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Start of WWII
Germany invades Poland -
Britain and France Join the War
Britain and France declare war against Germany -
Draft
Congress enacts the first peacetime draft in America's history -
FDR is reelected for a third term
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France Surrenders
France surrenders to Germany -
Japan Joins Axis Powers
This happens in response to America's embargo on Japan -
Aucshwitz becomes a Killing Center
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Chelmo killing center is opened
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Roosevelt and Churchill draft the Atlantic Charter
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attack Pearl Harbor -
U.S at War
The Axis powers declare war on the US -
Treblinka is Opened
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US troops land in Africa
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Jews are rescued from Denmark
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Russia traps Germany
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Italy Surrenders
Italy surrenders to the Allied powers -
Allies capture Naples
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The Allied come together
They combine their troops, planes, and ships to get ready for D-Day. -
D-Day
The first of 3 million Allied troops land on the northern shores of France -
US liberates Jews from Dachau Camp
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FDR dies
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Germany Surrenders
Germany signs and unconditional surrender -
Hiroshima
United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima kills 75,000 and injures over 100,000 -
Nagasaki
United states drops a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki -
End of WWII
Japan surrenders to the Allies