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Roosevelt
Roosevelt proposed a new program which consisted on producing weapons to assist the Alies. Congress passed the lend-lease act alowing the president to do anything to improve the defense. -
Irosuko Yamamoto
Isoroko Yamamoto planned the japanese attack. He knew the Americans very well because he had studied in Harvard. He told them that if they wanted to win the Americans they had to create a crushing blow. -
WARNING
On the 27th of November Kimmel and Short received a war warning from Washington advising from the Japanese attack. -
The Attack to Pearl Harbour
The attack was produced by 183 Japanese planes which killed and murdered over 2500 Americans in just 2 hours and 20 minutes. Obviously the ship was destroyed. -
War declaration
President Winston Churchill declared the war to Japan. In consequence, Germany did so to the USA. Hitler was governing Germany by that time. -
Philippines
Some hours after having attacked America, Japanese decided to attack also the Philippines. After the attack, many Philipine's people became slaves -
War delcaration II
The USA declares the war to Germany to answer their declaration. To support the USA Italy declares the war to Germany too. -
Afro-Americans
Lots of Afro-Americans took the opportunity to move to the north and find a job to earn money. But as always, black men earned less and were restricted in some types of work.
Philip Randolph created a march to fight against the racism and inequality. -
The end of the Great Depression.
The United States starts a massive war supplies production and that caused the end of the Great Depression. The factories worked 24 hour nonstop creating ships and weapons for the war. -
Everybody can contribute
Because of the men fighting out there for the war, the factories need more workers to help to produce the essentials and here started the women's important paper. Lots of them joined the army force an worked as nurses in combats.