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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.
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thousands of people joined toghther at a fair. at which they had a peace convention for war.
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the french people where not very willing to fight. it took less than three months to make them surrender
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after a long wait. the pirates play thier first game at forbes field
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unanounced military strike from japan on us naval base. because of this attack us joined the war
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after the shock of pearl harbor. 1200 pittsburgh men voulentered for the armed services
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the battle of midway is know as the most important naval battle of world war 2. the us navy defeated the japaniese navy
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pitsburgh experiences its first war effort. they decide to practice a black out drill
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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
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United steel workers have a pertinent meeting. in which they acceped a 44 cents wage in crease
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allies landed on the coast of france to fight the nazis. one of the generals said we will except nothing more than full victory
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20,000 employes have a rally. at which they reafirm a no strike pledge
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war contracts reach an amazing high number. $903,398,644, with $322,000,000 of it delivered to the front lines
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the allies won.and it was a huge propaganda boost for the french republic
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Realty prices drops to $980,000,000. which is thier lowest point in 25 years
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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.
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Dr. John G. Bowman highest paid educator resigns. after fiteen years as chancler of university of pittsburgh
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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
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100 year aniversery of the great fire of 1845. it was celebtrated with a parade and pagentry
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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
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he city and county governments and business and schools and all other activities were suspended. beacuse all of the churches had prayer services.
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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
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ve means victory in europe day. the streets were scattered with people celebrating the victory
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Dr. Paul R. Anderson dean of lawrence colledge. he was elected president of pa colledge for women
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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
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russian labro leader arive in pitsburgh. after a few hours they toured the districs steel mills
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the atomic bomb was dropped from a plane and floted to the ground with a parachute. t was dropped at exactly 11:02
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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
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after the ammazing surrender of japan. the people of pittsburghb were jubilant
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pittsburgh district industies layed off 7000 people. beacuse of a cancelation of a war contract