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Pinocchio Released
The film Pinocchio was released by the Walt Disney Corporation it was based on the Italian children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio. -
North Africa
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Military Draft
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Pearl Harbor
The Japanese had a goal of destroying important american naval fleet units so that the Pacific Fleet would not interfere with them. Japan was trying to conquer Southeast Asia without interference. -
Japanese Internment
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt enacted Executive Order 9066 which authorizes Japanese-Americans relocation in the United States. -
The White Rose
The group was a nonviolent resistance led by a group of students as well as a professor at the University of Munich. They opposed all of the actions by the Nazi regime. Most members were sentenced to death or imprisonment after their arrest. -
Rosie the Riveter
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Say Cheese!
The saying "Say cheese!" when taking a picture was first introduced in the 1940s. There is no exact event or date when people started saying it however, The Big Spring Herald, a newspaper based in Texas, featured the phrase in 1943. -
Slinky
Richard James invented the slinky in 1943 and it later hit department stores in 1945. It was also the most popular Christmas present in 1945. -
D-Day
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Kamikazes
A kamikaze aircraft was a plot guided bomb that the Japanese utilized in order to destroy warships. 3,862 kamikaze pilots died as a result of the suicide bomb attacks. -
Hiroshima
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an american foreign policy that stated that the United States would provide political, military, and economic assistance to avoid the spread of communism.
