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A. Phillip Randolph
calkled on African Americans everywhere to come to the capital and march under the banner "We Loyal Colored Americans Demand the Rightt to Work and Fight for Our Country." -
supplying Japan
The United States would supply Japan with oil and other essentials even though they were allys -
cuts supplies
In 1940/1941 embargoes cut off the supplies going to Japan -
attack
Japenese bombers attacked without any warning -
killed
3000 casualties and destruaction of air and sea craft -
Prime minister arrives
Churchhill arrives at the White House and stays for the next three weeks working out war plans with Roosevelt. -
germans
in the first four months of 1942 the germans sank 87 ships off the Atlantic shore -
end of automobile production
American newspapers reported about the end of automobile production for private use only. last car was a gray sedan. -
signing
Roosevelt signed an order requiring the removal of poeple of Japenese ancestry from Cali and parts of Washington, Oregon, and Arizona -
MacArthur
he left the Pjilippines with his wife, son, and staff -
WAAC
Womens Auxiliary Army Corps became a law. -
WAAC law
this law gave the WAACs an offical status and salary but few of the benefits granted to male soldiers. -
Chester Nimitz
his scout planes found the Japenese fleet -
ships destroyed
German wolf packs destroyed a total of 681 Allied ships in the Atlantic -
Allied troops
107000 troops, mostly americans, landed in Casablanca, Oran, and Algriers in North Africa -
Henry J Kaiser
Henry built seven massive new shipyards that turned out Liberty ships,tankers, troop transports, and baby aircraft carriers. -
ships produced
early 1943 there were 140 ships produced each month -
combat
African Americans saw combat beginnings -
dropped auxiliary status
Thousands of women enlisted, us army dropped the "auxiliary" status and granted WACs full US army benefits. WACs worked as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, electricians, and pilots. -
Aachen
Americans captured their first german town, Aachen -
Marines
US marines invaded Okinawa -
President Roosevelt
he did not live to see VE day. Roosevelt was posing for a portrait in Georgia, the president had a stroke and died. Harry truman became president -
Berlin
the soviet army stormed Berlin -
Eva Braun
Hitler married Eva Braun on the same day he wrote out his last address to the german poeple which he blamed the Jews in for starting the war -
VE day
Allies celebrated VE day. victory in Europe day. the war was finally over -
fighting ended
fighting ended and more than 7600 americans had died -
bomb
first test of the new bomb in a desert in New Mexico -
plans for bombs
ordered military to make final plans for droppiung two atomic bombs on Japenese targets. -
money
In 1965 congress authorized the spending of $38 million -
payment
In 1978 it called for the payment of reparations or restituion to each individual that suffered internment
