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Frankilin Rosevelt elected president
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Adolf Hitler is oppointed chancelor of germany
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World War 2
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German president paul von dies
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Most americans remain strongly isolation, opposed to U.S. intervention in foregin wars.
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German jews were stripped of citzin ship and civil rights
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Halinan forces capture the ethiopian capitol of addis ababa.
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Franklin re-elected as president
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Rosevelt, supporting the chinese risistance to japan, declines to enforce the nuetrility act and does not declare an embargo.
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in adefeanant for isolations congress
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the selected survice and training act reqiures all men age 21 to 35 to register
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The U.S. begins its "Lend-Lease" program to supply Britain and other Allied nations with war materiel on credit. The act formally ends U.S. neutrality, and Hitler orders U-boat attacks on U.S. merchant ships.
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The USS Niblack fights off a German submarine while rescuing survivors from a torpedoed Dutch freighter.
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The term of service for draftees is extended.
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Germans begin U-boat attacks along the east coast of the US.
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The reconquest of the northern Philippines begins as U.S. forces invade Luzon and occupy Manila.