Military+1940-1945

Big Picture: What America was like in 1940s? the Great Depression 1929 World War II 1939-1945

The Rise of Nazism (1933) Adolf Hitler:

= WHY AMERICA JOINED THE WAR? = Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 -Japanese VS America -trigger what? 1945: U.S. takes Okinawa: the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -The most mortality during WWII -The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -Significance -Few weeks later!!! Sources: http://www.xzoom.in/nazi-symbol_14995.html#.UO1d5Yleuy0 http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/events-timelines/14-american-history-timeline.htm http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1930s.html