"They fought together as brothers-in-arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation."
-Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
We did it! The second great world war was finally over. The Second World War was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths (with some estimates as high as 85 million dead). Started by Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the war carried on for six deadly years until the final Allied defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.
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"We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other."
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