Main Themes 1. That the vast productive capacity of the United States was the key to the defeat of the Axis. 2. That the war had a profound effect on the home front. 3. How three major western offensives combined with an ongoing Russian effort to defeat Germany. 4. How sea power contained the Japanese, and how Allied forces moved steadily closer to Japan and prepared for an invasion until the atomic bomb ended the war.
| Learning Objectives A thorough study of Chapter Twenty-Eight should enable the student to understand: |
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The efforts of the federal government to mobilize the nation's economy for war production. |
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The effects of American participation in the war on the Depression and on New Deal reformism. |
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The changes that the wartime involvement brought for women and racial and ethnic minorities. |
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The contributions of the United States military to victory in North Africa and Europe. |
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The contributions of the United States military to victory in the Pacific. |