10 World War II at Home and Abroad

Primary Source Text: U.S. war correspondent’s account of the Battle of Tarawa: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/tarawa.htm

Sort-of Primary Source Animated Movie: Barefoot Gen, film on the atomic bombing based on comics written by a survivor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpAgmvjJCtI

Secondary Source Text: Useful excerpt from Jeremy Brecher book Strike! Covers no-strike pledge, WWII and post-war strike waves, role of CP, development of union bureaucracy, etc: https://libcom.org/article/world-war-ii-and-post-war-strike-wave-jeremy-brecher

Primary Source Text: Digital Public Library small collection on Bracero program (extending into 1960s): https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/mexican-labor-and-world-war-ii-the-bracero-program