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Franklin Roosevelt was elected as the new President of the United States
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The United States passed military conscription. This was when they began to build up their military forces. This conscription allowed them to come into the war full force when they decided to enter.
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Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected which meant that he would be the president for the remainder of the war.
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Roosevelt signs the lend-lease act to give supplies to the allied powers
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USA announces an oil embargo on all agressor powers
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Roosevelt and Churchill announce The Atlantic Charter. This was a joint proclamation that announced that both powers would be fighting the Axis powers to "ensure life, liberty, independence, and religious freedom and to preserve the rights of man and justice".
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Japenese army bombs Pearl harbour
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USA and Britain declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbour. Roosevelt signs the declartion of war after a vote of 82-0 in the Senate and a vote of 388-1 in the House.
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26 allied nations signed the Declaration of the United Nations. The United States was one and it was important because it was based on the earlier proclamation, the Atlantic Charter, that the USA had with Britain.
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First American forces arrive in Britain
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The first all american air attack in Europe.
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Between the USA and Britain. Churchill and Roosevelt agree that Germany has to surrender unconditionally and plan the allied invasion of Sicily
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About 250 American aircraft began an offensive attack at the Atlantic
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Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill meet for the first time in Teheran, Iran. In this meeting they discuss the decision to invade Western Europe, Stalin agreed to join the ar against Japan once Germany was defeated, and plans to invade Southern France
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In an attempt to free France, America and its allies lost many troops. There were 1010 American troops
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The liberation of Paris showed how strong the allied troops are. Before this event the American Tropps liberated Cherbourg France as well as St. Lo.
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The Yalta conference ended on this date but began on Febuary 4. This was the second meeting of the big three, in which the discussed what should happen as the war ends, and Roosevelt continued to ask Stalin to join the war of the Pacific.
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Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes President after being Vice-President for only a short period of time. This was important becaue Truman ended up having to make some of the most important decisions of the war.
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The 7th army of the United States liberated Dachau. This was important because it was the first time American soliders really saw the destrucion that the Nazi part had done with its final solution. This is also why they decided to parade the German people through the camps.
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The allies celebrate the unconditional surrender of the German forces. This was an exciting day for the allies but the United States was still fighting Japan
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The United Nations Charter was signed. This was important due to the fail of the League of Nations. It was imporant that the United States signed this document as their in ability to sign onto the league of nations is often discussed as one of the reason that it failed.
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America does its first atomic bomb test in prepartion for bombing of Japan. It was important for these test to be successful as the US army knew that the Japanese would not surrender easily.
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The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Although this bomb was a huge catastrphe for the people of Japan they still refused to surrender to the allied forces.
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The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki Japan. The United States wanted to show their power over Japan and force them into an unconditional surrender. The destruction caused by this bomb is still visible today.
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The Japanese agreed to an unconditional surrender. This was only after the destruction of 2 atomic bombs. This showed how strong and full of pride the Japanese were, but also how determined the American soliders were.
