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Executive Order 9066
The goal for the Executive Order 9066 was to remove people of Japanese heritage from the western United States, such as California, Oregon, Arizona, and Washington. Two thirds of the 110,000 Japanese affected were American citizens. They were placed in internment camps, where they worked. -
The Bataan March
The Bataan Death March was on the Bataan Peninsula. Sick and starving soldiers marched for 5 days and nights. Those who dropped out of line, were beaten and or shot. If you fell down, you were left to die. -
D-Day
D-Day is a very important part of Word War Two for the Allies. Soldiers parachuted behind the German lines and 3.5 million soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy. There were 10,000 Allied casualties, 6,600 were Americans. Hitler thought this was a trick and that a bigger invasion was coming after. Once he saw that it wasn't a trick, Hitler's forces had to retreat. -
Auschwitz Liberation
The Soviet Union's Red Army, liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp. Auschwitz was the Nazi's biggest concentration camp, that is located in south-western Poland. Days before the Red Army liberated the camp, prisoners who were able to walk, were moved to other concentration camps on "death marches". -
Raising the flag on Mount Suribachi
Six U.S. soldiers raised an American flag on the highest mount of Iwo Jima, Mount Suribachi. After the flag raising, three of the soldiers were killed in action. The other three were sent back to the United States to help sell war bonds. They didn't feel like heroes. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
An American B-29 deployed the first atomic bomb on Japanese city of Hiroshima. Ninety percent of the city was wiped out. The bomb killed 80,000 people, and tens of thousands more from radiation exposure.
