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Built to prevent people from fleeing communist East Germany to free West Germany
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For one, there was the ballistic missile invented. This missile would launch itself into space, then rain down on its target. Thousands met their end to this missile. And of course, what good are the hundreds of fancy missiles invented if they can't track? Radar was invented. Clouds or no, armies could now see their enemys movement from hundreds of miles away.
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Hitler's childhood was something of a tragedy. Constantly moving, he had a strict father who didn't let his children choose their own careers. He wanted exact copies of himself. One brutal blow to Hitler's childhood was the death of his younger brother, who was only 6 years old. This, along with reading his father's war books turned him into the Hitler we know today.
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Andy Warhol was born in 1928. He was frequently sick and in bed, he listened to the radio and made drawings. He loved pop culture and became a famous artist.
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September, 1940, bombs were fired all over london by Germany. Day and night, London and large cities near it were bombed all the way until may 1941. 'Blitz' is a shortened version of the german word 'Blitzkrieg,' which means 'Lightning war'.
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An Important battle in the history of WWII
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Five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raise the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, using a piece of Japanese pipe as a mast.
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President Roosevelt died and Truman took over as Pres.
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Stands for 'Victory in Europe Day'
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Victory in Japan day! This marked the end of the war, for Japan finally surrendered!
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United States President Truman created the Marshall Plan to stop being an isolated country. Around this time the Containment Plan also was in effect. Containment was meant to stop Communism from spreading across the world.
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A movement for the equal rights and freedoms of blacks.
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The war against terrorists
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First African-American president.
