During world war II, at least in America, it was African Americans who experience changes most like the changes experienced by women, because there was far more demand for them in the labor force.
This is false.
The government and the investors were always on the lookout for people who wanted to start businesses and start employing people, whether on farms or factories or anything similar. Land was given for free or owners had major tax cuts or things like that
Not much is known on the topic, however, if you go to this link you can read his diary (it is extremely interesting)
http://enroll.nationalww2museum.org/education/for-teachers/lesson-plans/d-day-diary.pdf