Sacrifice and Prosperity:
The Tullahoma Experience During World War II
Project Background
The project was on display at the Tullahoma Fine Arts Center from October 28 to December 8, 2001.
Lucy Hollis: Executive Director
Tammy Miller: Project Director
Russel Mobley: Graphic Consultant
Dr. Michael Bradley: Academic Advisor
A generation goes to war
World War II began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. By June 1940, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and France had surrendered to Germany and its dictator, Adolf Hitler. Only England and the United Kingdom stood against Hitler's Germany and Italy. Italy and Japan had joined the war on the side of Germany in 1940 forming the Axis powers. Time Table
Through the fall and winter of 1940, England suffered nightly air raids known as the Blitz, forcing many British citizens, especially its children, away from British cities. In the ensuing months, the war spread to Greece and Northern Africa. In 1941, Hitler reneged on a non-aggression pact signed with Joseph Stalin and invaded the Soviet Union. All of Europe was now at war. In March 1941, the United States Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act permitting Roosevelt to lend or lease raw materials, equipment and weapons to any nation fighting the Axis. Roosevelt urged America to become the "arsenal of democracy."
Image: Moving Hurricane Hall on Atlantic Street in Tullahoma.