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japan quites the league of nations
they withdrew after the assembly had adopted blame on Japan in events in Manchuria. -
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important years of world war 2
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cash and carry plan
allowed countries to purchase weapons and war materials from the U.S -
bases for destroyers deal
transferred fifty mothball destroyers from the United States navy to in position for land rights. -
US draft bill enacted
congress passed the first peacetime draft in U.S history. -
Axis powers act is signed
the act was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan. They agreed for the next 10 years they would stand by each other -
Lend lease plan
the u.s supplied military equipment to the U.K and its allies -
alantic charter
a declaration of 8 principles which provided ideological basis for the United Nations. Designed by Roosevelt and Churchill. -
pearl harbor day
Japanese aircraft flew over a naval base located in Hawaii. and dropped bombs down on killing almost everyone on it. -
Gen. MacArthur evacuates the Philippines
on march 11th president fdr advised him that it would not besafe for him to stay where he was for much longer. so 4 days later he packed up and left the island. -
Battle of midway
American planes based on land defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the midway island. and it ended on june 7th 1942. -
Guadalcanal
the scene of the first U.S. offensive against the Japanese. -
allies invade sicily
allies such as germany took Sicily from the axis powers. -
D-Day
allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach in Normandy. -
is re-elected for the 3rd time
he beat out governor of new York Thomas Dewey. it was probuley one of the bigest re election to go down in history. -
Yalta Conference
it was the wartime meeting for the heads of government for the United States. and it ended on febuary 11th 1945. -
FDR dies
he dies at 1:p.m after fainting. And he was with is alleged mistress. they called his wife but by the time she go there it was to latre he was already pronounced dead. -
VE-Day
the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. -
Hiroshima
the first biggest atomic bomb was dropped.Japan by the United States at the end of World War II. Targeted for military reasons and for its terrain (flat for easier assessment of the aftermath), -
Nagasaki
American forces had dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki - the second such attack on Japan in three days. -
V-J Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as "Victory over Japan Day," or simply "V-J Day."