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Rationing
Rationing was the act of allowing civilians only a fixed amount of food/resources because soldiers world war 2, they were laws set by The US government with the intention of making sure there were enough resources for the war effort. Civilians were expected to decrease their use of supplies and car making factories were used to instead make fighter planes. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a surprise military attack by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. The Japanese attacked to destroy important American fleet units, preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese Conquest of the Dutch Indies and Malaya. The bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans, and was ordered by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. -
Coral Sea (battle)
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White Rose (Nazis)
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German Surrender at Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad began in the summer of 1942, in Stalingrad, Southern Russia, because German forces assaulted the city. However, the Germans could not break past the solid defense by the Soviets. On February 2, 1943, General Paulus surrendered what remained of the German Army, resulting in a great humiliation for Hitler, who was criticized for putting too much importance into the battle. -
Rosie the Riveter
A popular propaganda poster made by Norman Rockwell that promoted the feminist movement and drew the work force after all th even left for war, first published in the Saturday Evening Post on may 29, 1943, because women were being encouraged to make a lifeboat for themselves outside of the home. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
The allied invasion of Italy was a landing by the allied powers on the mainland of Italy in September of 1943, with the purpose of countering the Germans and ultimately brining Italy to join the skied forces a month later. Ended sep 16 1943 -
Ausschwitz murders begin
The construction of one of the most famous 3 part nazi death camps began in april of 1940, and it was completed in November 1943 when it officially opened. The camps were commanded by Rudolf Höss in Oranienburg, Germany, and had 3 sections. all 3 section usern forced labor and 1 out of the 3 was also used as a killing center for over 1 million Jews, Poles, and prisoners of war. The camp closed in January of 1945 -
D-Day
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Truman becomes President
When Franklin D Roosevelt died on January 20, 1953, Vice President Harr Truman took over. In his first few months in office, Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, effectively bringing an end to world war 2. He received a mixture of criticism and praise for his actions, because it was the first time atomic warfare had been used in war. -
Cold War
After world war 2 ended, the Cold War began between the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc (1947-1991), following a fear of communism. The US and the Soviet Union never came into direct contact during the war, instead they used smaller countries to fight one another. The tension between the 2 countries was considered temporarily resolved in 1991, when the war “ended”. -
Red scare (2)
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Berlin Aircraft
May 12 1949
