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Period: to
1940s
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Pearl Harbor is bombed
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. -
Battle of Midway
significant win for US over Japan -
Manhattan Project begins
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Nazis come into power in Europe
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany -
D-Day
D-Day invasion of Normandy, France launched -
Harry S. Truman becomes president
As VP, Truman suceeded F.D. Roosevelt as president when FDR passed away due to health problems. -
US bombs Hiroshima
the first time the atomic bomb was dropped on city -
US bombs Japan a 2nd time
US bombed Nagasaki, because Japan did not surrender after the first atomic bomb was dropped. -
Japan Surrenders!
marks the end of World War II -
Gandhi assassinated