World War II began in the European Theater, where the European War between the Allied forces and the Axis powers was fought. It included a vast area of heavy combat across Europe. The war was fought on two fronts (the Eastern Front and the Western Front) as well as in the adjoining Mediterranean and Middle East Theater. The European War began with Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. It lasted until the end of the war when the Germans unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces on May 7, 1945 (also known as Victory in Europe, or V-E, Day). This exhibit includes items that commemorate events associated with the War in Europe. Due to the nature of some of the items received, the collection related to the Holocaust is commemorated on its own exhibit page here:
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For America, World War II began and ended in the Pacific.On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered a Joint Address to Congress stating, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date that will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”[1] Although conflict in the Pacific was well under way between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, the events on December 7th thrust the US into war. Furthermore, with the multiple attacks on British possessions in Southeast Asia, Japan forced the United Kingdom as well and the Allied Forces of World War II—Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Netherlands, and the Soviet Union—into what was known as the official beginning of the Pacific Theater War.
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