The Japanese bombs and torpedoes that fell on Pearl Harbor had destroyed not only ships and planes, but also most of the United States. That's when the United States finally entered the war, It had to mobilize, or bring its forces back into readiness. This was a hug job. But the United States had this all in their hands. The Untied States had made something of a head and start. Starting in 1940 the government had sharply increased in military spending, this spending, was largely responsible for ending the Great Depression. Thousands of people found work in the now-busy factories, making supplies for the military. The leader of all the mobilization was Army Chief of Staff.
General George C. Marshall
General George C. Marshall. Marshall worked real closely with President Roosevelt to plan for the war. He was very ensured that American soldiers were well equipped and properly trained. Marshall played more important roles. "Marshall would also play and important role in developing the nations military strategy. In addition to equipment and supplies, the United States needed soldiers and sailors to fight the Axis Powers." Following Pearl Harbor the government expanded the draft, which Roosevelt had reinstrated in 1940. There were so many young man who did not wait to be called into service. They were to eager to even wait to be called in. "Eager to defend their country, They volunteered by the millions." Eventually, some 16 millions Americans would enter the armed forces.
The millions of African Americans who served in the Military during World War II
Many minority groups-especially African Americans, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and Asia Americans- the war created new dilemmas restricted to racially segregated neighborhoods and reservations and denied basic citizenship rights, some members of these groups questioned whether this was their war to fight. "Why die for some foreign country when we don't even have it here?" asked an African American responded unhappily, "Just carve on my tombstone, 'Here lies a black man killed fighting a yellow man for the protection of a white man." Despite discrimination in the military, more than 300,000 Mexican Americans joined the armed forces. While Mexican Americans in Los Angeles made up only a tenth of city's population. About 1 million African Americans also served in the military. The African American soldiers lived and served in segregated units and were limited mostly to noncombat roles.
Representing the Mobilization for War
The modern process of preparing armies for war originated in the middle of the nineteenth century. The recruitment of volunteer to fill the ranks no longer sufficed. Governments turned to conscription, created huge forces, and harnesses their national economies to conduct war. The work "Mobilization" was first used in the 1850s to describe the preparation of the army of Prussia for deployment. The American civil war marked the appearance in the United States of the draft and mass armies along with the organization of productive resources to sustain them. The volunteer tradition of the minutemen was on its way to becoming little more than a sacred memory, and the logistical simplicity of the American Revolution was gradually falling by the wayside.
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Mobilizing for War
General George C. Marshall. Marshall worked real closely with President Roosevelt to plan for the war. He was very ensured that American soldiers were well equipped and properly trained. Marshall played more important roles. "Marshall would also play and important role in developing the nations military strategy. In addition to equipment and supplies, the United States needed soldiers and sailors to fight the Axis Powers." Following Pearl Harbor the government expanded the draft, which Roosevelt had reinstrated in 1940. There were so many young man who did not wait to be called into service. They were to eager to even wait to be called in. "Eager to defend their country, They volunteered by the millions." Eventually, some 16 millions Americans would enter the armed forces.
The modern process of preparing armies for war originated in the middle of the nineteenth century. The recruitment of volunteer to fill the ranks no longer sufficed. Governments turned to conscription, created huge forces, and harnesses their national economies to conduct war. The work "Mobilization" was first used in the 1850s to describe the preparation of the army of Prussia for deployment. The American civil war marked the appearance in the United States of the draft and mass armies along with the organization of productive resources to sustain them. The volunteer tradition of the minutemen was on its way to becoming little more than a sacred memory, and the logistical simplicity of the American Revolution was gradually falling by the wayside.
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"Austria's in North Africa." HubPages. 2013 HubPages Inc.. Web. 25 Oct 2013.
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Beck, Roger. Modern World History: Pattern of Interaction. Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2003. Print
Brayton, Rebecca. "World War II: How Did It Start?."Watch Mojo. Mojo Surpreme. Web. 25 Oct 2013.
Brown, Lester. "A Wartime Mobilization." Earth Policy Institute. Earth Policy Institute. Web. 31 Oct 2013.
Knepper, George. "African American in WWII, and Civil Rights." Black, White and Beyond. The University of Akron, n.d. Web. 31 Oct 2013.
Krieger, Larry. Mobilizing for Defense. Los Angeles: McDougall Littel, 2003. Print.
"North Africa and the Invasion of Italy." Sparklenotes. 2013 SparkleNotes LLC. Web. 25
Oct 2013
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