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Cool Fact
John R. McKinney held off 100 soldiers and more by himself. -
Richard Russell
His was best known for strengthen the national defense and to oppose civil rights legislation. -
WWII Break out in Europe
The starting point of WWII. -
Savannah Shipyard
Its a place where they build cargo vessels and they helped bring military supplies because of the ships' speed. -
Lend-lease progam created
The lend lease program provided U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WWII. -
Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor started the involvement of U.S. in the World War II. -
D-Day
It's the day when Allied troops landed on Normandy and set captured cities free. -
Yalta Conference
It wa the meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosesevelt. All of them agreed to demand Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world. -
Hitler's death
Hitler killied himself by gunshot in his bunker in Berlin and his wife killied herself by taking cyanide. -
Holocaust Ended
It's one the largest cases of genocide in modern history. In Europe more than 9 million Jews lived there. More than Jews, the elderly, children, gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's witneses, and people they thought will get in the way were killed by the Nazis. Nazi's plan was to kill all Jews to make a master race. -
United Nations Charter Signed
It was made for better agreement on international conflict and negotiating peace. -
Bombed Dropped on Hiroshima
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the U.S. dropped it so Japan would surrender. -
Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
The first atomic bomb wasnt enough to make Japan surrender, U.S. dropped another in on Nagasaki. -
Bell Aircraft Corporation
It build B-29 bomber airplanes. B-29s dropped the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. -
Carl Vinson
He became the foremost advocate of strong national defense and the most powerful voice in Congress for shaping defense policies.
