probably be about 50% of that.

What did the US Supreme Court decide in the Ex parte Endo case?

In Ex Parte Endo, 323 US 283 (1944), the US Supreme Court held there was no legitimate, legally sanctioned reason for holding loyal, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens in internment camps once the government determined they weren't threats to the nation's security. The Court declared their detention was not authorized under Executive Order 9066 nor subsequent legislation; the war-time orders were intended only to protect the country from espionage and sabotage, not to discriminate against an entire class of people based on their ethnic heritage.

What was the political impact during World War 2 on America?

people figured out that women were actually really good at certain jobs and found that women did all the jobs that men did better. The women were much better than men but no one listened and women still didn't get heard ever. IF a women was skilled at a job and another man had no skills at all, she would have equal or much less to the man who has no experience. Women rule!

What were some of the sacrifices made during World War 1?

Well first off the American Federation of Labor (AFL) gave workers the right to organize, or create unions if they promised no strikes and an 8 hour day. President Wilson asked for people to voluntarily agree for certain days of the week called "meatless and wheatless days" where people wouldn't eat meat one day of the weak and another day they wouldn't eat wheat, and things like that so they could save food for those fighting the war. People actually listened and did it too. World War I was the first time women worked in factories in large numbers. The Sedition Act came about, which said that it was illegal to speak against the war. The Great Migration happened, which was when many blacks started going North.

What was Heinrich Himmler's role in World War II?

Heinrich Himmler was the head of the SS and also the head of all the concentration camps. He set up the first concentration camp at Dachau in March 1933.

Why did rationing end in England?

Because it was short of food.

Always depends around what time it was.

if it was in the first world war then it was because the Germans had sunken all the ships which supplied englands so when it reached real crisis whole England had enough food to survive for 6 weeks. luckily the situation improved quickly.

What were the effects of the aliances in Europe during World War 2?

The Allies (or the side that we were on) was made up of Russia, the US, and England. The Alliances that we formed helped us give each other supplies and send reinforcements if any of us needed them.

How do you listen to music on jwpepper?

Well. If you want to get a sample of the music on jw pepper but don't want to buy it on some of the page for the book it will say Mp3 Audio if you click it there will be a terms of agreement that you have to agree to then it should play from there.

How many Russian women snipers in World War 2?

This question has been in the question pool for a while so I decided I would try to find an answer for you. I found some Ukrainian Russian women who were snipers in World War 2. It is on the link below.

Who was Benjamin O Davis Sr wife?

Brigadier General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. (July 1, 1877 - November 26, 1970) was an American general and the father of Benjamin O. DavisJr.

Why was Rosie the riveter important to the World War 2?

Rosie the Riveter made the women believe that they could work in the factories and work like all og the men since they were all in the war at the time. You know they had to make a living too. :)

What was daily life like during the American revolutionary war?

In the revolutionary war people took sides as either a partiot or as a loyalist.

Patriots believed in freedom and no longer wished to be under British rule.

While Loyalist felt they had to be loyal to the British king and did not believe in the freedom the patriots had thought of. Thomas Paine had wrote a famous news collom called 'Common Sense' it talked about his beliefs towards the king of Britain and his own as a patriot. Thomas Paine was a patriot and made that very clear, he argued about British rule through 'Common Sense'. Patriots fought in war against the British and the British fought in war to try to keep their rule of America. The Boston tea party was held by patriots when the British refused to stop their taxation toward the colonies for tea.

During the Boston tea party patriots snuck on a British ship sending shipping their tea disguised as native Americans and dumped all of the tea into the harbor.

You may be wondering why tea was so important to the Americans. It was not the tea that meant so much. But, It was the overall fact of taxing the Americas for their goods that really bothered them. Patriots had won the war on the 4th of July. This would be a good topic to do some research on because this is a topic that reaches far more than what I can tell you!

What kind of uniforms did women wear in World War 2?

Many women had to sew their own clothing. Some had to take their pillow cases and make summer shorts out of them; others had to make skirts out of men's trousers.

In Britain, clothing and all fabrics were rationed from 1940 onwards and what could be obtained with the clothing coupons fell as conditions got more difficult. There was a government sponsored 'make-do-and-mend' campaign. The idea was to encourage women to repair older clothing, and many newspapers had practical advice on this. There was a flourishing market in secondhand clothes as these weren't rationed.

The 'early modern' styles of the 1930s continued, though they were often somewhat simplified. It became increasingly common to dress simply. Some people felt that the overall result was a kind of drabness.

What kind of clothes do maori people wear?

Traditionally they wore flax skirts (piu-piu) and cloaks made from dog fur and/or feathers. Also woven bodices for women. Shells such as paua were used for decoration. Bird feathers were used to adorn and sometimes worn in the hair (which may be tied in a bun). The cloaks often represented status and respect (such as chieftanship) and are valued items. Today, Maori wear clothes that most people throughout the world wear - shorts, trousers, t-shirts, singlets, jandals, sneakers and whatever is in fashion or comfortable! Traditional clothing is still worn on special occasions and ceremonies, and in Maori performance groups (kapa haka).

Why are women never satisfied?

Ah, but women can be satisfied. You just have to find what it is that that particular woman needs and how much. There is one thing though--you can't get something to a level and then stop working at it. It requires consistent attention.

Some women are only satisfied being dissatisfied. These women shape the behaviors of men, seeking to eventually change them. The male's frustration arises when the female employs a technique known as "random reinforcement," where the male is not necessarily rewarded for the correct behavior or punished for the undesired behavior.

