Beginning of WW2

During WW2, the Germans were one of the most aggressive countries in history. They were well known for the Holocaust and their leader, Adolf Hitler.

Hitler had been convicted of treason 

Germans made Stuka dive bombers

Germans showing their tanks at a festival.

Japan was also one of the harshest countries during the war. They were mostly known for the bombing of Pearl Harbor, then were bombed twice by America.

Japanese aircraft carrying a bomb over targets in China

Japanese warriors involved in a street fire.

The Allie Powers during the war

Japanese-American Internment

Map of Camps around the United States at the Time

One of many transfers of Japanese-Americans evacuees from Assembly Centers to War Relocation Centers. 

         Cars of those who could not bring their cars would have them impounded for the duration.

                     Store owned by a Japanese ancestry is closed after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Two friends playing on final game awaiting the evacuation.

Japanese-Americans getting vaccinated upon arrival at the Assembly center

Coping With the Great Depression

10 things the Braddock family did to cope with the Great Depression from 1929-1939

1. Sold jewelry
2. Dried socks in the oven
3. Couldn't pay for gas and electricity 
4. Braddock only got paid $50 for a fight instead of $8,000
5. Fighting injured
6. No money for kids to eat
7. Broke wood for heat
8. Son stole food so his family could eat
9. Braddock gave his food to his daughter so she could eat
10. Everyone slept in the kitchen

Police stand guard while people  

Men trying to get jobs 

Bud Fields and his family. 

Farmers and sons during a dust storm in Oklahoma, 1936

Migrant Mother

Current Events - Obama asks Congress

Obama wanted Congress for authorization of war powers to combat ISIL (ISIS) due to the deaths of U.S. citizens, James Foley, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. Congress authorized for war powers to combat ISIL but Obama has to report every six months about what is happening.

Map of the State of Iraq

Map of the Levant

Map of the Middle East

James Foley (U.S. Journalist)

Steven Sotloff

Abdul-Rahman Peter Kassig

Kayla Mueller