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North Africa Campaign
After the invasion of Ethiopia by Italian troops in October 1935, the British and French proposed a secret agreement that would have ceded the bulk of Ethiopian territory to Italy in exchange for a truce. The Hoare-Laval Pact was crafted in the hopes of preserving the Stresa Front, an April 1935 alliance that had pledged Britain, France, and Italy to jointly oppose German rearmament and expansion. However, Italy turned on the West and joined with Germany on June 10th, 1941. -
Battle of Coral Sea
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Louis Zamperini’s Plane Goes Down
With the outbreak of World War II, the 1940 Olympics were canceled, and Zamperini enlisted in the Army Air Corps. He ended up a bombardier and in May 1943, Zamperini and a crew went out on a flight mission to search for a pilot. Out over the Pacific Ocean, Zamperini’s plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed into the ocean. Of the 11 men onboard, only Zamperini and two other airmen survived the crash—but help was nowhere to be found, and the men were stranded on a raft together for 47 days -
Rosie the Riveter
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First Audubon Nature Center Built
From its inception, Audubon Greenwich has welcomed visitors to its sanctuaries and provided nature education programs for adults and children. It has served as a model and influenced the development of place-based experiential learning for Audubon and other education centers nationwide. -
D-Day
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Kamikaze attacks
The practice was most prevalent from the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944, to the end of the war. Most kamikaze planes were ordinary fighters or light bombers, usually loaded with bombs and extra gasoline tanks before being flown deliberately to crash into their targets. The Japanese were notorious for this tactic and it was fairly effective. -
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) After executive order 9066 was signed, Fred Korematsu refused to vacate his house and was forced into an internment camp. He appealed 18his case but lost 6-3. Korematsu was born on our soil, of parents born in Japan. The Constitution makes him a citizen of the United States by nativity, and a citizen of California by residence. No claim is made that he is not loyal to this country. However, he lost the case. -
Iwo Jima
(19 February–26 March 1945)
Who: Japanese and United Marines
What: a ferocious battle was fought here because it was in fighter range of the Japanese Capitol.
Where: Iwo Jima itself is a small dot on the map, less than 10 square miles (26 sq km) in size and some 650 miles (1,046 km) southeast of Tokyo.
Why: location in proximity to Japan’s capital.
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Bombing of Hiroshima
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Gifford Pinchot Dies
Working initially as a forest surveyor, Gifford Pinchot later managed to gain employment at George Vanderbilt’s mammoth Biltmore estate outside of Asheville, North Carolina. He became head of the Division of Forestry in 1898 and under President Theodore Roosevelt was named Chief Forester of the redefined U.S. Forest Service. He died in New York on October 4th, 1946. -
Red Scare
Following World War II, the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union became engaged in a series of largely political and economic clashes known as the Cold War. The intense rivalry between the two superpowers raised concerns in the United States that Communists and leftist sympathizers inside America might actively work as Soviet spies and pose a threat to U.S. security. This was known as the red scare. -
Warsaw Pact
