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The War
Four American Towns Before Pearl Harbor
In the fall of 1941, much of the world was at war, but for Americans still recovering from the Great Depression, it seemed far away. The War follows the families of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota, through the conflict. Here are those towns and the people who called them home in the final months before Pearl Harbor.
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President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
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By mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin.
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On D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history.
