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Ther invasion of poland was called the September Campaign. And it was also called the 1939 Defensive War.
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There was a county fair on this day. They joined in a peace demonstartion as great britain declared war on germany.
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On this day France surrenders to Germany because they are to powerful. Also, this invasion ended the phoney war
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Wendell Willkie spoke a forbes field On October 3, 1940. He spoke about the war and what was going on.
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President Roosevelt was in Pittsburgh on October 11, 1940. He was here to tour the mills and dedicated Terrace Village.
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There were a total of 188,876 men. These men registered for the nations first peacetime draft.
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On this date Roosevelt received a record 630,00 votes. This gave him a 105,599 vote lead over Willkie.
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Pearl Harbor was destroyed on December 7, 1941. THis was a very trageic day for the United States.
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a total of 115,000 Allegheny County men were registered for the draft. Theses men were also ages 20 to 44.
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THe battle of midway was after a battle named coral sea. IT was also after the bombing of pearl harbor.
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The army show was shown at pitt stadium. There were numerous veterans at this stadium.
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Stalingrad had been known as Tsanitsyn until 1925. And now has been known as Volgograd since 1961.
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There were twenty nine germans just outside of pittsburgh. They werer then arrested and put into jail.
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This was sold at forbes field in 87,000,000 in war bonds. People involved with this were Greer Garson, Fred Astaire, and Harpo Marx.
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This was a man that was in world war 2. He was Pittsburgh's first Congressional Medal Of Honor winner in WWII.
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She made her third visit to pittsburgh on this date. She was the wife of Mr.Roosevelt.
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JUne 6th was a huge turning point in WWII. THis was a big day because nazi units were invading Europe
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The fifth war loan went over the limit. The limit was 334,914,500 and they went 5,000,000 dollars over the limit.
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The battle of the bulge started in 1944. But then ended in 1945.
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Roosevelt won in his fourth term on November 8, 1944. He was glad to be back, but a couple months later he died.
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The battle of Iwo jima was when the U.S invaded japan and captured Iwo Jima. Also, this U>S invasion also involved capturing 3 airfields.
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Fdr dies on April 12, 1945. After he spent four terms as president.
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Truman becomes president on april 12, 1945. Do to Franklin Roosevelts death
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Hitler dies on April 30, 1945 in Berlin. Hitler killed himself by gunshot and syonide poisining.
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This day marks the day of victory. A day of victory for all allies in WWII.
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For a number of months the united staes used bombings on 67 japan cities. And the target was Hiroshima this time.
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On the morning of August 6th there was a bomb going straight for Hiroshima. It is located on the deltas southwestern island of Honshu.
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On this date Pittsbugh was very excited. They were excited because japan had surrendered.
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VJ-Day or also known as victory over japan day. This day wast he day that Japan surrendered.
