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This allowed the US to trade weapons and supplies with other countries who they supported, but the countries must pay them in cash(no IOUs) and must carry the supplies on their own ships.
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This act said that the US was allowed to lend or lease their weapons and supplies to other countries, while still staying neutral in the war
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The Japanese bomb the US naval base on Pearl Harbor, hoping to cripple their navy and Air Force in the pacific and prevent them form interfering in Japanese warfare in the Pacific. Their attack is unsuccessful and causes the US entry into WW2
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The US fend off a an attempted invasion of Australia by Japan that would have given them extremely good strategic position for the rest of the war
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A battle of the course of 5 days between the Japanese and US navy. The Japanese lost all four of their aircraft carriers, the US only loses 1, Japan is put on the defensive for the rest of war because of this battle
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US marines force Japanese troops off of the island of Guadalcanal, and begin Island Hopping
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The allies invade North Africa in an attempt to relieve German pressure on the USSR and force them to fight a war on 2/3 fronts
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Full blown invasion of Germany by Britain, America, Poland, and Canada. Plan required massive manpower and manipulation
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A German counter attacked that was put to rest in the city of Bastogne
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Extremely deadly battle on both sides, partially because it was fought on Japanese native soil. That marked the first time Japan had been invaded in 800 years
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The US drops the worlds first Nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, completely leveling two cities and killing a countless number of Japanese citizens, but ending the Japanese war effort