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Campaing Speech
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First Inaugural Address
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War with China
Rape of nanjing - 200,000-300,000 Chinese massacred -
Japan signed an anticommunism pact with Germany
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Germany invades Poland
Became of WWII -
britain and france declare war on germany
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Election of FDR runs for third term.
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Germany attacks france
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Control of Japan
he was directly responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor, which initiated war between Japan and the United States, although planning for it had begun before he entered office. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, Japan launches a surprise attack on American soil at Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades. -
Pearl Harbor
U.S. pacific fleet
20 warships, 200 aircraft destroyed
2,400 Americans killed -
Days after loss in Philippines
American bombers attacked Tokyo
Did not do major demage to Japan
Did give Americans somethig to celebrate -
D-Day
101 st Airborner parachuted behind enemy lines
150,000 Allied trops carried across the Eglish Channel. They were led by Omar Bradley. -
Allies eventually enter Manila
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Iwo Jima
Volcanic island 750 miles south of Tokyo. -
Okinawa
Island 350 miles from Japan
Largest landing force in pacific history -
FDR dies suddenly & vice presindet, Harry Truman takes over
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Hitler commits suicide
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VE Day
Marked the formal end of the war in Europe -
The Atomic Bomb
Demanded Japanese surrender or prompt and utter destruction -
Hiroshima
Enola Gay- Paul Tibbets
80,000 killed -
Soviests join the war against Japan
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Japan Response
Emporor Hirohito surrendered over the radio -
Surrender
On USS Missouri
