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Holocaust
Systematic mass murder of over 6 million Jews in Europe. Concentration camps were used to imprison, work, and execute Jews, gypsies, homosexual, and political dissidents. Many Holocaust survivors moved to Georgia after the war. The Holocaust also made some Georgians rethink their treatment of minorities in the state. Georgian’s reexamined their racial practices. Georgia established the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust to educate people about it therefore creating an awareness of the events. -
Richard Russell
Was governor of Georgia and a U.S. senator, serving in the senate for 38 years. One of the youngest people ever elected to the Georgia General Assembly. Helped the U.S prepare to fight in WWII. Brought 15 military bases in the state along with other research facilities. -
Carl Vinson
"The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap Army and Navy."- Vinson. 51 years in the U.S. house of Representatives. Best known for being the “Father of Two Ocean Navy.” Vinson continued to be involved in military matters all the way up until his retirement for Congress. Received Presidential Medal of Freedom and had a U.S. nuclear powered aircraft carrier named after him. -
WWII in Europe
Many Americans saw it as a European problem and hoped to stay out of this conflict. Germany continued to be victorious to take over nation after nation. Japan was taking over large portions of China and other countries of southeast Asia. U.S continued to watch from the sidelines. -
Brunswick Shipyard
Large number of civilians (many women) who built “liberty ships” during the war. These ships were used to transport troops and supplies to both the European and Pacific fronts. They built 99 ships. -
Lend-Lease Program
Though U.S. stayed out of the fight, FDR and U.S. Congress were anything but neutral. Fearing Japan/Germany wining the U.S. lent support to allies who were at war with either Japan/Germany. U.S sent billions of dollars worth of supplies to Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union. In exchange these countries gave the U.S. base rights in these countries military bases. The Lend-Lease Act was passed by Congress in February of 1941 and signed by FDR in March. -
Pearl Harbor
One of the most tragic events in America’s history was the Japanese surprise attack on the Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Over 300 Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor in hopes of crippling the U.S. military to further their plan to take over more land in Pacific. In the attack over 2000 American’s were killed and the U.S. lost over 150 ships. It changed many American’s minds about staying out of the war, “a day that will live in infamy,” FDR asked congress to declare war. -
Savannah Shipyard
Large number of civilians (many women) who built “liberty ships” during the war. These ships were used to transport troops and supplies to both the European and Pacific fronts. They made eighty-eight ships. -
Bell Aircraft
It was company in Marietta, Georgia. It was founded July 10, 1935. It was important to the production of the b-29 bomber. That was a bomber that was most technologically advanced during the war. -
D-Day
D-Day was the start of Operation 'Overlord' - the Allied invasion of Occupied Europe. D-Day was an international effort. D-Day was the largest naval, air and land operation in history. -
Yalta Conference
It was the second wartime meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the conference, the three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender. It became controversial after Soviet-American wartime cooperation degenerated into the cold war. Stalin broke his promise of free elections in Eastern Europe and installed governments dominated by the Soviet Union. -
Hitler's Death
He burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumed a cyanide capsule, and then shoot himself with a pistol. -
Hirshima Bombing
An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
Nagasaki Bombing
A second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” -
United Nations
It was signed by 26 nations in January 1942, as a formal act of opposition to Germany, Italy, and Japan, the Axis Powers. Now that the war was over, negotiating and maintaining the peace was the practical responsibility of the new U.N. Security Council, made up of the United States, Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and China. Each would have veto power over the other.
