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President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a speech that he calls for peace-loving nations to act together to quarantine aggressors to protect the world from the disease of war.
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The passenger ship called St. Louis, Contained 907 Jewish refuges, began the journey back to Europe after the United
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In South Atlantic the American merhant ship Ribin Moor was sunk by a German torpedo. President Franklin D. Roosevelt responds to the German attack by declaring a national emergency
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Germany invades the Soviet Union violating the Nonaggression Pact. U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson estimates that it will take Hitler less that three months to conquer the Soviet Union
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Japanese fighter planes attack the American base at Pearl Harbor destroying U.S. aircraft and naval vessels, and killing 2,355 U.S. servicemen and 68 civilians.
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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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The Prime Minister Winston churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt meet in Casablamca in North Africa to plan attacks on all fronts, to invade Sicily and Italy, to send forces to the Pacific , and to better aid the Soviet Union
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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.
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Allied leaders meet in Potsdam, Germany to send an ultimatum to Japan. Japanese military leaders ruling the government issue no surrender.
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The United States drops an atomic bomb. The first to be used in warfare on Hiroshima killing 75,000 people instantly, and injuring more that 100,000.
