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A series of American propaganda posters during World War II appealed to servicemen's patriotism to protect themselves from venereal disease. The text at the bottom of the poster reads, "You can't beat the Axis if you get VD".
U.S. Propaganda from World War II, Depicting Hitler as foolish.
From Wikipedia.com
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US Office for War Information, propaganda message: working less helps our enemies.
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Defeating the Axis Powers• D-Day (June 6, 1944)• Battle of the Bulge (December, 1944)• FDR’s Death (April 12, 1945)• V-E Day (May 8, 1945)• Potsdam Ultimatum— “Japan: surrender, or
else!”• August 6, 1945—Hiroshima• August 9, 1945—Nagasaki• V-J Day (September 2, 1945)• Nuremburg War Crimes Trials
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U.S. World War II Production
• Planes = 300,000• Tanks = 61,000• Trucks = 87,000• Firearms = 17,900,000• Heavy artillery = 2,400,000• Shells, bombs, etc. = millions of tons
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Profile of U.S. Servicemen
• 39% were volunteers• 61% were draftees• Combat survivability: (out of 1,000) 8.6 were killed in
action, 3 died from other causes, and 17.7 received non-mortal combat wounds.
• Average base pay: enlisted, $71.33 per month; officers, $203.50 per month
• Total number in all military branches: 4 million• Number of World War II veterans dying per day since
2002—one thousand
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WWII InfoDefeating the Axis Powers
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Japanese Kamikaze Pilots.asf
Kamikaze attack on USS St. Louis
Island HoppingUS Pacific Campaign Strategy
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The_Manhattan_Project_and_the_Atomic_Bomb_Attacks_on_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.asfTruman_Drops_A_Bomb_Japan_Surrenders.asf
10. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 ~ killed 80,000 people & level 42 square miles
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Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 ~ killed 40,000
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Three Options to End War
(1) Use Nuclear Bomb(2) Invade Mainland Japan(3) Blockade Japan
Cold War Positioning End war before Soviets invade Minimize Soviet influence in
peace treaty
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Enola Gay landing after bombing of Hiroshima. (Smithsonian Institution)
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Lasting effects of WWII
• The Yalta Conference• The Big 3
– Stalin– Churchill– Roosevelt
• The Cold War• Who is left???