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War: World War II

This board explores WWII (1939-1945). Although there are a number of causes for the global conflict, from the standpoint of the West, Germany's invasion of Poland is typically cited as the catalyst. In the end more than 70 million soldiers and civilians died, more than from any other war in history. WWII ended in 1945 with the invasion of Germany and the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan. For images & information related to the Holocaust, see our board titled, "Crime: Indefinite Detention."
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British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta conference in February, 1945. The leaders discussed their joint occupation of Germany and plans for postwar Europe. Photo credit: U.S. Army
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A young girl reading a poster column, May 1946. Photo credit: Walter Sanders

WWII: Eastern Front

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Declining Support in Both the U.S. and Japan for America's Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Source: Pew Research Center
After WWII, the United States executed Japanese for War Crime of Waterboarding U.S. Soldiers. After the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, an international coalition convened to prosecute Japanese soldiers charged with torture. At the top of the list of techniques was water-based interrogation, known variously then as 'water cure,' 'water torture' and 'waterboarding,' according to the charging documents. It simulates drowning... Source: Politifact

WWII: Pacific Theater

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British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta conference in February, 1945. The leaders discussed their joint occupation of Germany and plans for postwar Europe. Photo credit: U.S. Army Potsdam, Porto, Ww2 Leaders, Barbados Vacation, Puerto Rico Vacation, Bolivia Travel, Ww2 History, Guatemala Travel, Wwii Photos
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Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at the Yalta conference, 1945
British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta conference in February, 1945. The leaders discussed their joint occupation of Germany and plans for postwar Europe. Photo credit: U.S. Army
Declining Support in Both the U.S. and Japan for America's Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Source: Pew Research Center Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Hiroshima And Nagasaki, Invasion Of Poland, Social Science Research, Content Analysis, Research Center, Public Opinion, Media Content
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Declining Support in Both the U.S. and Japan for America's Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Source: Pew Research Center
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Yes, National Review, We Did Execute Japanese for Waterboarding
After WWII, the United States executed Japanese for War Crime of Waterboarding U.S. Soldiers. After the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, an international coalition convened to prosecute Japanese soldiers charged with torture. At the top of the list of techniques was water-based interrogation, known variously then as 'water cure,' 'water torture' and 'waterboarding,' according to the charging documents. It simulates drowning... Source: Politifact
General Douglas MacArthur signs as Supreme Allied Commander during formal surrender ceremonies on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Behind General MacArthur are Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General A. E. Percival, September 2, 1945. Photo credit: U.S. Navy Battleship Missouri, Perang Dunia Ii, Thomas Carlyle, Photos Rares, Uss Missouri, Douglas Macarthur, Tokyo Bay, Rare Historical Photos
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General Douglas MacArthur Recognizes Japan's Formal Surrender, September 2, 1945.
General Douglas MacArthur signs as Supreme Allied Commander during formal surrender ceremonies on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Behind General MacArthur are Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright and Lieutenant General A. E. Percival, September 2, 1945. Photo credit: U.S. Navy
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Communist Soldiers at Great Wall of China during the Chinese Civil War, April 1946. Source: George Lacks / The LIFE Picture Collection
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A mother and child photographed four months after the bombing. Photo credit: Alfred Eisenstaedt / National geographic
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Panorama of destroyed Hiroshima after the nuclear detonation, 1945.
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Manhattan Project
Pictured are the mushrooms clouds from the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. As horrific as this even was, It should be noted that the most destructive bombing event of WWII was neither Hiroshima nor Nagasaki. It was the Operation Meetinghouse, the American firebombing of Tokyo.