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Fashion

Transportation

Fashion

The World in 1944

• Popular hairstyles included peroxide bleached hair and the "Veronica Lake" hairstyle
• Makeup was in a short supply back in 1944 due to rationing
• It was very popular for women to wear tailored suit dresses

• Largest transit system was the Philadelphia Transit Company
• They carried over 2,500,000 people daily
• More people started driving cars than taking the trains
• People also started to fly in planes back in 1944

Politics/World Leaders

• Presidential election took place during World War 2
• Candidates were Franklin D. Roosevelt of the Democrat party and Thomas Dewey of the Republican party
• Roosevelt won the race and served his fourth term
• He would soon be assassinated less than a year later by Giuseppe Zangara

By Elishia Pla' and Alayna Weaver

The Battle of the Bulge

Inventions

US tanks and soldiers

on the front lines in

the Ardennes Forest.

• Sunscreen
• Assault Rifles
• Clue board game
• The first automatic digital calculator
• Kidney Dialysis

Sports in 1944 were not played as much because of WW2. Like the Olympic Games for London, Wimbledon, French and Australian Open Tennis, British Golf Open, Golf Masters, US open, and the Tour de France.

The Battles for the

Monte Cassino, Italy

1944 WW2

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Sports

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Economy

• In 1944, the the most popular songs were: Shoo-shoo Baby by the Andrews Sisters, I Love You by Bing Crosby, I'm Making Believe by Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald, and more.
• Charles Boyer(actor) and Ingrid Bergman(actress) are two out of many famous actors and actresses.
• As I Please by George Orwell and The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark were book that were written during this time.
• Movies watched were Gaslight, Double Indemnity, Meet Me in St. Louis,etc.

Works Cited Continued

www.ehow.com/info_8064732_famous inventions-1944.html

www.northwesthistoryexpress.com/timeline/transportation1940.php

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJLfKdyh1Ys

http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/philadelphia-transit-workers-strike-against-negro-workers-1944

http://snapped-garters.blogspot.com/2011/09/1944-fashions-in-colour.html

Pop Culture

Work Sited

WorkSited

Battle of the Bulge

http://www.filmsite.orgwww.youtube.com

http://www.google.com

http://www.learninghistorysite.com

http://www.deanoworldtravels.wordpress.com

http://www.learninghistorysite.com

http://www.genealogy.about.com

http://www.mifamilyhistory.org

http://www.secondworldwarhistory.com

http://www.topendsports.com

http://www.imdb.com

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1753.html

December 16th, 1944, one of the largest battles for America during WW2 took place in the Ardennes Forest region of Belgium. 19,000 US soldiers were killed in this battle.

The Battle of Bulge

Quotes

• "Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations." ~George Patton Jr.
• "Nuts" ~General Anthony C. McAuliffe

• The map shows the allied front lines (blue line) and limit of German penetration (orange line).

Sides Involved

America

• 500,000 men fought
• Equipped with 80,000 men, 400 tanks, 400 guns.
• 70,000-81,000 casualties estimated

Britian

• 55,000 men fought
• 14,000 casualties estimated

Germany

• 600,000 men fought
• 60,000-104,000 casualties estimated

Aftermath

• The cemetery of US soldiers

and German soldiers.

• "Dragons Teeth"remnants

of the "Siegfried" near

Losheim, Germany.