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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we had a quiz
no school
we had a quiz day
For my assigned blog number 5 i was given the topic: War Production Board of World War 2.
The war production board was an agency that worked for the United states government for war production purposes. This Production board was establishe
My Assigned blog is on Kilroy Being here.
Kilroy was here was a symbol that was gratified on wall by the american armies. It all goes back to James Kilroy, who was a shipyard inspector during WWII. After he inspected a ship, he would
no school, and I figured out what day it is, I so smart
don't know what the date is, but hey no school
V-J Day and Japan Surrenders
Victory over Japan Day, also known as V-J Day, was August 14, 1945. This is the day that Japan surrendered and ended World War II. On September 2, 1945 the official document was signed that ended World War II officially. T
Hollywood was the founder of a Anti-Nazi League in 1936. The Hollywood community took a stance and it strengthened their community by nearly eliminating all of the German Market of it's films. During this whole time they were releasing many Anti-Nazi
VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering
VJ Day:
VJ day was known as the victory over Japan day. Which was when Japan surrendered which ended WW2. A picture was taken of an American sailor kissing a women named Greta Friedman in Times Square in New
For my Assigned Blog I had the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway was the most important naval battle of the pacific campaign of world war 2. Between June 2nd and June 7th 1942, 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States navy def
The small boy which is what they called the first bomb which they landed in Hiroshima Japan killed between 90,000 and 166,000 people. Half of the deaths occurred within the first two days. Also 90% of the doctors and nurses died in this bombing so t
African Campaign.
There were two major campaigns in Africa. The East African campaign was only about one and a half years long, lasting from June of 1940 to November of 1941. This was against the Allies and Italy for the control of Italy controlled Ea
Soldiers of present day and of the past, go through and experience events and encounters that are unimaginable to the normal civilian. They are thousands of miles away from their family, from their home, from their everyday life where fear for their
On August 9, 1945 Nagasaki suffered the same fate that Hiroshima did. Two senior military figures, General Groves and Admiral Purnell, thought that two atomic bombs dropped within a few days of each other would force Japan two surrender. Scientists a
War rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.Rationing using cou
Battle of Okinawa
The battle of Okinawa was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa, which is located on the string of islands south of Japan. It was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War, and it lasted for 82 days. The start of the battle
Propaganda in WWII
What is propaganda:
Propaganda is something used to promote a political view. It came in forms of posters, songs, comics, newspapers, and motion pictures. You could see both sides of the war using propaganda to get people on their si
With the upcoming of WWII, there was multiple challenges that confronted the American people. The government found that it was necessary to ration food, gas, and even clothing during this time. Americans were asked to conserve on everything. Wit
