World+War+II+Wiki+-+Ms.+Morgan's+Class

In Honor of Veteran's Day, we have gathered some interesting facts about World War II. Our school had an assembly on Friday, November 6, 2009 and we heard from several veterans of World War II. This Wiki is in honor of the World War II vets who fought for our country!

Daniel added these facts: - Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941. - V-J Day (Victory in Japan) was August 14, 1945. This meant the war was completely over. - Four months after Pearl Harbor, American planes bombed several cities in Japan, which pushed Japan into the disastrous Battle of Midway. - in 1944, skilled female workers made a weekly sallery of $32.21 and male workers made a sallery of $54.65 weekly. -Germany started world war 2 by invading poland on sept. 1, 1939 - on April 6, 1941 the German and thier allies invaded the soviet union.

Justin added these facts: - There were 4,575 military casualties at Pearl Harbor. - On land and sea, Pearl Harbor was littered with gruesome souveniors of its devastation. - German bombing killed more than 40,00 British civilians and injured nearly 51,000 from July 1940 to May 1941. - Over 100,000 allied bomber crewmen were killed over europe. - The navalo code talkers were a selected group of navalos who sent and received errorless messages.

Brady added this fact: -America joined World War II when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1949

Sebastian added these facts: - world war was started in europe to stop the reign of terror started by hitlerband axis forces -hitler invaded many european nations and took jews and put them on nazi war camps -while in camps the jews were terroized