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Truman was the 33rd president of the United States and took over as president after F.D.R.’s passing. He led his country through the final stages of World War II. He was the one who authorized the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his decision cost thousands of lives, but also ended the war.

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This was a worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced. The Great Depression caused drastic declines in output, severe unemployment, and acute deflation in almost every country of the world. Its social and cultural effects were no less staggering, especially in the United States.

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The government found it necessary to ration food, gas, and even clothing during that time. Americans were asked to conserve on everything. With not a single person unaffected by the war, rationing meant sacrifices for all.

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If the United States invaded Japan, they would suffer heavy casualties; so they decided to use the two atomic bombs they had. Of Hiroshima’s 350,000 people, 190,000 dies. In Nagasaki, about 70,000 died. Some died immediately, while others died in later months from radiation. This devastation not only led to many deaths, but to the unconditional surrender of Japan to the Allied powers.

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The surrender of Japan on 15th August 1945 saw the hostilities of WW2 finally brought to a close. The Japanese had surrendered after the bombing incident. Seventeen million had died in battle, and some 20 million civilians perished. But, the Japanese’s surrender led to the end of all the war losses, and the cause of happiness for the civilians.

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Following the fall of Berlin, German forces began to surrender. Nazi Germany surrenders on May 7, 1945. On this day in 1945, Gen. Alfred Jodl signed a document unconditionally surrendering all German military forces, to take effect the following day, thereby ending World War II in Europe. At last, the people of Europe were finally free.

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The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and is the German word for 'lightning'. The daylight raid alone caused some 300 civilian deaths and a further 1,300 serious injuries; by the end of the Blitz, around 30,000 Londoners would be left dead, with another 50,000 injured.

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The systematic killing of six million Jewish men, women, and children and millions of others by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The Germans called this “the final solution to the Jewish question.” People were killed in mass graves, gased, and put to work at death camps, only to just die. People lost their own lives, friends, and family.

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The Allied invasion of France began on 6th June 1944. he Allied casualties figures for D-Day have been estimated at 10,000. It led to the eventual liberation of France from the Nazis and contributed to the Allies victory in the war. The people of France were finally free from Nazi government.

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The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk  to England. Naval vessels and hundreds of civilian boats were used in the evacuation, which began on May 26. When it ended on June 4, about 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved.

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Hitler’s invasion of Poland on 1st September 1939 marked the beginning of WW2 in Europe. This was the start to a brutal war for all people.

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The Battle of Stalingrad which began on 23 August 1942, was a turning point in WW2. It was the German army’s first major setback, which they never fully managed to recover from. This battle was the start of the end of the war for civilians.

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This was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran during World War II. This meeting sparked a collaboration and this was the collaboration that ended the war for the people.

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The extent of Nazi brutality was revealed when the armies found the camps. The liberation helped the people get back on track and away from the camps into a better life.

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The Allied invasion of Italy took place on 3rd September 1943, following the successful invasion of Sicily. This invasion helped the allies to stop the axis powers and free the civilians from the chains of war.

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Soviet forces had surrounded the city of Berlin by 24th April 1945, they began to make their way into the city centre, resulting in the eventual fall of Berlin on 2nd May. This helped the allies to control Germany and put a stop to the war in Europe.

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This battle fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. At the Battle of Midway, Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties. Many civilians lost friends and family in this event.

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Japanese aircraft attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in 1941. The surprise attack damaged or destroyed more than 350 aircraft and sunk 18 ships. The total number of military personnel killed was 2,335, including 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army. Added to this were 68 civilians, making the total 2403 people dead. Many civilians lost friends and family in this event.

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Allied intelligence learned of the Japanese plan to seize Port Moresby and alerted all available sea and air power, and a battle begun. The Battle of the Coral Sea cost Fletcher the carrier Lexington, as well as the destroyer Sims and the oiler Neosho. Total killed for the Allied forces was 543. For the Japanese, the battle losses included Shoho, one destroyer, and 1,074 killed. Many civilians lost friends and family in this event.

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The Philippines Campaign was an invasion of the Philippines by Japan. The islands were a strategic location for the Japanese as they lie between Japan and the South Pacific. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, not even a day after Pearl Harbor, the Allied powers were ready to fight. About 80,000 total dead and wounded came rom this. Not only did civilians lose their friends and family, but their home as well, they had to put up with the Japanese’s military-dictatorship style of government.