USA Flashcards
(17 cards)
What was the role of the entire nation of the USA in the war effort?
Factories, shipyards, farms, and even Hollywood contributed to the war effort.
What key military equipment did the U.S. produce between 1941 and 1945?
250,000 aircraft, 90,000 tanks, 350 naval destroyers, 200 submarines, and 5,600 merchant ships.
What title did the U.S. earn due to its weapons production by 1944?
Arsenal of democracy.
What was the production rate of Liberty ships by U.S. shipyards in 1943?
Three Liberty ships per day.
What was the Lend-Lease Program initiated in 1941?
Provided vast supplies of food, fuel, and equipment to Britain and later the USSR.
What did Stalin famously acknowledge about American production in 1943?
Without which this war would have been lost.
What advantage did the U.S. have over Germany and Japan regarding war capacity?
Industrial capacity for a prolonged war.
Why was controlling shipping routes across the Atlantic crucial?
For transporting Lend-Lease supplies to Britain.
What significant threat did German U-boats pose during the war?
They threatened the transportation of supplies across the Atlantic.
What happened after British intelligence broke the German naval codes in 1943?
The tide turned, and 141 U-boats were sunk in the latter half of 1943.
What was the purpose of the Island-Hopping Strategy used by the U.S.?
To isolate Japanese-held islands and cut off supply lines.
How did the U.S. minimize Allied casualties while using the Island-Hopping stategy?
By capturing poorly defended islands and isolating stronger Japanese positions.
What was one key factor in Japan’s surrender in August 1945?
The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What was the nature of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
They were done without prior warning.
Fill in the blank: The U.S. industrial production outpaced German U-boat attacks by producing _______.
three Liberty ships per day.
True or False: The U.S. was unprepared for a war of attrition unlike Germany and Japan.
False.
What was the impact of Japan’s overstretching during the war?
It made eventual defeat inevitable.
