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The Military Draft
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Rosie the Riveter
Naomi Parker Fraley was photographed working at the Naval Air Base in Alameda, California in 1942. The photo was published in newspapers and magazine that later caught the attention of J. Howard Miller. He created a poster that was published by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation 1943. It was in effort to encourage more women to join the war time labor force. -
Coral Sea
This was a four day battle in the Coral southeast of New Guinea between Japan and America. In May of 1942 the Japanese wanted to control the Coral Sea. Their plans to do so were interrupted by the American Allied forces. American aircraft carrier planes attacked Japan upon their arrival towards the coast. It was the first air-sea battle in history. Both sides lost aircraft carriers, but in the end Japan did not have enough air cover, and turned back. This gave the Allies the victory. -
Japanese-American Internment Camps
Executive order 9066 called for the internment of over 100,000 Japanese-Americans. Roosevelt had the Japanese-Americans relocated to camps along the west coast in states such as California and Oregon. The reason for the internment was due to the recent attack taken on the Hawaii Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, by Japan. Japanese-Americans would be subjected to internment up until the year of 1945. -
Manhattan Project
President Roosevelt authorized the formation of the Manhattan Project on December 12, 1942. It was done with the goal of weaponizing nuclear energy. Before that it was the Manhattan Engineer District. There, scientists like Leo Szilard study the separation and interaction of nuclear atoms and its reactions. -
AAGPBL
The All American Girls Professional Baseball League started up in the spring of 1943. Minor league baseball was losing players, and there was a fear it would also happen to major league baseball. In order to keep profits up, Chicago Cubs owner, Philip Wrigley, helped establish the AAGPBL. The rules of the game were combined baseball and softball rules; each team had 15 players, a coach and a manager. The cities in which these ladies played in were Racine, Rockford, Kenosha, and South Bend. -
White Rose
On February 18, 1943, Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested for opposing the Nazi regime. The two siblings were the leaders of a youth group called Weisse Rose(White Rose). This group of individuals, who were university students, spoke out against Adolf Hitler. White Rose created leaflets that exposed the inhumanities of the Nazis and the SS. On February 23 of the same year, Hans and Sophia were beheaded for being "political traitors". -
D-Day
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Battle of Okinawa
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Nagasaki Bombing
On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki became the second location that the U.S.. The U.S. felt that the first bomb, dropped on Hiroshima, was not enough to convince Japan to surrender, so the U.S dropped the bomb, which they called "Bock's Car". Both bombs were atomic bombs developed during a project called the Manhattan Project. -
Truman Doctrine
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1948 Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympics were held in London, England. The Olympics were not held during the summer of 1940 or 1944 due to the war. In 1948, London was asked on short notice to hold the Olympics. These were the first games to be shown on TV. 59 countries showed up, and over 4,000 athletes were in competition. -
Berlin Airlift
