WWII Info

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  • Signing up for U.S Army

    While you were signing up during the destructive World War two, you were required to take certain medicines and shots for desieses

  • Using Radars

    This was used against the British on the Nazi side. When the allies came up within radar areas, they threw lots of little pieces of glass or aluminium from their planes so as to distrubt their exact location.

  • Nutrition in the army

    Kellogg's cereal was used mainly in the army
    Nestles chocolate bars were emergency ration foods

  • What is V-E Day?

    V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe Day.
    It marks a very important event in World War 2 - the end of the War with Germany on Tuesday 8 May 1945.

  • What does D-day mean?

    D-Day is a military term designating the start of a military operation.The D-day in modern history refers to what happened on the day on which the Battle of Normandy began.It was a big effort involving months of secret preparations.Thousands of Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy,in northern France,at the start of the battle to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi.D-day marked the turning point in WWII when the Allied forces began to win their fight against the Axis powers

  • What is V-J Day?

    V-J Day stands for Victory in Japan Day.
    It marks a very important event in World War 2 - the day Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war on 15 August 1945.
    The end of war was marked by two-day holidays in the UK, the USA and Australia.

  • Atomic bomb droppings on Japan! Second one n

    On August 6th, 1945 the world's first atom bomb was dropped on the Japanese City of Hiroshima.The atom bomb was described by a Japanese journalist as a glaring pink light in the sky that burned peoples’ eyes out.Anyone within a mile of the explosion from the atom bomb became a bundle of smoking black charcoal within seconds.About 90,000-140,000 people were killed.Those who were still alive writhed in agony from their burns.

  • Atomic bomb continued

    The atom bomb obliterated more than 4 sq miles and there was very heavy damage outside that area.Three days later the USA dropped another atom bomb on Nagaski. About 60,000-80,000 people were killed by this bomb. On August 14 Japan surrendered and World War II was finally over.

  • The death of a great president and the birth of a new one.

    President Roosevelt (the one who helped in the war, not the "Teddy Roosevelt") died on April 12, 1945. Vice President Truman became the 33rd president of the USA soon after. In the few first months of Trumans election, he planned the atomic bomb droppings, ending WWII.