This Flickback Gift Set is a combination of Flickback Media's 1940's Decade DVD Greeting Card, 1940's Decade Puzzle, and 1944 Trivia Playing Cards, together they make a perfect gift set for 65th Birthdays, Anniversaries & Reunions. The 1940's decade DVD features approximately 60 minutes of newsreels and archival footage covering Politics & World Events, People in the News, Sports, Movies, Fashion, Pop Culture, Music, Cars, Births, and Passings. The 1944 Trivia Playing Cards feature topics which include entertainment, culture, world events, celebrities, sports. Answers are supplied on the separate answer key card included with each deck. Shrink-wrapped in hard plastic jewel case. The 1940's Decade Newsmakers Puzzle is a 500-piece puzzle with a collage of the faces of historical figures, pop culture icons, sports heroes, and more. When you're finished, enjoy guessing the names of the faces. World War II dominated the decade of the 1940's, with a face-off between Axis and Allied powers in Europe, with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor initially bringing the United States into the War. Big Three leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference to discuss post-war reorganization of Europe. President Harry S. Truman ends World War II when he authorizes the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, the only wartime use of nuclear weapons in history. David Ben-Gurion becomes the first President of the new state of Israel, gaining identity following the British Mandate for Palestine. Joe Louis takes back the heavyweight title while Mauri Rose wins the Indianapolis 500. Through and through, the forties was a decade full of people, places, and events that changed the course of human history forever.
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