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The league sat helpless as Hitler overtook many places.
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This was to hold neutrality between the US and European countries while still helping Britain, ignoring that Germany had no funds and could not reliably ship across the British-controlled Atlantic.
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This event transferred fifty mothballed destroyers from the US Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions.
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All attempts to lower service age are defeated. Now 13 million men between ages 18-45 are liable to draft under the American flag.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan agree to assist one another with all political, economic and military means when one of the three contracting powers is attacked.
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This was to help Britain hold back Hitler’s advance while keeping America only indirectly involved in World War II.
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This makes it right to share with other countries certain common principles in the national policies of their respective countries on which they base their hopes for a better future for the world.
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People gave him only a 1 in five chance of escaping and a month at most to be captured and he overcome this.
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After Midway, the Americans and their Allies took the offensive in the Pacific instead of the Japanese continuing their advance and capturing more land.
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Stopped Japanease expansion.
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The first piece of Axis homeland fell to Allied forces during World War II. It then served as a base for the invasion of Italy and as a training ground for many of the officers and enlisted men.
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Key to Hitler's defeat. Destruction of German oil reserves. Began the Allied forces pushing German forces back.
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Honors those who died in the attack of Pearl Harbor. The flag is flown at half staff until sundown.
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He was only president to win a 4th term. The people loved how he handled everything.
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Here they discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war destructed Europe.
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He left Truman unaware of his plans, and Truman had to decide to use or to not use and continue to develop the atomic bomb.
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Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, and Hitler’s evil deeds were coming to an end.
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This killed about 140,000 people and seared everything for miles and gave radiation poison to nearly everyone. This is one event that ended WWII. The world entered the atomic age on this day.
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This also helped end WWII. These were the only nuclear weapons used in war to this date. About 70,000 more people died here.
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This honors the day of Japan’s initial announcement to surrender in 1945
