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Germany invades Poland, extensive bombing and destruction to Poland
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Phase of the war in which there was little to no active warfare (phony war)
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German forces occupied Paris,France unopposed after a period of flight of the French government that lead to French military collapse
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Military campaign in which the Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large scale attacks by German Air Force
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The foremost United States non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War Two
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U.S navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the U.S navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions
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Congress passes a conscription act for a military draft to prepare for involvement in world war two
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Principal means for providing U.S military aid to foreign nations during world war two
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Speech by FDR where he said that in future days everyone in the world will have rights to the four essential human rights, the freedom of speech, worship, and freedom from want and fear
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U.S warship that was torpedoed by German U-Boat
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U.S warship torpedoed and sank, torpedoed by German U-Boats
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Japanese planes attack U.S naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii territory, killed 2,300 Americans completely destroyed American battleship USS
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Most intense phase of imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during world war two
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Forcible transfer by Japanese army of Filipino and American prisoners of war
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Major naval battle between Imperial Japanese Navy and U.S and Australian naval/air forces
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Decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of world war two which occurred only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of Coral Sea
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Military strategy employed by Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during world war two
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Took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein, Allies were victors of this battle, watershed of the Western Desert Campaign
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Major confrontation of the second world war in which Germany and its Allies fought the Soviets for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia
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Held to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of world war two
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Strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran
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Allied Invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord
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Fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines after having to flee in 1942
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First and only time a president was inaugurated for a 4th term
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Last major German offensive campaign on the Western front during the second world war
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FDR, Stalin, and Churchill meet to discuss Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization
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Major battle in which the U.S Marine Corps landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during the second world war
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Major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the U.S against Japan
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FDR dies 82 days into his presidency and Harry Truman assumes the role of president
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Marks formal acceptance by the Allies of world war II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces
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Agreement between the Allies concerning military occupation and reconstruction of Germany, its borders, etc
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in Japan
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki in Japan
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Japan surrenders, ending world war II
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Series of military tribunals held by Allies under international law and laws of war after world war II
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Secret military project to produce the first nuclear weapon
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Tried the leaders of the Empire of Japan for war crimes
