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Germany Invades Poland
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Pittsburgh Peace Rallies
Millions of Pittsburgh citizens serve in peace agreements with Great Britain -
Dfense Program
Industrial leaders met with public officials to plan for the Pittsburgh district resources for the nation's $5,000,000,000 defense program. Pittsburgh is trying to get invovled. -
France Surrenders To Germany
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Pearl Harbor
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Pittsburgh Volunteers
More than 1200 Pittsburgh young men volunteered for enlistment in the armed services in one day. -
Blackouts
Pittsburgh begins to practice "blackouts" in which lights would be shut off and windows were covered. During bombing raids, you would not want to show any light as it would give the planes a target. -
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Building Boats
Landing Ship Tanks are built in Neville Island -
Battle of Stalingrad
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D Day
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No Strikes
20,000 workers in East Pittsburgh reaffirm a no-strike pledge. -
Pittsburgh Donates
Pittsburgh donates money to the front line soliders. It shows their support for the war -
Allies Liberate France
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Homes in Pittsburgh
The value of real estate in Pittsburgh drops to its lowest point ever. -
Battle of the Bulge
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Battle of the Bulge
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Chancellor of University of Pittsburgh Resigns
Dr. John G. Bowman, the nation's highest-paid educator of the day at $31,500 a year, resigned after 15 years as chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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FDR Dies
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Mournings for FDR
All schools and businesses are closed; churches hold special services for FDR. -
Artifacts
Artifacts from WW1 and WW2 are given to state museums. -
Hitler Commits Suicide*
Technically, after DNA testing, they learned that it was only one of Hitler's bodyguards that commited suicide and pretended to be him. The true body of Adolf Hitler is yet to be found but is believed to be in The Esgle's Nest, which was a famous location that Hitler was known to stay in from time to time. -
VE Day
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Pittsburgh Radio
Radios all over the Pittsburgh area tune in as Truman announces that WW 2 has ended in Europe. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
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Russian Labor
Russian labor leaders arrived to tour the district's steel mills to see what we use in the production of our steel. -
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VJ Day
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VJ Day
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Happiness in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh celbrates as the end of the war in Japan comes about. -
War Contracts Come To An End
Pittsburgh district industries laid off 7000 workers as the first cancellation of a war contract became effective. Pittsburgh no longer needed as many workers due to the fact that raw materials no longer needed mass production.
