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D-Day D-Day was a major turning point in the war. In the early morning of June 6, 1944 one British and two Americans, airborne, dropped in on the Germans and cut off their communication so they couldn’t call for backup. Later on in the day more than 5,000 ships 4,000 ship-to-shore craft were employed in the landings and160,000 Allied troops invaded Normandy, France to free them from Germany’s power. About 9,000 allied troops were either wounded or killed. Also, more than10,00 allies marched acroos Europe to defeat Hitlar.

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor was one of the most tragic days in U.S. history and the event that brought the U.S. into WWII. On December 7, 1945, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. President Franklin Deleno Roosevelt said that “this day will live in infamy” this attack caught all Americans by surprise. None of the troops were prepared for this day. General Tojo planned out the whole attack.

Battle of Stalingrad After Germany signed the nonaggression pact, they went and invaded Russia for wheat and oil. Historians believe that Hitler ordered this attack due to his hatred of Joseph Stalin and because of the name. When they invaded Stalingrad, it was in the winter and they were not prepared for it. The battled ended on February 2,1943 when Germany retreat from Russia.

Atomic Bomb Sixty-Five years ago the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Russia devlared war on Japan, and the Japanese gov't surrendered to the U.S. and its allies. After the bombing the nuclear age began. When the atomic bomb was dropped and when Japan finally surrendered WWII ended. August 6,1945, Hiroshima was the target of the first atomic bomb used against civil population in history. Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb over the city of Nagasaki. After the bombing, in today's world, Japanis strongly engaged in banning nuclear weapons and their testing worldwide.

Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) May 8, 1945. The war ended in Europe when Germany surrendered. Five days after Hitler killed his dog, his new wife, and himself. Harry Truman celebrated is 61st birthday on this day and dedicated the victory to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died less than a month earlier. The Allies had originally agreed to mark May 9, 1945 as V-E day. So, now the war has ended in Europe, next was the rest of the war on the Pacific.

Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) August 15, 1945. Japanese finally surrendered ending the rest of WWII. Harry Truman said that "This is the day we have been waiting for since Pearl Harbor." August 15, 1945, although the Japanese administration under General Koiso Kuniaki did not officially surrender with a signed document until September 2, 1945. Both of these dates are known as VJ Day.

Rationing Americans carried government-issued stamps that were required if they want any supplies. When the US military went overseas the required clothing, equipment, vehicles, weapons, and food, but the people at home also need supplies. With Ration stamps you could get sugar, coffee, canned goods, meats, tires, gas, clothing, processed foods, and gasoline. Money wasn’t enough during the 1930’s-1940’s to be able to buy a certain item you had to present ration stamps. In 1944, Ration coins were introduced. It allowed retailers to give change back for food bought with ration stamps.

The New Deal When Franklin D. Roosevelt cam into office, relief, recovery, sand reform were his goals to build our nation back up. The New Deal in Roosevdelt’s terms “A use of authority of government as an organized form of self-helo for all classes and groups and sections of our country.” Roosevelts first 100 days in office he passed 15 laws which became known had the “Hundred Days” Some of the programs that were created was the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act), FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), gthe NRA (National Recover Act), etc.

The Holocaust The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi’s. It began on April 1, 1942 and ended on March 8, 1945 when WWII ended. 11 million were killed and six million were Jews. Nazi’s ordered Jew to were a “Yellow Star of David” on their clothing so that they could be easily recognized and targeted. Jews would hide from the Nazi’s the most famous Jewish family were the Franks. They went into hiding on July 6, 1942 and Anna Frank would write in her diary about what was happing each day. They were finally found and went to a concentration camp like every Jew and the Jews wither died from a disease, gas chamber, etc.

Battle of Iwo Jima On February, 19, 1945 U.S Marines landed on Iwo Jima. This battle consisted of 300,00 US Marines. Iwo Jima was on the home soil and it was between Tokyo, Japan and Saipan, Japan. The battle of Iwo Jima was the largest armada invasion up to that time during the Pacific War. After 2 am on February 19 Navy guns opened up on Iwo Jima again, signaling the beginning of D-Day. After it ended American troops raised a flag on Mt. Suribachi.

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