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ships made and fights in world wars
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world war 2 begins ( not exact date)
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world war effects
World War II had a dramatic impact on Texas, as federal money poured in to build military bases, munitions factories, POW detention camps and Army hospitals; 750,000 young men left for service; the cities exploded with new industry; the colleges took on new roles; and hundreds of thousands of poor farmers left for much better paying war jobs, never to return to agriculture -
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years of all war
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pearl harbor
The war is generally considered to have begun on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Many countries were already at war by this date, such as Ethiopia and Italy in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and China and Japan in the Second Sino-Japanese War.[3] Many that were not initially involved joined the war later in response to events such as the German -
houston struggle
Nowhere was the impact greater than in Houston, which in 1940 was a city of 400,000 population dependent on shipping and oil. The war dramatically expanded the city's economic base, thanks to massive federal spending. Energetic entrepreneurs, most notably George Brown, James Elkins and James Abercrombie, landed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal wartime investment in technologically complex facilities. Houston oil companies moved from being mere refiners and became sophisticated producer -
texas favored for good weather for training pilots (not exact date)
The good flying weather made the state a favorite location for Air Force training bases. In the largest aviation training program in the world, 200,000 graduated from programs at 40 Texas airfields, including 45,000 pilots, 12,000 bombardiers, 12,000 navigators, and thousands of aerial gunners, photographers, and mechanics. -
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prisoners in texas from world war 2 ( not exact dates to months)
During WWII, Texas became home to as many as 78,982 enemy prisoners, mainly Germans; that was 15% of the total POW's in the United States. There were fourteen prisoner of war camps in the state. The men in the camps were used to supplement the local farm labor lost to the war.[126][127] Though contemporary War Department officials claimed that government attempts at denazification of the prisoners were highly successful, in reality Nazi influence upon prisons in individual camps was common for t -
prisoners staying in texas for storage (not exact dates)
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schools help texas
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services in texas due to ww2
A largely rural area, East Texas became more urban as workers were recruited for the oil, shipbuilding, and aircraft industries. East Texans made many contributions to the war effort, both at home and in the armed forces. High schools had patriotic programs as well, but so many teachers and older students left for the military or for defense jobs that budgets were cut, programs dropped and the curriculum had to be scaled down. Hospitals reported a shortage of supplies and medical personnel, as -
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STUFF HAPPENS BESIDES WORLD WAR 2
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glory day
On 11 July, the Allied leaders met in Potsdam, Germany. They confirmed earlier agreements about Germany,[219] and reiterated the demand for unconditional surrender of all Japanese forces by Japan, specifically stating that "the alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction".[220] During this conference the United Kingdom held its general election, and Clement Attlee replaced Churchill as Prime Minister.[221] When Japan continued to reject the Potsdam terms, the United States dropped atom -
greatest person in the world was born
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kid begins timeline project
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student looks up information for timeline
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kid finishes b4 due date and adds awesome pics
title says it all
