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Executive Order 9066
This Executive Order was issued by president Franklin D. Roosevelt to give permission to the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones. Basically this gave the government permission to put Japanese Americans into internment camps. Americans with Italian and German background were also placed in these camps, along with the Japanese. -
The Bataan March
The Japanese soldiers that had held the Allied powers prisoner during the Battle of the Bataan in the Philippines needed to move the prisoners to a new camp. They gathered all of the prisoners together and made them march approximately 80 miles to camp O'Donell. During the march, if a prisoner got off of path, or stopped, they were shot immediately. Around 10,000 prisoners died, but nobody can be 100% sure. -
D-Day
Over 100,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The landings took place along the 50 miles of beaches, divided into 5 sections, Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. D-Day had secret code names, Operation Overlord, and Operation Neptune. The Allied powers were shot down while storming the beaches, but we kept going. To gain control of Normandy would be a huge accomplishment for the Allied powers. -
Auschwitz Liberation
The Allied troops came in to Auschwitz concentration camp, where the German troops brutally killed anyone they thought was unworthy of living, on Jan. 27, 1945. They saw everything that the prisoners had went through, and known that it was a terrible place. The Allied troops then evacuated the camp right after arriving. The Allied powers knew about Auschwitz only after liberating Cracow, but couldn't reach Auschwitz before the 27th. -
Raising the flag on Mount Suribachi
The picture of the United States army men won a Pulitzer prize for photography. This picture was taken during the battle of Iwo Jima. The United States was using an island hopping strategy to gain territory during World War 2. This picture is very famous for showing how the United States will do anything to keep our country safe and in good hands. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
The United States asked Japan to surrender on July 26 of 1945, using the Postdam Declaration. We told them that there would be "prompt and utter destruction", but they refused to listen. After they didn't surrender, we decided to bomb the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb in Hiroshima killed about 90,000 to about 166,000 people.
