Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/21/2021 - 12/31/2021
12:00 am
Location
Senator John Heinz History Center
Categories
Explore Western Pennsylvania’s incredible impact on the home, industrial and battle fronts during World War II through this fascinating exhibition.
World War II (1939-1945) was the largest global war in Earth’s history. Nearly every continent saw fighting as democracies, monarchies and communist states battled against the ambitions and racist ideologies of German dictator Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) and Japanese strong man Hideki Tojo (1884-1948). At least 60 million people perished in over 30 counties. Among the atrocities committed during World War II were the systematic effort to exterminate European Jews and the sexual enslavement of Korean, Chinese and Philippine women. The war came to its final conclusion when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese Empire.
Learn about the development of the jeep ( a uniquely American invention produced by the American Bantam Car Company in nearby Butler) and hear the stories behind the “Rosie the Riveter” character and the local Tuskegee Airmen whose contributions helped to turn the tide of the war.
Address
1212 Smallman Street,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
United States