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TOPIC: Life on the home front during WWII INTERVIEW SUBJECT: Virginia Link (My grandmother)

World War II was the most important crisis of the twentieth century. After WWI, dictators started to rise in many countries like Italy, Germany, Japan, and the USSR. Germany's leader was Hitler and he decides to invade many countries. At the beginning of the War in Europe, the United States decided to stay isolated and not get into any other country's business. The United States wanted to stay a neutral nation. On December 7, 1941, disaster struck when Japan attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. That led to FDR declaring war against Japan and the United States becoming part of the war. That decision led to many hardships within the United States.

Life on the home front wasn't very fun. WWII changed many people's lives for better and for worse. Everyone in a family helped contribute to the war effort. A mom would protect her children by buying war bonds, not saying any revealing information about the war, get a job that supplies for war, and she wouldn't buy anything unnecessary. Dad's were also affected greatly by WWII. Everything was rationed and stamps were given out, dads would collect and recycle scrap metal, volunteer to fight and scan skies for enemy planes, and buy war bonds. Children were affected greatly by WWII. Comics and dolls would be based on American fighting other countries in the war, and action figures would be based off of WWII and the countries fighting the war. Children helped contribute to the war effort by, helping out with can drives, collecting newspapers, walking to activities, collecting trash, watched for enemy planes, MEDIA

This poster was created by the U.S. Food Administration in 1944 as part of a nationwide victory garden program. This poster shows what life on the home front was like for many people during WWII.

Here's a link to a video about life during WWII: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8L7t7CJGt4&feature=related

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