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FDR becomes the 32nd president of the united states -
Hitler takes power in Germany -
Neutrality Act of 1935 -
Hitler annexes Austria and Sudetenland -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Germany invades Poland -
President Roosevelt re-elected for a third term
American Selective Service plan instituted
Minersville v. Gobitis rules that flag salute is mandatory in schools; overturned in 1943 -
Lend-Lease Assistance Plan begins for England
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
United States officially enters World War II
Germany & Italy declare war on the United States -
American troops engage in combat in North Africa
Japanese Internment Camps opened in America
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway Island
Casablanca released -
Allied armies invade Sicily
United Mine Workers strike -
D-Day Invasion
President Roosevelt defeats Thomas Dewey and is re-elected to a fourth term
Beginning of the Battle of the Bulge -
Yalta Conference
Nazi Concentration Camps discovered by Allied forces
FDR dies in Warm Springs, Georgia
Harry S. Truman becomes the thirty-third (33rd) president of the United States after death of FDR
Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies
Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan surrenders unconditionally