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U.S. cannot sell weapons or give loans to worry countries
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Speech must stop spread of totalitarian regines.
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Hitler appeased at Munich.
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Germany invades Poland, marking the start of WWII.
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They became known as the Allies. There was a llttle they could do, however, to slow Hitler in Poland.
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Can get U.S. weapons but must pay cash and pick-up.
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Th eattack was planned as part of Operation Weserübung Süd.
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Invasion of the Ardennes Forest in Northern France. By the end of June France surrenders to Germany. Netherlands and Belgium fall to Germany.
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U.S. loans Britain 50 warships for lease of 8 military bases.
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FDR and Churchill meet to establish common war objectives.
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Japenese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor
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16 American vomber attacked Tokyo. Did not domuch damage to Japan, but gave Americans something to celebrate about.
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Japan's attempted incasion of New Guinea was stopped by the Allies. U.S. lost one carrieer U.S.S Lexington.
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Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers. Six weeks of land combat.
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When American, Bristish, and Canadian forces landed on the coast of France's Normandy Region
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Known as the second of The Phillipines. Largest naval battle of WWII.
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Counterattack near the Aredennes region of Belgium and Northern France. Germans created a large bulge in the Allied lines, but the offensive eventually failed.
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The raid was retaliation for the U.S. after Pearl Harbor.
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Battle to end all battles. Hitler commits suicide.
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Public holiday in Europe for the Allies winning WWII.
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United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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Second atomic bomb dropped, by United States on Nagasaki.
