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GERMANY INVADES POLAND
germany signed a nonagresion pact with the soviet union to aviod being atacked from the east so. the polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
PEACE STATEMENT
thousands of people joined toghther at a fair. at which they had a peace convention for war. -
FRANCE SURRENDERS
the french people where not very willing to fight. it took less than three months to make them surrender -
PIRATES PLAY FIRST GAME
after a long wait. the pirates play thier first game at forbes field -
PEARL HARBOR
unanounced military strike from japan on us naval base. because of this attack us joined the war -
PITTSBURGH MEN JOINED ARMED SERVICES
after the shock of pearl harbor. 1200 pittsburgh men voulentered for the armed services -
BATTLE OF MIDWAY
the battle of midway is know as the most important naval battle of world war 2. the us navy defeated the japaniese navy -
BLACK OUT
pitsburgh experiences its first war effort. they decide to practice a black out drill -
BATTLE OF STALINGRAD
the battle of stalingrad is known to be the turning point of the war. the germans shed blood on russian and did a full retreat -
UNITED STEEL WORKERS
United steel workers have a pertinent meeting. in which they acceped a 44 cents wage in crease -
D DAY
allies landed on the coast of france to fight the nazis. one of the generals said we will except nothing more than full victory -
RALLY IN EAST PITTSBURGH
20,000 employes have a rally. at which they reafirm a no strike pledge -
WAR CONTRACTS
war contracts reach an amazing high number. $903,398,644, with $322,000,000 of it delivered to the front lines -
ALLIES LIBERATE PARIS
the allies won.and it was a huge propaganda boost for the french republic -
REALTY VALUES DROP
Realty prices drops to $980,000,000. which is thier lowest point in 25 years -
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
the battle of the bulge was the last major german offensive against the allies. at the end of the battle the germans ran out of fuel and had to abandon their vehicles. -
HIGHEST PAID EDUCATOR
Dr. John G. Bowman highest paid educator resigns. after fiteen years as chancler of university of pittsburgh -
BATTLE OF IWO JIMA
iwo jima was small but it was know to have a great tacticle advantage. when the mariens came on the island they suffered heavy casualits. despite the casualties they split the sland in half at the end of the first day -
FIRE ANNIVERSERY
100 year aniversery of the great fire of 1845. it was celebtrated with a parade and pagentry -
FDR DIES, TRUMAN TAKES OFFICE
on april 12th 1945 franklin d roosevelt died at the age of 63. while he was vacationing in warm springs, gergia he had a stroke -
PRAYER SERVICES
he city and county governments and business and schools and all other activities were suspended. beacuse all of the churches had prayer services. -
HITLER COMMITES SUICIDE
one april 29th he told his rivate secratary his will. Traudl Junge. Hans Krebs, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Joseph Goebbels, and Martin Bormann witnessed his will for him. he shot himself in the head while biting on a cionide capsule -
VE DAY
ve means victory in europe day. the streets were scattered with people celebrating the victory -
PRESIDENT OF PA COLLEDGE
Dr. Paul R. Anderson dean of lawrence colledge. he was elected president of pa colledge for women -
ATOMIC BOMBING ON HIROSHIMA
a B-29 bomber took off toward japan from the island of tinini. at 8:15 a.m they dropped the 9,700 pound bomb on hiroshima. nearly every stucture within a mile of it was destroyed -
RUSSIAN LABOR LEADERS
russian labro leader arive in pitsburgh. after a few hours they toured the districs steel mills -
NAGASAKI IS ATTACKED
the atomic bomb was dropped from a plane and floted to the ground with a parachute. t was dropped at exactly 11:02 -
VJ DAY
this day is reffered to as the victory over japan day. some people reffer to the day as the day japan surrendered. and others reffer to a different date when japan signed agrements -
CITY WAS JUBITANT
after the ammazing surrender of japan. the people of pittsburghb were jubilant -
PITTSBURGH LAYOFFS
pittsburgh district industies layed off 7000 people. beacuse of a cancelation of a war contract