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Mussolini Comes to Power
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Japan Invades Manchuria
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Hitler Takes Power
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Nuremberg Laws Passed
These laws restricted the civil rights of jews in Germany -
Japan invades China
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Hitler Invades Poland
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Battle of the Atlantic
German U-Boats sank 144 ships. Allied Aircraft destroyed U-Boats -
Neutrality act passed
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Peacetime Draft
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Destroyer Deal
This gave the US access to British Naval Bases in exchange for Destroyers -
Lend-Lease Program
This agreement between the US and Britain allowed Britain to Lend War Materials for the period of the war. -
Hitler invades USSR
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Atlantic Charter Signed
This is the umbrella in which the US got involved. Signed by Churchill and Roosevelt. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. 8 Battleships and 2,403 people lost. -
US Declares war on Japan
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Germany and Italy declare war on US
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Office of Price Administration is established
Controls prices of industries, rations during WWII -
Executive order 9066 signed
This order allowed for the Internment of those citizens thought to be national security threats. Was upheld in 1944 supreme court hearing. -
Japan seizes Singapore
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US Forces in Philippines surrender to Japan
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Battle of Coral Sea
Helped to inhibit Japanese expansion. -
Battle of Midway
4 carriers sunk, Helped inhibit Japanese expansion. -
Office of War Information established
OWI censors incoming war stories and issues propaganda. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Between USSR and Germany -
Battle of El Alamein
North Africa. Pushed the Axis into the Middle East -
Operation TORCH
Invasion of North Africa. Helped to gain a foothold on the Mediterranean. -
Allied forces invade Italy
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D-Day
Part of Operation OVERLORD. Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy, France to gain a foothold in Europe. At least 12,000 US casualties -
Battle of the Bulge
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US Takes Japanese island of Iwo Jima
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Germany Surrenders (VE day)
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First Atom Bomb test of Manhattan Project
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Atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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Japan surrenders to US (VJ Day)