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Germany and the Soviet Union agree to a nonaggression pact leaving the Soviets free to strengthen their western frontier, and Hitler free to attack Poland.
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Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. This was the beginning of the war in Europe.
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Finland signs peace treaty with Britain.
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France signs an armisice with Nazi Germany.
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The United States orders gasoline withheld from Japan causing Japanese Government to protest.
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Lend -Lease was the program where the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. Rooselvelt signed it on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of war in Europe in September 1939 but nine months before the U.S. entered the war in December 1941.
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On a British battleship, President Franklin D. Roosevelt meets with the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill. The two leaders write up the Atlantic Charter.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt warns the Japanese government to cease all aggression toward neighboring countries or else face United States forces.
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor early sunday morning. The first hit was at 7:53 AM, the second at 8:55. There were 2,403 dead, 188 destroyed planes and a crippled Pacific Fleet that included 8 damaged or destroyed battleships.
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Japanese declare war on the US.
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United States declares war on Japan. Twenty-one minutes after President Roosevelt's speech, the U.S. Senate voted 82 for war and 0 agaisnt war. 12 minutes later, the US House of Representatives had 388 for and 1 against.
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Hitler declared war on the United States on Dec. 11. 1941 after the U.S. declared war on Japan 3 days earlier in response to the attack of Pearl Harbor.
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Battle at Midway, four Japanese carrier ships were sunk.
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In England, the Allied powers assemble 2.9 million men, 2.5 million tons of supplies, 11,000 airplanes, and hundreds of ships in preparation for D-Day.
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Hitlers Atlantic wall
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Allied troops take large portions of Normandy and Brittany initiating a German retreat.
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Demobilization of the American army begins.
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President Roosevelt dies and Truman becomes president!
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Hitler killed himself just days before Germanys unconditional surrender. He was found in his bunker under his headquarters in Berlin. He commited sucide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more than 100,000.
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Japan surrendered from the war. The ceremonies lasted less than a half hour long and took place on board the battleship USS Missouri. The boat was anchored with other United States and British ships in Tokyo Bay.
