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Battle of the Atlantic
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Al Pacino
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Lou Gehrig Dies
Yankee great Lou Gehrig Dies -
Yankees win world series
Yankees win sixth world series over Brooklyn dodgers -
Pearl Harbor
An attack on a United States Naval Base in Hawaii a U.S. Territory at the time by the Empire of Japan and the goal was to Destroy the Whole fleet so Japan could move across the specific however it was unsuccessful. The next day America declared war upon the empire. -
Japanese Internment Camps
Japanese Americans were removed from their homes and thrown into internment camps during World War 2 as FDR felt it was necessary for the protection of the American People after the attack on Pearl harbor from the Japanese Empire. -
Rosie the Riviter
The first day a published picture Of "Rosie" a female doing factory work for WWII equipment came out in may and from there on out the rest of the war and many more years "Rosie" represented women rights and their ability to work outside the house. -
Invasion of Italy
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D-Day
A large scale invasion on the beaches of Normandy France by America, Great Britain, and Canada and the goal was to take back France from the Nazis. -
Iwo Jima
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Okinawa
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Heroshima
Was the first city in Japan to be struck with a Nuclear bomb dropped by the U.S. in an effort to stop the war. -
Nagasaki