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FDR gives "Quarenteen Speech"
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U.S.S Penay attacked by Japanese in China and sunk
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BLITZKREIG (Lightening War), Germans attack Poland. Poland defeated
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62% of Americans say help Allies but NOT JOIN WAR
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Cash and Carry (To help Allies)
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German troops invade Netherlands and Belgium
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Germans move into France and defeat!
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Heavy bombing on Britain and Germans hope for surrender
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FDR elected for 3rd term- preparing for war
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FDR says must help Britain
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Hitler breaks Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Japanese expansion continues
June/August -
Japan invades French Indochina
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Atantic Charter- Churchill/Roosevelt
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New Japanese leadership: General Hideki Tojo
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JAPANESE SURPRISE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
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Japanese attack S. Asia and Phillippines
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Germany/Italy declare war on U.S.
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U.S. enters Manila (Phillippines)
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MacArthur to Australia: vows will be back to Phillippines
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Battle at Coral Sea
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Battle of Midway
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Success in N. Africa
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Italians overthrow Mussolini
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Germans driven out of Africa
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Allies organize invasion of Italy
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Russians make Germans surrender
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D-Day
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Allies enter Paris
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Gen. MacArthur is back in Phillippines
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U.S. Elections- FDR/Harry Truman win
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"Battle of the Bulge"
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MAcArthur captures Manilla from Japanese
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FDR dies, Truman=President
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American/Russian soldiers at Elbe River
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Hitler takes his own life
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V-E Day: "Victory in Europe"
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Potsdam Conference
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Enola Gay drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
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2nd atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
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Emperor of Japan surrenders
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Formal Surreder
WWII ENDS