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executive order #9066
1942- president roosevelt signed executive order #9066, allowing military leaders to remove all non american soldiers. -
el alamien- north africa
british victory at el alamien in north africa pushed back the germans. winston churchill and roosevelt met at casablanca to discuss the next step as to the future of germany -
summer 1942
american naval victories at the battle of the coral sea and aircraft carrier duel at the battle of midway crippled japan's pacific naval operations. -
the big three meeting 1
FDR, winston churchill, and joseph stalin met as tehran to discuss more wartime plans. Stalin wanted the U.S. and Britain to invade france. roosevelt wanted to agree, however churchill didn't -
united nations select security council
this council included- the soviet union, the U.S., france, and china. July 1944- UN financial and monetary conference created international monetary fund, the world bank, and the international bank for reconstruction and development, the general agreement on tariffs and trade, and world trade org. the soviets rejected all plans. -
operation overload- D-Day
american, british, and canadian forces launched operations overload which was the invasion of france. dwight eisenhower was one of the american generals serving at the time. -
the division of korea
the division of korea began. the republic of korea was controlled by the U.S. while the democtati people's republic of korea was controlled by communists and the soviet union -
hiroshima and nagasaki bombings
august 6, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs of Hiroshima, Japan. On august 9, the US dropped more atomic bombs on Nagasaki, japan. august 15: japan surrendered to the US. september 2 aboard the battleship USS missouri, japanese delegates officially signed their surrender to the US. WWII was over -
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the korean war