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World War II
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Japanese Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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Executive Order 9066
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This would force people of Japanese heritage to be evacuated from their homes in California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. They were relocated to Internment Camps in unsettled parts of the western and central United States. Two thirds of them were American Citizens, and the other third were illegal immigrants (aliens). The camps provided them with the necessities they needed for survival, but still neglected them. -
Bataan Death March
The day after the surrender of the island to the Japanese, the remaining soldiers were forced to take part in a horribly cruel death march. The march was 85 miles long, and all in a time span of seven days. The Japanese were especially rutheless because they believed that surrender was a disgrace. It was too dangerous for the U.S. to send any sort of rescue for them, and they had to secretly get General MacArthur out. Between 7,000 and 10,000 were killed on the death march by the Japanese. -
D-Day Invasion
Allied troops arived on the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. They planned to launch an elaborately planned surprise attack on the Nazis. The beaches were named Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah, and Gold. At first, Hitler did not believe that the attack was real. He thought it was a hoax to throw them off of another attack. It resulted in an Allied victory, and out of 160,000 soldiers, 9,000 were wounded or killed. -
Auschwitz Liberation
On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army. This camp was the place of murder for over 960,000 people of Jewish heritage and belief. Auschwitz produced the most Jewish death during the Holocaust. However, when the Red Army arrived at Auschwitz, they only found a few thousand prisoners. They had been left behind because they were to ill to participate in the death marches that the rest of the prisoners were forced to take part in. -
Raising the Flag on Mount Suribachi
During the Battle of Iwo Jima, six soldiers raised an American flag on Mount Suribachi. Three of the soldiers in this photgraph survived and were sent home for publicity tours, while the other three were killed in action. This photograph is extremely popular and well known. It can be easily recognized as a symbol of World War II. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
On the morning of August 6, 1945, America dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The develepment of the atomic bomb is known as the Manhattan Project. 80,000 Japanese citizens are killed when the bomb is dropped, and the effects lasted well past the initial dropping of the bomb. The after effects killed another 60,000 Japanese. The bomb was nicknamed "Little Boy", and dropped by the Enola Gay.
