On the Homefront: WWII – part 2 Lecture with Ann Vitale

In Part 2 of this series, Anne Vitale takes us beyond the home front to examine the massive wartime shift in American manufacturing. Discover who produced the millions of uniforms, munitions, and C-Rations, and how farmers managed when so many men were drafted. Explore the housing of POWs in the U.S., the contributions of industrial giants like Henry Ford and Henry J. Kaiser, and the groundbreaking training and employment of women in shipbuilding, bomber production, and other fields previously closed to them. This lecture reveals the remarkable adjustments and innovations that powered the war effort.