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A task force of scienctists sets out to create the first weapon of mass destruction, the atom bomb
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Germany invades and begins occupation of Poland
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"phony war", in which there were no major nations at the western front of the war
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on of the largest ever anti-war groups that was against American intervention in WW2.
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The battle of France ended in German victory, causing the fall of France
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Battle for the allied Royal Airforce against German airforces over Britain.
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America aided Britain by supplying destroyers in exchange for lease of British naval and military bases.
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The draft takes effect i the US, supplying more soldiers to support the allied cause
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Goals articulated by president FDR in his 1941 state of the union address.
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facilitated aid to Britain by supplying arms to any country deemed necessary to keep US safety
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American naval ship attacked by a German U boat, killing 11.
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American destroyer sunk by German U boat, leaving 44 to be rescued. This was the first US naval ship to be sunk in WW2
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The Japanese attack of the US naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Japan's first intense wave of invasion of the Phillipines
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Forcible movemnt of thousands of Phillipino and American POWs by Japanese troops
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Major Pacific theatre battle between Japanese naval forces, and thos of the US and Australia
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US victory over encroaching Japanese naval forces
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Battle between Allied powers and Germany and the El Alamein railroad in Egypt
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Meeting between FDR and Winston Churchill that took place in Casablanca, Morrocco.
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US military tactic focused on taking islands one by one in the Pacific to gain ground closer to Japan
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Battle in which the Axis powers fought the Soviet Union fo control of the city of Stalingrad
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Meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin, in Tehran,Iran.
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Allied invansion and victory over German forces along the French coastline.
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He returned to the Phillippines to retake the American soldiers left behind
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President Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term.
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Major German offensive maneuver towards the end of WW2 against the allied powers
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Meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin as WW2 was winding down.
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Major battle in which US marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima
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13 trials held in Nuremburg, Germany, designed to bring Nazi war criminals to justice
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Largest sea-land-air-battle, last battle of the Pacific front
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Presiden Roosevelt passes away, and President Truman is sworn in
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When the Allied powers accepted Nazi Germany's terms of full and unconditional surrender
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The big 3, Churchill, Stalin, and Truman, met to negotiate the terms for the end of WW2.
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US drops the atomic bomb "little boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
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US drops the atomic bomb "fat man" on the Japanese city of Nagasaki
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The US accepts the official terms of surrender from Japan.
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Convened to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for their war crimes.