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USS midway
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United stats enters the war
Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act to give much needed aid to U.S. Allies. On December 7th the Japanese make a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941 -
Rationing
In 1942 the us started rationing food gas and sugar to help everyone survive the war -
white rose (nazis)
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japanese internment
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north africa
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Rosie the riveter
Rosie the riveter was a girl that was promoting women working in factory's showin that women can do jobs that men do -
D day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Japan surrenders
On August 6th, the U.S. drops the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. A second one is dropped on August 8th on Nagasaki. Japan surrenders on August 14th, ending the war. -
The united nations
The United Nations' general assembly meets in London in January. New York eventually becomes the location for the United Nations headquarters. -
Cold war
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and powers in the Western Bloc. -
NATO
