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Hitler invades the Soviet Union
-Stalin and Hitler sign a nonaggression pact.
-Hitler breaks pact and invades the Soviet Union.
-Roosevelt sends aid to the Soviets. -
A. Philip Randolph demands African Ameican rights
-Asa Philip Randolph organizes a march in Washington to protest against African American discrimination in the workplace.
-FDR feared the march would lead to violence so he issed an executive order calling for the full and equal participation of all workers in defense industries. -
The federal government controls the economy
-FDR creates the Office of Price Administration to freeze prices prices on most goods to fight inflation.
-Taxes were increased and extended
-Purchasing war bonds was encouraged
-The War Production Board was formed -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
- The Japanese bomb pearl harbor. -2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 were wounded. -Only 3 aircraft carriers escaped the disaster.
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World War II After The U.S Joins
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Japanese Americans Placed in Internment Camps
-FDR signed the removal of Japanese Americans from four states.
- The army rounded up 110,000 Japanese Americans and shipped them to relocation camps.
-Japanese American Citizens League pushed for compensation and recieved $20,000. -
The Battle of Midway
-Admiral Chester Nimitz commands the U.S naval forces into the Pacific.
-The Allies defeat the Japanese.
-Allies are able to advance island by island to Japan. -
Invasion of North Africa
-Dwight Eisenhower commands an invasion of North Africa.
-Afrika Korps are led by General Erwin Rommel.
- Afrika Korps surrenders. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
-Hitler planned to capture Caucasus oil fields and destroy Stalingrad.
-The Soviets defeated the Germans after a long difficult battle.
-Soviet army began to move towards Germany. -
Anti-Mexican zoot suit riots
-Many Mexican American youths wore the zoot suit as a symbol of rebellion against tradition.
-11 sailors in L.A claimed that Mexican Americans wearing zoot suits attacked them, leading to riots. -
D-Day
-The Allies planned to attack Normandy in northern France and to keep their plans a secret they set up a huge fake army.
-Eisenhower directed D-Day. -
FDR relected
- Allies had freed france, Belgium, and Luxembourg so FDR was widely liked. -FDR is relected for a 4th term with Harry S. Truman as his running mate.
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The Battle of the Buldge
-The Americans took over Aachen.
-8 German tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory
-Germans got pushed back and lost 120,000 troops. -
U.S Marines take Iwo Jima
-20,700 Japanese troops defended Iwo Jima.
-200 Japanese survived.
-More than 6,000 marines died taking the island. -
Yalta Conference
-FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met and discussed the post-war world.
-FDR and Churchill decide to split Germany into four parts.
- FDR also gets support to form the United Nations. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
-FDR dies before Victory in Europe day.
-Vice President Harry S. Truman became president -
Unconditional surrender in Berlin
-The Soviet Union army invaded Berlin.
-The Third Reich surrenders and Eisenhower accepts.
-The Allies celebrate will Victory in Europe Day. -
The atomic bomb ends war with Japan
-The US drops an atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
-3 days later a bomb on Nagasaki was dropped.
-Emperor Hirohito was horrified by the massive destruction and surrendered.
