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Japan quits the League of Nations
The Japanese delegation, defying world opinion, withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly today -
Cash and Carry plan
Program prevented U.S. businesses interests backing the success or failure of any warring nation -
Bases for Destroyers Deal
No destroyers were received in exchange for the bases in Bermuda and Newfoundland. Both territories were vital to trans-Atlantic shipping, aviation. -
US draft bill enacted
Congress passed the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. The lawmakers acted soon after the German and Soviet invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to declare war against Nazi Germany. -
Lend Lease plan
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Axis Powers Act is signed
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Atlantic charter
It established a vision for a post-World War II world -
Pearl Harbor day
to remember and honor all those who died in the attack on pearl harbor. -
Gen. MacArthur evacuates the Phillipines
The evaluation was probably the most significant thing about this. -
battle of midway
stopped Japanese advancement. They had no great victories after that. They lost four of their largest carriers and the cream of their naval fighter/bomber pilots -
Guadalcanal
Was the first US victory and the first Japanese defeat in WWII. -
Allies invaded sicily
marked the beginning of the Italian Campaign in World War II -
D-day
it was the turning point of World War II. It marked the start of the Allies' invasion of Western Europe and paved the way for Allied victory. -
Yalta Conference
Attempted to deal with the fate of postwar Europe, specifically the borders of Poland where the war began six years before, and the fate of Japan, whose ongoing tenacity kept America at war after the fall of Germany. -
FDR dies
Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power. -
VE Day
it was a successful landing in Normandy paved the way for the Allies to liberate all the Occupied Countries of Europe. -
Hiroshima
There were 8 survivors.
Very tough faught battle. -
Nagasaki
Very bad bombing along with Horishma. Not many lived. -
V-J Day
its the significance of when Surrender of Japan occurred. -
Roosevelt is re-elected for the 3rd time
Three months after his inauguration, while resting at his retreat at Warm Springs, Georgia, Roosevelt died of a massive cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63
