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Germany invading poland starting war
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phony war, "sitting war" Germany giving them time to back down
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research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons
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France surrender to german
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Second World War defense of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force
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us gave destroyers to Britain for a military base
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isolationist against joining the war
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first peacetime draft in the history of the United States
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Freedoms made by FDR during his State of the Union speech
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FDR let GB buy arms on credit
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Attacked by German U-boats, USS Kearny was a US marine boat
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first US Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the eastern hemisphere of World War 2
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Japan attacks pearl harbor, because us cut them off from oil
Bringing us into war -
Japanese Army and Navy invaded several islands in the Philippines
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forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war
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strategy to capture the Pacific islands one by one, advancing towards Japan
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first air-sea battle in history, fight between the Japanese and United States/Australia
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most important battle in the Pacific ultimately being the turning point of World War 2 for the United States.
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major battle on the Eastern Front in which Nazi Germany fought the Soviet Union for the city
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North African campaign between the British Empire and the German-Italian army.
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trials to convict nazis
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meeting between US and GB leaders
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Meeting between the big three
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storming of Normandy by Allied Forces
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MacArthur reached the Philippine Island of Lethe and made a broadcast declaring ḧe's home.
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voted for the fourth term FDR, only president to have
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major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe
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bloodiest battle of the Pacific War which was also the last and biggest of the Pacific island battles.
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Big three meet in Russia
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Major battle when the U.S. Marines captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese.
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FDR dies, and Truman is sworn into office
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Victory in Europe Day- formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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Big three meet to negotiate end of WWII
Truman not FDR -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
end of war -
news of japan surrendering is released
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Trial used to try leaders of japan
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