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Japan begins take over of Manchuria which is later renamed Manchuria
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(FDR) is ekected for president
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Hinnberg appionts Hitler chancellor of Germany
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20th Amendent to the Constution
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FDR implements the begining of the New Deal with the hundred days
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FDR makes his first fireside chat
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The first concertation camp
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In germany jew and non aryans werent allowed to practice services
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Jews eliminated from the economy in Germany. Their assets can be seized
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International conference in France that FDR initiated to discuss the Jewish refugees. 32 of the nations decide not to admit large numbers of Jews. Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic want money in return for admitting the displaced
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact announced in Moscow.
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Germany invades Poland from the west
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France and Britain enact a policy of appeasement, agreeing to the German annexation of Sudenten, Czechoslovakia.
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Kristallnacht- the Night of the Broken Glass. Nazis violently attack Jews and destroy Jewish property, 91 Jews are killed and others are beaten.
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For the first time in his annual address to Congress, FDR proposes no domestic reforms but instead stresses the danger posed to democracy and international peace by the forces of aggression. Later in the month, the United States budget shows increased spending on national defense.
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Germany annexes the rest of Czechoslovakia. British Government pledges to aid Poland "at once . . . with all the support in their power" in the event that Poland is attacked by Germany.
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The Jewish refugee ship the St. Louis arrives in Belgium after being denied access to Cuba and the United States. Most of the passengers are eventually murdered by the Nazis.
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Britain declares war on Germany at 11 am, France declares war on Germany six hours later.
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Rationing is introduced in Britain.
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WW2 from germans point The deportations of German Gypsies to concentration camps in the east begins.
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German troops invade Denmark and Norway.
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Germany invades Norway British forces land in Norway.
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Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg are invaded by Germany. British troops enter Belgium. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigns; Winston Churchill becomes new Prime Minister.
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Holland surrenders to Germany
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Belgium surrenders to Germany
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Soviet Union renews pact with German
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FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill.
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Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia.
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Germans occupy Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Russo-Japanese neutrality pact signed
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Allied troops evacuate Greece
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Germany attacks the Soviet Union
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14 Nazi leaders attend a short meeting to discuss the elimination of the remaining European Jews. The genocidal plan is dubbed "The Final Solution."
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Japanese land in Solomon Islands
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In the United States, the Emergency Price Control Act fixes price ceilings and controls rents in areas of defense production.
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By order of FDR, Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast are transferred to internment camps in the interior of the country.
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Japan captures Bataan. By June, Japan also controls the Philippines.
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FDR and Churchill meet at Casablanca and decide upon a policy of "Unconditional Surrender."
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17 German Generals surrender to the Soviets at Stalingrad
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Allied offensive in Northern Tunisia.
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German surrender in Tunisia.
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Due to the migration of many African-Americans from the rural South to the defense centers of the North and the pressure of labor and civil rights groups, an Executive order strengthens the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) calling for mandatory inclusion of nondiscrimination clauses in war contracts and subcontracts. Between 1940 and 1970, 5 million African-Americans took part in this migration, known as the "Second Great Migration."
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Allied landings south of Rome in Anzio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q42LZzKN1k
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German offensive against Anzio Beachhead.
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Japanese invade India.
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Soviet troops experience success against the Germans in the Crimea.
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Allies occupy Rome.
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Americans enter Manila: Yalta Conference.
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Dresden raid. Allied firebombing kills 135,000 Germans, including civilians, and destroys 80% of the city.
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Americans land on Iwo Jima.
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Germany surrenders unconditionally to General Eisenhower at Rheims, France, and to the Soviets in Berlin. President Truman pronounces the following day, May 8, V-E Day. The U.S., Russia, England, and France agree to split occupied Germany into eastern and western halves.
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Americans find intact bridge across Rhine at Remagen, set up bridgehead on east bank.
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The Soviets launch their final offensive, encircling Berlin.
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At Lake Como, in Italy, Benito Mussolini and 12 of his former Cabinet officers are executed. German forces in Italy will surrender unconditionally on the 29th.
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With Russian shells falling on Berlin, Hitler marries his mistress Eva Braun in his bombproof Berlin bunker. He then poisons her and kills himself. His remains are never recovered.
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U.S. air attacks on Tokyo continue, after planes have dropped leaflets threatening destruction from the air if the Japanese do not agree to unconditional surrender
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The Pacific island of Okinawa is captured by the Allies. Japan has lost 160,000 men in fighting on the island; more than 12,500 Americans have died on Okinawa as well.
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Torpedoes sink the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the Indian Ocean.
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The Potsdam conference ends after more than two weeks of deliberations. Allied leaders have been discussing what should become of Germany.
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The U.S B-29 Superfortress, Enola Gay, drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese industrial city of Hiroshima. The city is leveled, and an estimated 100,000 people are killed immediately (another 100,000 will die later from radiation sickness and burns). On August 9, a second bomb will be dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
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The Japanese sue for peace after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and U.S. President Truman declares that August 14th will be V-J (Victory over Japan) Day. To date, nearly 55 million people have died in the Second World War, including 25 million in the Soviet Union, nearly 8 million in China, and more than 6 million in Poland
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In the U.S., rationing of gasoline and fuel oil comes to an end
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General MacArthur accepts the formal, unconditional surrender of Japan in a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay
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Butter rationing comes to an end, and sugar is the only item that continues to be rationed in the U.S.
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A new election law is passed in Japan, at the urgence of the occupying Allied forces, which gives Japanese women voting rights
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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is created. Of the more than 7 billion dollars contributed by 21 countries, the U.S. has subscribed more than 3 billion dollars to the World Bank.
