Author: Georgia. World War HistorianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Georgia in World War II
Author: Georgia. World War HistorianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Georgia During World War II
Author: Sam CromptonPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1508160007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
World War II occurred during a time in Georgia's history when changes to the economy, government, and civil rights were already underway. The war helped to pull Georgia out of the Great Depression and bring the state up to speed with the rest of the modernizing country. This book explores how World War II influenced the changing state and also how the state made a difference in the war. Students will learn about important military bases and shipyards, influential people such as Richard Russell and Carl Vinson, and President Roosevelt's relationship with Georgia. Primary sources make history come alive. Readers will gain a better understanding of important curricular topics and make valuable connections between various historical events.
Georgia POW Camps in World War II
Author: Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker & Jason WetzelPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467139076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
During World War II, many Georgians witnessed the enemy in their backyards. More than twelve thousand German and Italian prisoners captured in far-off battlefields were sent to POW camps in Georgia. With large base camps located from Camp Wheeler in Macon and Camp Stewart in Savannah to smaller camps throughout the state, prisoner reeducation and work programs evoked different reactions to the enemy. There was even a POW work detail of forty German soldiers at Augusta National Golf Course, which was changed from a temporary cow pasture to the splendid golf course we know today. Join author and historian Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker and coauthor Jason Wetzel as they explore the daily lives of POWs in Georgia and the lasting impact they had on the Peach State.
Georgia in World War II
Author: Lamar Q. BallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Georgia in World War II
Author: Lamar Q. BallDefining the Peace
Author: Jennifer E. BrooksPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807875759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
In the aftermath of World War II, Georgia's veterans--black, white, liberal, reactionary, pro-union, and anti-union--all found that service in the war enhanced their sense of male, political, and racial identity, but often in contradictory ways. In Defining the Peace, Jennifer E. Brooks shows how veterans competed in a protracted and sometimes violent struggle to determine the complex character of Georgia's postwar future. Brooks finds that veterans shaped the key events of the era, including the gubernatorial campaigns of both Eugene Talmadge and Herman Talmadge, the defeat of entrenched political machines in Augusta and Savannah, the terrorism perpetrated against black citizens, the CIO's drive to organize the textile South, and the controversies that dominated the 1947 Georgia General Assembly. Progressive black and white veterans forged new grassroots networks to mobilize voters against racial and economic conservatives who opposed their vision of a democratic South. Most white veterans, however, opted to support candidates who favored a conservative program of modernization that aimed to alter the state's economic landscape while sustaining its anti-union and racial traditions. As Brooks demonstrates, World War II veterans played a pivotal role in shaping the war's political impact on the South, generating a politics of race, anti-unionism, and modernization that stood as the war's most lasting political legacy.
WWII Ordinary Heroes, Carroll County, Georgia
Author: Talmage Mac MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carroll County (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The War in Georgia
Author: Jerrie OughtonPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544271777
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
“This story makes you believe in the love and laughter and friendship that give you hope in the worst of times” (Booklist). Thirteen-year-old Shanta Cola Morgan is an orphan who lives with her grandmother and her bedridden Uncle Louie. It isn’t exactly a typical family like other kids have. But during the scary summer of 1945, as World War II rages overseas and new neighbors move in across the street, hard times and conflict creep into Shanta’s life as stealthily as kudzu in the Georgia countryside. As Shanta, her grandmother, and Louie dig deep to keep love and humor in their home, Shanta learns how a family sustains each other—and discovers the painful truth that there are worse things than not having parents . . .
Developments in Georgia After World War II
Author: Sam CromptonPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1508160252
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
From 1945 to 1970, several factors influenced Georgia's growth. The shift from rural agrarianism to factory jobs after World War II resulted in larger urban populations. Atlanta developed into a recognizable metropolis due to the roles of two influential mayors � William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen Jr. � as well as major league sports. Ellis Arnall, Georgia's 69th governor, enacted several monumental changes � such as lowering the voting age to eighteen � that helped position Georgia as a revolutionary state. In this volume, primary sources and historic images guide reader on a tour of Georgia from 1945 to 1970.
Georgia POW Camps in World War II
Author: CokerPublisher: History Press Library Editions
ISBN: 9781540239822
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
During World War II, many Georgians witnessed the enemy in their backyards. More than twelve thousand German and Italian prisoners captured in far-off battlefields were sent to POW camps in Georgia. With large base camps located from Camp Wheeler in Macon and Camp Stewart in Savannah to smaller camps throughout the state, prisoner reeducation and work programs evoked different reactions to the enemy. There was even a POW work detail of forty German soldiers at Augusta National Golf Course, which was changed from a temporary cow pasture to the splendid golf course we know today. Join author and historian Dr. Kathryn Roe Coker and coauthor Jason Wetzel as they explore the daily lives of POWs in Georgia and the lasting impact they had on the Peach State.