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The Battle of the Coral Sea:

The Battle took place in 1942. It started May 4th and ended May 8th. It was a naval battle fought in between Australia and New Guinea. It was a battle between Japan and the USA. This battle was the first time aircraft carr

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Assigned Blog: Hollywood During World War II

During World War II, the entertainment industry underwent many changes to help aid the cause of the war. Often times, the industry was controlled by the country’s government, which was obviously a big change. This was due mainly to the fact that the

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The attack lasted 110 minutes, from 7:55 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. A total of 2,335 U.S. servicemen were killed and 1,143 were wounded. Sixty-eight civilians were also killed and 35 were wounded. The Japanese lost 65 men, with an additional soldier being

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Assigned blog #5 Womens Roles

The roles of Women in World War 2

The women in World War two had many, many roles, and jobs! World War 2 opened a door of opportunities for Women to get more jobs that are out of the house. The women were a big help during World War two. The women ste

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Assigned Blog Battle of Midway

Midway is an island 1000 miles northwest of Hawaii. The battle of Midway was from June 4 to June 7 1942.It was 6 months after Japan attacked the U.S. in Hawaii  in the battle of Pearl Harbor. Where Japan demolished everything but the carriers.

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Assigned Blog #5 Kilroy Was Here

Kilroy was a popular graffiti image around WWII. The image is a bald headed man with a large nose peeking over a wall with it's fingers visible, and the phrase: Kilroy Was Here. The image was popular among the military . When the servicemen would sto

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Assigned Blog #5: Victory in Europe Day

This was a public holiday celebrated May 8th for the unconditional surrender of Germany. May 8th is when Germany signed unconditional surrender to the Allies. This was after Hitler's Death. 

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People Gathered in the streets on May 7th waiting for an ann

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Assigned Blog: American Propaganda WWII

During WW2 propaganda was used extensively to both boost morale and gain support of citizens who remained on the home front. Various types of media were used to both gain support for US troops, generate hatred for the enemy, and urge citizens to get

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Assigned Blog #5- Battle of Coral Sea

The Battle of Coral Sea

This battle was the first battle of the Pacific War during WW2 and lasted two days. If the Japanese would have won this battle Australia might have been forced to withdraw from the war. The Allied forces(mostly the US) couldn't

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U.S. Involvement in Africa

The campaign in North Africa started in 1940, and ended in 1943. The U.S., however, was not a part of this campaign until May of 1942. The North Africa campaign was a series of operations between the Allies and the Axis powe

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The Yalta Conference ~ Assigned Blog #5

   Yalta_summit_1945_with_Churchill%2C_Roosevelt%2C_Stalin.jpg  Well, a long time ago three men met together. These men were very important in helping the world out during a war called World War II. See, these three men were trying to help the people that live in this world to be safe from all the bad people

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Italian Campaign

There was a combined attack which included the British-Canadian-American armies in Sicily. On July 10, 1943. They had originally planned for this invasion to last a few weeks, but they were shocked when it took them a year to reach Rome. By September

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