 WITHIN DAYS OF
 THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR,
 WAR WAS DECLARED AGAINST
 WHAT WERE NOW BEING CALLED
 THE AXIS POWERS:
 GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN.
 AT THE TIME NO ONE REALIZED
 WHAT KIND OF SACRIFICE
 WOULD BE REQUIRED BY
 THOSE ON THE BATTLEFRONT
 OR THE HOME FRONT.
 WHEN THE WAR FINALLY ENDED,
 MOST OF THE POPULATION
 OF THE WORLD
 WOULD BE AFFECTED
 IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
 AS THE SHOCK OF THE ATTACKS
 IN DECEMBER WORE OFF,
 THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
 BEGAN MOBILIZING TO FIGHT
 BACK.
 ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
 ABLE-BODIED MEN EITHER
 VOLUNTEERED OR WERE DRAFTED.
 THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
 JOINED THE MILITARY
 OR ENTERED THE WORK FORCE.
 THOSE MEN ALREADY IN UNIFORM
 WERE GATHERED AND SENT TO
 ATTACK THE AXIS POWERS.
