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  2. Who Made America’s Weapons During WW2? - AOL

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    Throughout World War II, Northrop built roughly 700 P-61s, also known as the Black Widow, which was equipped with four 50-caliber machine guns, and four 20mm cannons, and could carry up to 6,400 ...

  3. 102 Minutes That Changed America - Wikipedia

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    102 Minutes That Changed America is an American television special documentary film that was produced by the History Channel and premiered commercial-free on Thursday, September 11, 2008, marking the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

  4. World War II - Wikipedia

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    World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .

  5. World War II in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The majority of World War II films are portrayed from the Allied perspective. Some exceptions include Das Boot (1981), Downfall (2004), Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), Stalingrad (1993), Joy Division (2006), and Cross of Iron (1977). World War II used to provide most of the material for the History Channel (United States).

  6. List of World War II battles involving the United States

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    Longest military campaign of World War II; U.S. involvement began before the formal U.S. declaration of war on Germany; Attempted blockade of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union through attacks on merchant shipping and Allied naval ships bringing supplies and military reinforcement from North America

  7. What to know about Milwaukee's Bill Pekrul, a decorated WWII ...

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    The theme for the third night of the convention is "Make America Strong Once Again." Pekrul is scheduled to speak between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Pekrul, 99, was awarded two Bronze Stars and a Silver Star ...

  8. World War II and American animation - Wikipedia

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    In World War II Adolf Hitler drew similar negative attention. This film helped relieve aggression through ridicule toward an icon that was the source of so much destruction. The cartoon was originally titled Donald Duck in Nutsy Land , but the title was changed when the title song produced by Olliver Wallace became a sensational hit, titled Der ...

  9. Politics of the United States during World War II - Wikipedia

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    President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Vice President Henry A. Wallace won the election of 1940, and were at the helm of the nation as it prepared for and entered World War II. Roosevelt sought and won an unprecedented fourth term in office in 1944, but this time with Harry S. Truman as his Vice President.