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us project to create atomic bombs
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nothing rlly happened, first few months of ww2
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first implement o blitzkrieg, or distraction tactics in large scale battles
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men between 21-40 had to register for the draft
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didn't want americans involved in european conflicts
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german tried to takeover france, devided into two pieces
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us gave britain fifty destroyer ships in exchange for military bases on british lands
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british air force successfully defended britain from german planes
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japan dropped small bombs on us ships at pearl harbor in an act of war
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first us ship sunk in european waters during ww2
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american ship destroyed by german uboats
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FDR passed the lend lease act so the us could accept payment from nations that owed it money at a later date + interest
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freedom spech, relgion, from want and from fear
fdr speech -
stopped axis powers from invading egypt
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almost completley aerial battle fought between us and japan
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japanese navy vs us navy & australia
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japanese took over philipine island, forced prisoners to walk thousands of miles
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us surrendered the island to japan
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roosevelt of the us formed an alliance with churchill of britain and they vowed to fight the axis powers until the end
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powers began to go from one small island to the next, establishing military bases
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stalin, fdr and churchill discuss surrender
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germans fail at invading russia
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only president to serve more than two terms
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battle at normandy, allies won
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arrested and tried nazi generals for war crimes
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when the us won the war against japan
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second atomic bombed dropped on japan by the us
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first atomic bomb dropped on japan
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stalin, truman and churchill met to discuss surrender of italians
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when US declared victory over european axis powers
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fdr had a stroke :( so truman took over
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aka operation iceberg, americans vs japanese
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us captured iwo jima from japan
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between us, britain and russia, negotiated end of ww2
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last big battle by germans
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macarthur rlly didn't lik the japanese being in the phillipines
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of 5,700 who were arrested, 948 of them were sentenced to death
