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The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the United States (U.S.) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The aftermath of World War II was also defined by the rising threat of nuclear warfare, the creation and implementation of the United Nations as an intergovernmental organization, and the decolonization of Asia, Oceania, South America and Africa by European and East Asian ...
On February 19, 1942, shortly after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 authorizing the forced removal of over 110,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast and into internment camps for the duration of the war.
The Color of Honor: The Japanese American Soldier in WWII [18] 1987 Loni Ding: Conscience and the Constitution [19] 2000 Frank Abe Days of Waiting: 1990 Steven Okazaki: Dear Miss Breed [20] 2000 Veronica Ko Democracy Under Pressure: Japanese Americans and World War II [21] 2000 Jeffrey S. Betts A Divided Community [22] 2012 Momo Yashima Double ...
It was already a month after D-Day, the beginning of a battle against the German army that marked a turning point in World War II. The Battle of Normandy is the name given to the fighting in ...
A World War II veteran turned 100 years old — and shared the secrets of a long, healthy life. High on his list are friends and family, staying active, taking walks and helping those less fortunate.
Indiana Neidell (born 28 September 1967) is an American-Swedish documentarian, historian, actor, voice actor, musician and YouTube personality, best known for presenting the video series, The Great War on The Great War Channel [3] [4] which documented World War I in real time using modern research, various secondary sources and archival footage.
A group of 104 rocket scientists at Fort Bliss, Texas. Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945 and 1959.
After the end of World War II, Speranza lived in Allied-occupied France and the Netherlands until moving back to New York in December 1945, becoming a teacher at Curtis High School. He received a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and a Presidential Unit Citation. In 1948, he married Iva Leftwich, who was his wife until her death in 2017.