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Japanese-American Internment
President Roosevelt issues Executive order 9066, allowing many Japanese to be put in internment camps in the US due to the fear built up after the Pearl Harbor attack. -
Battle of Midway
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German Surrender to Soviets
Germans surrender at Stalingrad -
Italy Surrenders
Following the resignation of Mussolini months prior, Italy surrenders in the war. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
the US drops two atomic bombs on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, essentially bringing the war to an end on each front -
Franklin Roosevelt Dies.
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Hitler Suicide
Hitler is widely believed to have shot himself knowing his defeat and capture would be inevitable. -
Germany signs unconditional surrender
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UN
The United Nations is created to maintain world peace. -
Communism Spreads to China
Nationalists are defeated by communists in China and communism seeds are planted -
First Levittown created
Housing on the coast made for veterans who were in need. -
CIA formed
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Berlin Airlift
Supplies were flow over and dropped into East Berlin with supplies -
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization established -
Korean War begins
War between communist North Korea and free South Korea