WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Factories stopped private production and focused on military production
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Minorities joined integrated military units
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Women served in combat roles for the Army and Navy
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Japanese-Americans were put into internment camps
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Detailed explanation-1: -Food, gas and clothing were rationed. Communities conducted scrap metal drives and planted “victory gardens.” To help build the armaments necessary to win the war, women and Blacks found employment as electricians, welders and riveters in defense plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Factories were converted to the production of military items such as tanks, rifles, ammunition, airplanes and ships. People on the “Home Front” were encouraged to conserve energy, to plant “Victory Gardens” and to buy war bonds.
Detailed explanation-3: -In all, the “total war” aspect of World War II changed life for many people on the home front. For example, in the United States the war changed life for millions of American women when many of the began to enter the workforce for the first time to fill the jobs left by men who had enlisted to fight in the war.
Detailed explanation-4: -Military and economic expansion created labor shortages. To fill the gap, government and industry encouraged women to enter the workforce. Though most working women continued to labor in more traditional employment like waitressing and teaching, millions took better-paid jobs in defense factories.