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Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act which provided military aid to foreign nations during WWII.
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Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii which is known as "A date which will live in infamy."
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Roosevelt creates the War Production Board to coordinate mobilization.
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Nazis develope the "Final Solution' for exterminating the Jews. This was when the idea of Death Camps came around.
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Erwin Rommel's forces surrender in North Africa. This battle is where he earned his nickname as "Desert Fox."
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to serve his fourth term in office. He was challenged by Republican Thomas Dewey.
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Harry S. Truman becomes president when Franklin D. Roosevelt passes away from months of various health complications.
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The United Nations is established after WWII to prevent another conflict or war. It says under the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security.
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This speech was presented by Churchill which was presented in the context of of the Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. It was presented in the Westminister College.
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The United States becomes a part of operation NATO as one of the founding member countries. It was established by signing the North Atlantic Treaty.
