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This invasion effectively started the war.
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A short period immediately after the war began that involved no major fighting in the western front.
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The Stitzkrieg ends with a German invasion of France, expanding the Nazi war machine.
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The Battle of Britain was a long air campaign, involving Nazi Germany constantly bombing the UK and targeting civilians. British forces were able to maintain air superiority and pushed the Germans back.
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The US gave the British 50 destroyers in exchange for access to 8 British bases. This showed the US was leaning away from neutrality.
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This committee was formed to oppose American involvement in the war, and maintain neutrality.
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The selective service was created and soldiers were drafted in preparation for war.
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FDR gave a speech in which he said his beliefs of US war aims: freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear.
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Allowed the US to give other countries supplies without the need for repayment. Helped with alliances and WWI debt.
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The attack on this ship by Germans sparked more tension in the US, leading to war.
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The first US ship to be destroyed before US involvement in the war, created more tension.
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A Japanese sneak attack on the US base at Pear Harbor led to the US officially entering the war.
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A Japanese offensive in the Philippines, leading to a large US surrender and the Bataan death march to prison camps.
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US surrender at the Battle of Bataan led to troops being forced to march to Japanese prison camps, many dying on the journey.
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History's first air-sea battle, a US victory over a Japanese fleet.
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Roosevelt signed off on the Manhattan Project, a secret scientific project to create the atomic bomb.
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This naval battle was the turning point in the Pacific theater, US victory.
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The USSR was able to stop the German invasion of Stalingrad, ending the nazi foothold in the USSR and turning the war in the allies' favor.
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The Guadalcanal campaign was the start of island hopping. US troops took control of small Japanese islands and established bases, then continued, slowly moving towards Japan.
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The Second Battle of El Alamein took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. Allies are victorious.
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A meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill that laid out the plans for the rest of the war and to declare a policy of an unconditional surrender.
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Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss war plans and post war deals.
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A massive allied invasion of Normandy, France allowed the allies to get a foothold in France, leading to liberation.
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Gave Philippines hope and marked allied growing dominance in the area.
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FDR was the only president to serve more than 2 terms. In his fourth term, he became wheelchair-bound, but still contributed greatly to allied war efforts.
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Germany tried to push through allied lines in France and Belgium, but the allies pushed them back.
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The second meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. They agreed that Germany must come to an unconditional surrender and they discussed post-war plans.
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A battle that allowed the US to take control of Iwo Jima, a key island in the Pacific.
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The biggest and last battle in the Pacific that allowed for US entry into Japan.
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FDR died and vice president Truman took office. Truman took a tougher stance with the Russians and created tensions that led to the Cold War.
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Victory in Europe, the war in Europe officially ended with Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender.
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Stalin, Churchill, and Truman met to discuss and finalize post war negotiations.
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The world's first detonation of an atomic bomb in war occurred when "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in hopes that the Japanese would surrender to the US,
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13 trials that brought Nazi officials before an international court, tried for crimes against humanity. Controversial, but a step towards international court.
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Victory in Japan, the Japanese surrendered to the US, ending WWII.
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When the Japanese didn't surrender, the US dropped a second atom bomb on Nagasaki.
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Trials that brought Japanese officials to court to be tried for war crimes. General Tojo was given the death sentence.
