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In June 1942, Eisenhower was pointed to be the commander of the General European Theater of Operations.
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Rosie the Riveter was a generic term for women in the defense industry, based on several real women who were seen as “tough yet feminine.” Rosie was a figure to fight against the resistance to women working in a male dominated environment.
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Mother’s who were filling jobs in the industry were challenged with the role of working a full day and coming home to be a care giver. Eleanor Roosevelt pushed for the first government childcare facilities to help mothers.
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In response to the March on Washington lead by African American Leader A. Philip Randolph, the president signed Executive Order 8802. This Order was meant to stop discrimination in the defense industry.
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The EO 9066 gave the army power to remove people of Japanese descent from “military areas” and relocate them. Internment camps for the Japanese were removed from the coasts of Washington, California, Oregon, California and parts of Arizona.
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Carloads of white sailors encouraged other white civilians stripped and beat a group of young Mexican Americans on the streets, in movie theaters and bars. The Zoot-suits wore distinctive form of dress and injured more than 100 people.
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The allied forces stormed the beaches of norther France as a direct assault on Nazi Germany’s “Fortress Europe.” This attack on German forces was also known as battle of the Bulge.
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By 1941 there were more movie theater than banks and in 1945 movie attendance has reached an all-time high.
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Adolf Hitler committed suicide.
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The war in Europe was ended on May 8, 1945 when Germany surrendered. The German industries and cities were badly damaged and without Hitler, Germany had little choice but to admit defeat.