Thursday 11 December 2008

People (1925-1940)



WORLD WAR II FACTS
Finland signs U.S.S.R. peace treaty in 1940. V-2 rocket developed by the Germans during WW2. Pearl Harbor bombed on November 27, 1941. 16,354,000 WW2 casualties (killed, wounded, or diseased) President Roosevelt requested $1.8 Billion dollars for national defense and $1.2 billion for producing 50,000 planes a year then requests $ 1.2 billion more. 1941-Government persuades women to take jobs during World War II. Almost 7 million women responded, 2 million as industrial "Rosie the Riveters" and 400,000 joining the military. President Roosevelt died two weeks before the German surrender.

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