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this is the event that triggered the start of world war 2.
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there were no major military land operations on the Western Front.
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france was humiliated, germany went on to battle britain
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Royal Air Force fights against the german air force
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foremost non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II.
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This gave 50 US naval destroyers - generally referred to as the 1,200-ton type - to Britain in exchange for the use of naval and air bases in eight British possessions
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makes men at a certain age enter their name to be drawn to be in the war
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sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government any defense article."
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FDR proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy
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was torpedoed on her starboard side by a German U-boat while on patrol off Greenland but did not sink.
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was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of 115 of 160 crewmen, including all officers
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was the main cause of the united states entering the war
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the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines
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the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war
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major naval battle between the japanese navy and american and australian air forces
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Japan had lost four carriers, a cruiser and 292 aircraft, and suffered an estimated 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft and suffered approximately 300 casualties.
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marked the culmination of the North African campaign between the forces of the British Empire and the German-Italian army
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a secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon
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to capture the Pacific islands one by one, advancing towards Japan and bypassing and isolating centres of resistance.
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President Roosevelt announced that he and Churchill had decided that the only way to ensure postwar peace was to adopt a policy of unconditional surrender.
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Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe
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three leaders coordinated their military strategy against Germany and Japan and made a number of important decisions concerning the post World War II era.
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the bloodiest and deadliest battle of world war 2
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his forces invaded the main Philippine island of Luzon.
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remains the only president to have served more than two terms.
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major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front
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Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice
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three leaders agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world
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major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army
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included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific
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As President, Truman made some of the most crucial decisions in history.
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public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
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the bg three leaders meet to negotiate terms for the end of World War II
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Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured.
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was the last major act of World War Two and within days the Japanese had surrendered.
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news of the surrender was announced to the world.
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try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of war crimes.