I believe the real question is, "Why do women so desire to change men?"

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oh but you cant, each thing they want more and more and more! spoiled! nothng suits them, they dont understand a luxury ship they want to live in that probably wont be good enough as well cant be bought!

Did the US have relocation camps for German-Americans during World War 2?

Relocation CampsAccording to the Time-Life series on WW2, the volume titled "The Home Front: U.S.A,":

"After war was declared, about 5,000 German-Americans were rounded up & interned at Ellis Island. By the end of 1942 most were released."

Here are some more considerations:

POW camps of Germans were spread all over. My family met and worked with some of them for a time, in the southern USA. I believe there was also one famous attempt at escape during the war, in Texas(?), but these German prisoners stood out like a sore thumb and were reported and recaptured quickly.

Additional strategic and real-world considerations for General DeWitt's removal order in early 1942 for ethnic Japanese from the West Coast Zone that he commanded, while the same was not viwed as necessary for ethnic Germans:

(1) There was very little risk of a German land invasion of the USA in early 1942, whereas the Japanese had already, on the two days surrounding Pearl Harbor (as mentioned in FDR's speech on December 8th) made large-scale AMPHIBIOUS invasion landings on another five or six major target locations in the Pacific.

(2) 50,000 of the ethnic Japanese were NOT U.S. citizens and thousands spoke little of no English. This was not the case with the ethnic Germans, who had for the most part assimilated in a major way.

(3) Some few German and other eastern European nationals were arrested by the FBI on the west coast, as spies, during this same timeframe. Their numbers were small and easily monitored.

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A history site on Beale AFB contains the following exerpt in it's summary of history of the base...

{During World War II, Camp Beale's 86,000 acres were home for more than 60,000 soldiers, a prisoner-of-war encampment, and a 1,000-bed hospital.}

http://www.beale.af.mil/history/ptop.asp

The story I heard goes as follows;

Two nazi pow's planned an escape from the camp at Beale. One night under the cover of darkness, the two men set out through the fence with a couple of days worth of food and the clothes on their back. After three days of walking, they decided to give up and go back. They were trying to walk out of the country and they decided that the U.S.A. was just too big. The catch in the story is that when they left, they set out in a southerly direction. Beale is about 30 miles north of Sacramento, just above Marysville. In reality, they never even got out of the state of California.

That one, I cannot verify, as it is a handed down story from the elders of our family.

In very general terms one needs to distinguish between (1) the relatively small number people in the U.S. who were German nationals and (2) the much larger group of Americans who in varying senses were of German origin who had only U.S. citizenship. This latter group included Americans who spoke no German at all to the small German-speaking communities in some parts of Wisconsin, for example. In other words, the term "German-Americans" is vague.

However, note that the legislation - such as the Alien Enemy Act of 1798 - refers to "enemy ancestry". Those most likely to be arrested and relocated were those who were not well integrated. They could be interned on the basis of gossip and hearsay and things that no ordinary US court would take seriously. Usually, only adult men were interned, but in some cases their families obtained permission to join them.

As far as I'm aware, the latter group was **on the whole** left alone in WWII. As for people in America with German citizenship (and this included many refugees from Nazi persecution) some were interned and/or relocated.

This website provides much more information:

http://www.foitimes.com/internment/gasummary.htm

Added:

It should be obvious that German prisoners of war, that is, members of the German armed forces taken prisoner in combat, were in a completely different category.

What else beside food was rationed?

In Britain, a large number of foods and other items were rationed.

In the US, dairy products such as eggs, milk, and butter were rationed. One result was the wider use of margarine. Similarly, coffee was rationed, leading to a number of substitutes of varying acceptability.

Why did the us drop bombs on Hioshima and Nagasaki?

Many American war veterans from World War II would say that the nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to save millions of American servicemen who would otherwise have to invade the Japanese Homeland. The stated intent prior to Victory in Europe was to develop an atomic bomb before the Germans did so. Once the Germans were defeated the stated purpose changed. Some believe that the real reason for dropping the bombs was to punish Japan for the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.

What kind of uniforms did nurses wear in Vietnam?

The US Army females were part of the US Army WACs (Women Army Corps); as depicted in the TV and film MASH. They were issued WAC uniforms.

In Vietnam, they appeared to be the same OG (Olive Green) fatigues as worn by the men, but were obviously tailored for females. Many, if not most, of the US Military females in country appeared to be officers. The one distinguishing feature about their uniforms was (unless they got them from other than US supply) they all seemed to have epaulets on their fatique shirt (called a jacket in the army). US GI jungle fatiques didn't have epaulets on their shoulders.

All US jungle fatiques were OG cotten rip stop material.

When did women start working in factories?

Women have been working in factories in the United Kingdom since Richard Arkwright patented the spinning frame and created the first true factory at Cromford, near Derby in 1769.

What were the political economic social and cultural effects of world war 2?

Many Americans joined churches and synagogues during the post war era. By 1960 sixty-five percent of Americans were official communicants. The sale of Bibles and religious themed books and movies thrived. President Eisenhower encouraged Americans back to God. Congress added the phrase "under God" to Pledge of Allegiance and "in God we trust" mandatory on all currency. Many ministers would avoid condemnation, criticism, and controversy and would reassure people that their way of life was God's will. Ministers would use radio and television to gather many Americans to join churches and attend revival meetings. Then there were others who criticized those who identified the United States the only true providential society and who used faith as a place for social status. These advocates known a neo-orthodoxy argued that the gospel of good news was a way of sociability.