The war broadened job opportunities for women.
President Harry Truman
because truman requested money from congress to support free peoples who were resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by oudtside pressures.
J. Robert Oppenheimer said he was reminded of these words from the Bhagavad Gita when he witnessed "Trinity"-the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb.
The full quote from the Bhagavad Gita is: 'If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'
It would help if we knew when and where
a fear that they both would be destroyed in nuclear war. That is called Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)
Winston Churchill.
Okinawa
Segregated, non-combat support units.
The Allies took an important step toward reaching Berlin
Patton was given command of a fake army to confuse German spies as to where the invasion was going to take place. Patton's intent was to make them think of Calais as the target. It apparently worked as the Germans strengthened troops in Calais area.
The HUAC is the House Un-American Activities Committee. It was significant in creating a panel to investigate communist ties on the part of private citizens, public employees, and organizations.
The United States never officially declared themselves neutral during the Second World War. Instead, they looked back the World War One to see what dragged them into that conflict. It was determined that trading with the warring nations at the time was what brought them into the war. To make sure that American soldiers were never again dragged into a European conflict they passed a series of laws known as the Neutrality Acts. The first Neutrality Act, stating that the United States could not trade arms and other war materials to any party participating in a war, was passed in 1935. So, in essence, this would be the first year the United States declared their neutrality. The United States passed more Neutrality Acts in 1936, 1937, and 1939. So, you could debate that the US declared their neutrality four times prior to their entering of the Second World War.
to capture some islands and ignore others
detroit michigan
That was dealt with by President Dwight D. Eisenhower