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WWII Era
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Japan Quits the League of Nations
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Cash and Carry Plan
- Cash and Carry Plan September 21, 1939 It replaced the Neutrality Acts of 1936. The revision allowed the sale of materiel to belligerents, as long as the recipients arranged for the transport using their own ships and paid immediately in cash, assuming all risk in transportation. The purpose was to hold neutrality between the United States and European countries while still giving aid to Britain, exploiting the fact that Germany had no funds and could not reliably ship across the British-cont
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Bases for Destroyers Deal
Transferred fifty mothballed destroyers from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions -
US Draft Bill Enacted
Congress passed the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. The lawmakers acted soon after the German and Soviet invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war against Nazi Germany. -
Axis Powers Act is signed
The three nations agreed that for the next ten years they would "stand by and co-operate with one another -
Roosevelt re-elected for 3rd term
Roosevelt's third term was dominated by World War II, in Europe and in the Pacific -
Lend Lease Act
The plan proposed by FDR was to "lend-lease or otherwise dispose of arms" and other supplies needed by any country whose security was vital to the defense of the United States. -
Atlantic Charter
- Atlantic charter July 1941 being met together, deem it right to make known certain common principles in the national policies of their respective countries on which they base their hopes for a better future for the world.
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Pearl Harbor Day
was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -
Gen. MacArthur evacuates the Phillipines
The day that the Philippines evacuated -
Battle of midway
The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific. -
Guadalcanal
between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943
It was part of the allied strategic plan to protect the convoy routes between the US, Australia and New Zealand -
Allies Invade Sicily
It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation -
D-Day
Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” -
Yalta Conferance
- Yalta Conference February 4–11, 1945 was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union
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FDR Dies
- FDR Dies April 4, 1945
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VE Day
Western Allies crossed the Rhine after having smashed through the strongly fortified Siegfried Line and overran West Germany. -
Hiroshima
The United States conducted the atomic bombing against the city of Hiroshima -
Nagasaki
The day the US bombed Nagasaki -
V-J Day
The Day the Japanese surrendered to Allied forces
