The 1940s decade in photos a world at war
"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1940-1949"--Provided by publisher.
| Main Author: | Corrigan, Jim. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berkeley Heights, NJ :
Enslow Publishers,
c2010.
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| Series: |
Amazing decades in photos
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Table of Contents:
- Welcome to the 1940s
- German and Italian forces on the move
- America supports the Allies
- Trouble in the East
- Germany invades the Soviet Union
- Day of infamy
- Japan seizes British and U.S. territory
- German submarines terrorize the East coast
- Striking back in the Pacific
- Plight of Japanese Americans
- Women keep the war machine running
- Entertaining the troops
- Life at home
- Island hopping in the Pacific
- The Allies liberate Europe
- President Roosevelt dies
- Victory in Europe and the Pacific
- Writing about the war
- Breaking through the color barrier
- Gandhi's legacy of peace
- Looking ahead.