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.Carl Vinson
He was a democrat who wanted to strengthen the navy and the marines. He wanted to have ships that outmatched Japan's.
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Holocaust
The Holocaust was when Hitler put Jews, Gypsies, Gay people, POW's, and disabled people into work camps. Over 11 million people died in these camps.
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Richard Russell
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WWII Starts In Europe
Germany was already under the control of Adolf Hitler, who had already invaded Austria and Hungaria pronouncung them original German proprety. When they wanted to invade Poland France and GB said heck no and declared war on them when they did. Then Russia attacked Poland the day after Germany and REKD them.
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Land Lease Event
This gave the U.S. money by making war supplies for Great Britian and France. This was in effect until Pearl Harbor when America officialy joined the Alles.
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Brunswick shipyard
In four years it created 99 ships and 85 of them were cargo ships.
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Pearl Harbor
This occured when Japan suprised attacked the U.S. causing us to join wwII eventually REKING the Japanese.
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Bell Air Manufacturer
Bell Aircraft transformed Marrietta unto an industrial city. By the end of WWII it had 28,000 employees. The facility was 3.2 million square feet.
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Savanna Shipyard
It built cargo ships during 1942-1945 it turned out 88 of them in 3 years.
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Battle of Stalingrad
Often Referred to as the Siege of Stalingrad this battle lasted over 6 monthes. THe German and Russian forces were at a stalemate until the winter. THe Germans were unprepared for the cold siberian winter because nothing is colder than the Siberian winter ("except my soul"-Shiri).
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D-Day
When the Allies landed on France's beaches in Normandy. The Americans Landed on omaha. This was the most fortified beach and the Allies faced heavy resistance. After a couple hours the allies eventually captured the beach but at a heavy cost.
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Yalta Conference
It was When Stalin, FDR, and Churchill came together for a meeting. They talked about what Europe would be after the war. Russia agreed to enter the war against Japan and hold free elections in eastern Europe.
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Hitler's Death
Hitler was cornered in a bunker being invaded by Russian Troops. And sense Russia was probably going to torture him and then mock him before they killed him, He decided to commit suicide like a coward.
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Bombing of Hiroshima
It was when we dropped Fat Man, a nuke, on a minor Japan city to make Japan surrender. Of course being stubborn Japan didn't surrender prompting the U.S. to drop a second nuke on Nagasaki. Fat Man external schematic
1.One of four AN 219 contact fuzes.
2.Archie radar antenna.
3.Plate with batteries (to detonate charge surrounding nuclear components).
4.X-Unit, a firing set placed near the charge.
5.Hinge fixing the two ellipsoidal parts of the bomb.
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Nagasaki Bombing
Truman had a difficult decision he had. He could either Nuke Tokyo and kill hundreds of thousands of people or he could nuke Nagasaki a smaller city. But at the time the U.S. only had two Nukes and they had already used one of them. If this nuke didn't make Japan surrender then they would have to invade Japan which would kill millions on both sides.
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United Nations Was Formed
The Name was Created by Fdr. It was designed to keep peace so that another world war would not ever happen again.
http://www.un.org/en/sections/history/history-united-nations/index.html
