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Transporting people to assembly centers set up by the government. They took all of the Japanese Americans into internment camps and it gave them shelter and food, some of them got jobs also. Then when they all got out they got an apology letter with government funds.
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It was a sick and starving march. 5 days and nights, those who dropped out of line were shot or beaten. Those who really fell down were left for dead.
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Operation overload, Allies wanted to launch invasion of mainland Beaches and Normandy. Planning and speed were vital. Omar Bradley led American troops.
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60,000 were forced to march. Thousands of people died before they went onthe death marches. SS gaurds killed anyone who fell out of line or who could not continue. 1.3 million were sent to Auschwitz and 1.1 million were murdered.
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About half a dozen marines raised the flag on Mount Suribachi. And photographer Joe Rosenthal got the picture of the second flag. Now in the navy this picture is the most famous.
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An American B-29 Bomber dropped the first atomic bomb. The explosion wiped out 90% of the city and instantly 80,000 people died. Many more people died because of radiation.
