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The Bomb at Nagasaki. U.S. Air Force photo
Wardlaw students lost at war.
Victory over Germany came after nearly a year’s hard fighting. Below: Ameri­ can troops driving inland off the Normandy beaches, June 1944. The defeat of Japan, on the other hand, was dramatically sudden. Atomic bombs were dropped on 6 and 9 August 1945. Japan surrendered on 14 August, and an armistice was signed on 2 September.
Pearl Harbor in 1941 ended American hesitation. Above President Franklin D. Roo­ sevelt signs the declaration of war.
"Rosie the Riveter” at work on a B-17
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