WW2 Homefront

During (and even after) World War II, the most accurate general statement about the treatment of African-Americans in and out of uniform is this: America continued to neglect the dignity, genius, and freedom of its African-American population even while it waged a war to restore the same to Europe and Asia. The experience of Black Americans who served in the military is on its own one justification of this generalization. At the same time, the dedication, diligence, and fighting-success of individual and groups of African-American soldiers typically earned them respect among some of their White (and other) peers on the battlefields of the war. This respect would have a positive impact on the front-lines as well as on the home-front, despite the continued prejudice that many African-Americans experienced upon their return from war.

• The blacks had finally been allowed to fight in the war and be pilots they did an exceptionally good job. Many left the south to live in the west and north were they were treated with respect and were not subject to the severe segregation laws and racism of the south. They had learned they could be just as good as the white or better in the same job positions.
• The civilian Blacks had discovered how different life was in the north and the west. They learned they could have a better life and get homes and jobs in the other regions of America. Black men who had gone south to work in war jobs or the military were shocked at the horrendous treatment they received in the southern states.
• The blacks returned to the south and did not get any thanks or respect. Over the next two decades they fought for civil rights and did not get them until President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Bill in the Sixties.

The term "Rosie the Riveter" , a fictional character , was first used in 1942 .

I would suggest keeping the interviews fairly informal. Obviously, you will want to ask them what they did, how they coped with rationing, and also about changes during the war itself. In fairness to the people you interview, please do plenty of research beforehand.

Maybe their houses getting bombed by the Germans or they're loved ones dieing in the war

Varies on where you come from in ww2 and also depends what for

The list is too long to count, but the Berlin Blockade, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Gary Powers' U-2 shoot-down and KAL 007 all severely strained US-Soviet relations.

During WW2, the first bombing missions were flown at night. So the lights of the cities would show the enemy navigators where they were. If the civilians observed a Blackout, they would turn out the lights or cover their windows. Even though the enemy bomber may not be intending to bomb that city, he could use it as a navigation point to where his target was located. The navigators also looked for landmarks: such as water towers, railroads, bridges or big buildings. They could see these landmarks from the city lights that reflected off the clouds.

The public had "ration books" each month and they were only allowed to have so many pounds of sugar, milk, eggs, meat, etc. Battleship linoleum (extremely durable) was about the only thing you could buy for your floors and only had 2 - 3 choices of color. Building materials were scarce as were anything made out of metal. Paint was scarce and came in a very low variety of colors. Clothing was difficult to get and costly so many of the women made their own. Nylons for women were almost extinct so they would draw a line down the back of their leg to look like they had nylons on. Housing was hard to get and many people lived in "war time houses" that were very basic. People tried to take public transportation to conserve on gas. Kids went from door-to-door to collect aluminum foil products, metal to go towards the war effort.

You might be able to get a few dollars for it from someone looking for World War 2 memorabilia. Book 4 was a sort of catch all for things like tires and shoes and not one used often.

A few dollars to the right collector. Everyone that lived in the US was issued ration books, so they are pretty common. Finding one with a lot of stamps left in it is much harder. That would mean that the person didn't use their stamps to buy goods.

The Poles, New Zealanders, Canadians, Americans, Ghurkas, French and Australians fought against the Nazi Germans at Monte Cassino. After a month of brutal fighting, The Polish Second Corps under General Wladyslaw Anders conquered the monastery located on the top of the Monte Cassino on May 18, 1944. The Polish casualties included 924 dead, 345 missing, and 2,930 injured. The total allied casualties were approximately 55,000. The battle of Monte Cassion is considered to be among the bloodiest battles of WWII, in addition to the battle of Stalingrad, The Warsaw Uprising of 1944, the battle of Kursk and the Normandy Landing.

they were forced to give up thier jobs...

u should definitely wear extremely warm clothes because the tundra is very cold!

Clothes that cover ur face.... they r usually heavy

It's generally an artillery gun designed to fire shells straight forward into the sky to shoot down aircraft. The shells generally exploded next to enemy planes. German AA guns shot down over 37,000 Allied bombers.

Anti aircraft shells have flack or pieces of metal material when they explode this material flys out in many directions something similar to a fragmentation grenade

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"You wow cracking" band is a band from Brazil, the distinctive way they show the audience the rich and diverse traditional music of Brazil,you can listen to the band's music and then you will know what is the traditional music of Brazil

Propaganda posters were used to influence the sentiments and the morale of the civilians and the service men. Heavy losses were downplayed so that the people would think they have an upper hand.

World War II started on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland and the Russians invaded Poland from the other side on September 17, 1939. The British and the French declared war on Germany, but not on the Soviet Union.

Poland was conquered by September 28, 1939 and that was the end of the fighting because Germany did not want war with Great Britain or France. The British and the French were not yet ready to fight the Germans, so there was what the Germans called a Sitz Krieg or sitting war where there was no fighting for several months. Americans refer to the sitting war as "the phoney war."

In April 1940, the Germans intercepted British messages and learned that the British were planning to invade Norway and Denmark. The British wanted to control the north sea because Germany had to depend on neutral Sweden for minerals. As soon as the Germans learned of the British plans, they made a preemptive strike and invaded Norway and Denmark, beating the British by about one week.

In May 1940, Germany invaded France. The French were conquered in about 5 weeks. The British refused all German peace offers and continued to fight.

Mississippi in the 1940s was an extremely racist state and a dangerous place to be if a person was not white. It was common for lynchings to occur and the KKK had a strong presence their at that time.

WW2 helped many woman who wanted to work but couldnt. before the war only 26% of woman had paying jobs but all these jobs were teaching, nursing or child-care positions. after the war, over 38% more woman had jobs. and these jobs ranged from factory workers, truck drivers, mechanics, technicians, and even pilots.

The Tuskegee Airmen not only helped defeat fascism overseas, but just as importantly, they broke down the barriers of racism and segregation here in America, which led to the complete racial integration of the military.

The Victory Gardens were gardens that had vegetables planted at the homes of Americans. English people also planted gardens if they had the seeds. The families planted whatever vegetable they like or whatever seeds they could get. Any gardens with too much vegetables grown were passed out to others who needed vegetables, such as elderly people, disabled people, and people who did not have gardens (such as apartment dwellers). Some people had berry bushes and fruit trees so they would share the fruit with others or sell it.

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Victory gardens were also popular in Australia, NZ and Canada. The first VG (Victory Gardens) were dug in England in Oct 1939. People were encouraged to plant all free green spaces with whatever vegetables they could. The British government published a pamphlet called Dig For Victory telling people how to do it and advising them what would be good to plant. The following veggies were planted: Potatoes, Carrot, Turnip, Parsnip, Runner, dwarf and broad beans, Shallots, Onions, Tomatoes, Marrow, Radish, Parsley, Cabbage, Brussels sprouts, Sprouting broccoli, Kale, Swede, Globe beet, Spinach, Lettuce.

Yes, in WW2 many girls were involved in various countries. In Britain, and after D-day in Europe, some girls were attached to military units to deal with secret information coming from code breaking centres, many worked on Barrage Balloon sites, Radar and Antiaircraft Batteries.
In Russia there were Fighter Aircraft units with all women pilots.
Also many girls worked in very dangerous jobs such as making explosives and filling bombs and shells.
Many girls flew aircraft from factories to airbases and some lost their lives doing so.

Well, one famous book about WWII is "Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose. It was made into an HBO miniseries. It's an account of Easy Company, the 506th U.S. Army Regiment during WWII. It was published in 1992.