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World War II
How Murica rocks the world!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| December 7th, 1941 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii attacked by Japanese, prompting the USA to enter WW2. |
| June 6th, 1944 | D-Day at Normandy, the Western Allies, led by the USA, begin liberating Western Europe. |
| Sherman | Main US Army tank during WW2. The US produced ~50K Sherman tanks, and a total of 86K tanks of all types. |
| T-34 | Main Soviet Army tank during WW2. The USSR produced over 57K T-34s. |
| Panzer IV | Main German Army tank during WW2. Germany produced about 8,553 Pz. IVs. |
| Who won the war? | The Allied nations: USA, UK, USSR, China, France, etc. won WW2. |
| Which countries lost the war? | The Axis nations: Germany, Japan, & Italy lost WW2. |
| WW2 Begins | German invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939 |
| Industrial Production | The USA produced nearly two-thirds of all Allied military equipment produced during the war. |
| US aid to Allies | The US supplied the Soviet Union with millions of tons of raw materials and machine tools to help them manufacture their own tanks and other equipment. |
| Atomic weapons | The US became the 1st nation to produce atomic weapons, dropping 2 nukes on Japan near the end of the war. |
| Aircraft Carriers | The US produced 105 aircraft carriers of all types vs. Japan's 19. |