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A Phillip Randolph demands that war industries hire African Americans.
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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Japanese Americans are sent to internment camps.
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Nazi's develop "the final solution" the attempted eradication of the Jewish population.
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The Battle of Midway turns the tide in the favor of the allies.
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Rommel's forces surrender in North Africa.
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The allies launch D-Day a massive invasion of europe.
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GI Bill of Rights is passed.
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President Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term.
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U.S. marines take two Iwo Jima.
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Harry S. Truman became president, after Roosevelt passed.
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7-9th Japan surrenders after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Nazi retreat begins after the Battle of the Bulge.