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Carl Vinson
DATE IS YEAR CARL VINSON WAS SWORN INTO CONGRESS
His bills are credited with helping the U.S. build war ships quickly after Pearl Harbor. Before World War II began, Vinson improved aviators and aircrafts for the US Navy. He insisted that America had to be prepared, even during the cold war in case they were invaded or needed to be pulled into a war. this caused the armed forces to maintain their status of strength and readiness. Carl Vinson -
Holocaust
The Holocaust began in 1933, and dragged on until May 8th 1945. This is a general name for an event in which the german Nazi party conducted a genocide that killed over 6 million Jews and 5 million other minority parties that totaled to over 11 million people. Killings took in place in Germany and German occupied territories in concentration and labor camps. The Nazi party was lead by Adolf Hitler, an autocratic dictator in Germany during World War 2. http://facts.randomhistory.com/holocaust-fa -
Richard Russel Jr.
Richard RusselDATE IS WHEN HE BECAME A US SENATOR
Richard B. Russell Jr. served in public office for fifty years as a state legislator, governor of Georgia, and a US senator. Russell also worked to bring economic opportunities to Georgia. Russell believed that his most important legislative contribution was his authorship and secured passage of the National School Lunch Program in 1946. -
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WWII enters Europe
[Holocaust](<a href='http://www.worldwar2history.info/WWII/United-States.html)' >Europe and WWII</a>September 1st, 1939 is the date that Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later, which is said to have marked the entrance of Europe into WWII. This would lead to events such as France partition between Germany and the Soviet Union, evolution of Nazi Germany, The Battle of Britain, and other events throughout the 1940's. Eventually, other European countries such as Norway, Denmark, adn Italy will join in the war and create the Allied and Axis powers. -
Brunswick Shipyard
Brunswick SHipyardsDATE IS THE YEAR SHIPYARDS BEGAN TO HELP IN WAR EFFORT.
Throughout the decades before the war, Brunswick’s harbor was mainly used for trade purposes. in January of 1941, FDR announced the Emergency Shipbuilding Program. Brunswick was one of sixteen ports chosen to provide supplies for the allied forces in Europe. Brunswick and Savannah shipyards were a way for the Unitred States to be involved in teh war effort and assist their allies without directly going onto battlefields. -
Creation of the Lend-Lease Program
Lend-LEase ProgramThe Lend-Lease Prgram was a system formed by the United States in order to assist the remaining Allied countries with supplies to assist them in the war effort. The US provided materials such as food and oil between 1941 to 1945. This program helped The United States stay neutral while still representing the Allied powers. As American forces began arriving in Europe, a reverse Lend-Lease program went into play in order for the other allied powers to supply the US with the materials it needed. -
Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl HarborPearl Harbor marked the entrance of the United States into World War 2. This event occured when Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. On December 8, Congress approved Roosevelt’s decleration of war. -
Savannah Shipyard
Savannah ShipyardDATE IS THE YEAR SHIPYARDS BEGAN TO HELP IN THE WAR EFFORT
Savannah was the other site in Georgia chosen for Liberty Ship construction. construction was done on a Savannah River site just east of the city. Although the contract originally called for the building of 36 ships, the shipyard workers ended up producing 88 ships for the war effort from 1942-1945. Both shipyards in Georgia also hired a great number of women and African Americans. -
Formation of the United Nations
Formation of the United NationsThe formation of the United Nations was a lengthy and difficult political process, particularly for the United States. It began as The League of Nations in 1919 after World War One and was a key component in the Treaty of Versailles. -
Introduction of the Bell Aircraft
EXACT DATE IS NOT ACCURATE, I COULD ONLY FIND THE YEAR<a href='http://bel-air-models.com/' >Belair Aircraft
The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer of the United States that supplied fighter aircrafts during World War 2. After assembly lines began functioning in the spring of 1943, Bell employees supplied the U.S. Army Air Forces with aircrafts. The production facility was closed after WW2 until 1951. The Bell-trained managers and laborers proved that southerners were capable of important industrial work. -
D-Day
D-Day
The invasion of D-Day was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landing beaches have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe. -
Yalta Conference
Yalta ConferenceThe Yalta Conference took place in Russia in the Crimea from February 4–11, 1945. At Yalta, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin made important decisions regarding the future progress of the war and the world's relationships after the war. The world leaders assumed that Allied powers would probably succeed in europe, but highly doubted the war would come to an end any time soon. -
Hitler's Death
Hitler's Death After World War 2 and Hitler's death, Germany was partitioned into West Germany and East Germany. East Germany had a communist government. Hitler embedded the idea of racial superiority and hatred as one more awful sin for himself. Although he intended to help Germany become a world power, he did the exact opposite and left Germany divided and defeated after his suicide. -
Bomb Drop on Hiroshima
HiroshimaOn August 6th, 1945, The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. -
Bomb Drop on Nagasaki
NagasakiFollowing the bomb dropping on Hiroshima, the United States dropped an Atomic bomb on another Japanese city three days later. Since 1940, the United States had been working on developing an atomic weapon, after having been warned by Albert Einstein that Nazi Germany was already conducting research into nuclear weapons. By the time the United States conducted the first successful test (an atomic bomb was exploded in the desert in New Mexico in July 1945), Germany had already been defeated.
