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President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his State of the Union address in which he proposes a massive government spending budget, the largest in American history
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Under the leadership of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. troops land in Algiers, Oran, and Casablanca in North Africa.
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The Russian Red Army traps and captures German armies that had invaded the Soviet Union.
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RANGEEND_ITALY The Italian government officially surrenders to the Allied powers; still, German forces occupy much of Italy.
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The Allies capture German holdings in Naples
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The Allied powers announce the Cairo Declaration in which all three declare their intention to establish an international organization to maintain the peace and security of the world.
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Rome falls to Allied forces.
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D-Day: The first of nearly 3 million Allied soldiers arrive in Normandy, on the northern shores of France.
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U.S. forces, aided by a Free French division, liberate Paris from Nazi control.
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The Allied powers meet in Yalta to negotiate Soviet dominance in Eastern Europe. The Yalta Conference would result in the dual administrations in Berlin, the break up of Germany, and the prosecution of war criminals
