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Germany invades Poland.
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The U.S. sold goods to other nations but they needed to pay cash and transport it themselves
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The US would lend or lease arms to countries that were vital defensive points for the US.
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Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor.
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Congress declared war on Japan.
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German troops attacked Stalingrad and were winning until winter hit. The Soviet Union stopped Germanys advancement and pushed them back.
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The US intercepted a Japanese fleet and destroyed it. It was a major turning point in the Pacific war.
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Italy surrenders
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The day the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy
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The Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last offensive attack.
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20,700 Japanese soldiers were defending the Island of Iwo Jima. The US wanted it because they wanted to use it for bomber planes. By the end of the battle only 200 Japanese soldier were alive and 6,000 marines died.
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A battle that was deadlier than Iwo Jima. 7,600 Americans died while 110,000 Japanese died.
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FDR died
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Benito Mussolini was killed by Italian communists in a small village.
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Adolf Hitler shoots himself.
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The day that the allies formally accepted Germany's unconditional surrender of their armed forces.
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The test of the first atomic bomb in New Mexico.
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The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The United states dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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Japan surrenders and the war ends.
