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In contrast to American unwillingness to politically or militarily entangle itself in the League of Nations, the United States became one of the first members of the international organization designed to promote international security, commerce, and law, the United Nations.

The United States also took an active interest in the fate of the colonies the European powers were having difficulty maintaining. In addition to these challenges, the United States faced increasing resistance from the Soviet Union which had rescinded on a number of wartime promises.

With over 30 countries involved in World War II and the loss of over 50 million lives, war photography captured the destruction and victories of the deadliest war in history.

Lead by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, over one Born in Maine, Gillars was a former Broadway showgirl who moved to Berlin in She remained in Germany after President Woodrow Wilson in his famous Fourteen Points. But from the moment the leaders of the For four years, from to , World War I raged across Europe's western and eastern fronts, after growing tensions and then the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria ignited the war.

Trench warfare and the early use of tanks, submarines and airplanes meant the Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Leading up to World War II. Recommended for you. How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland. Pearl Harbor. The Holocaust. Japanese-American Internment Camps. The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Allied Military Leaders. The Zoom app is free to download. Once the app is downloaded, click the Zoom webinar link for the program you are interested in.

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By the winter of , millions of American military personnel were on the move, but they were not alone. More than 60, women wed by American servicemen during World War II hoped to leave their old homes behind and rejoin their husbands for a new life in the United States.

Interpreters and translators were the unspoken heroes of the Nuremberg Trials. Their work at Nuremberg was a groundbreaking development in simultaneous interpretation. So, Hitler commits suicide, and he's not the only one. Several other major leaders, Nazi leaders, commit suicide as we go into this period right over here. So the Allies have won in Europe, but everything is not over yet. World War II is still going on in the Pacific.

So let's go down to the Pacific Theater. Starting the year in January, the Allies are able to take the Island of Luzon. In particular, they're able to take Manila. Then, as we go into February, they began the invasion of Iwo Jima, which is an incredibly bloody campaign.

You have 70, marines invade the island verus 22, Japanese troops. On top of that you obviously have air, you have the Air Force involved, you have the Navy involved, but I guess what's even more mind-boggling, you have significant Allied deaths.

You have 7, deaths on the Allied side, but even more amazing, out of the 22, Japanese soldiers that were defending Iwo Jima, 19, get killed. So 19, of 22, Japanese soldiers get killed.

So you can imagine how bloody this is. And this picture, which is probably one of the most famous military photos ever taken, especially in the United States, this was taken of Marines storming a hill, storming a mountain in Iwo Jima. And just to imagine how bloody these things are.

I just gave you some of the numbers. Even this photo, which is a real photograph, even this photo, where it looks like hey look, the Americans have at least taken this mountain or this hill right over here, even out of this photo, three of these Marines die in the next few days as they continue to try to take Iwo Jima or take the entire island.

So you can imagine the Japanese were able to mount a ferocious defense of the island. They aren't able to fully take the island until we get into March.