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Hitler moves tanks into Austria
Hitler called it a union between Austria and Germany. No countries took action against Germany. -
Roosevelt begins arms buildup
Asked Congress for military appropriation and instructed the Army Air Corps to plan for mass production of airplanes. -
Kristallnacht
Tension between Germans and Jews reached a maximum. Mass destruction, looting, and killing of jews throughout Germany -
Hitler occupies Czechoslovakia
Nazi troops occupy Czechoslovakia violating the Munich accords -
Nonaggression Pact
Hitler and Stalin sign the Nonaggression Pact saying their nations would not fight one another. Also divided Poland between the two -
Germany invades Poland
Nazi troops invade Poland starting World War II -
Great Britain and France declare war
GB and France declare war on Germany -
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Germany's Blitzkrieg (lightning war)
Germany captures Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg -
Winston Churchill
Churchill became prime minister of the United Kingdom replacing Chamberlain -
Germany occupies France
Germany invades and captures Paris, controlling France -
Roosevelt formed the Office of Scientific Research and Development
The OSRD were scientists to beat the Axis powers in an arms race -
Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt met with Churchill to issue the Atlantic Charter. Condemned international Aggression, affirmed the right of national self-determination, and endorsed the principle of free trade -
Manhattan Project starts
Race to build a nuclear bomb starts -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fleet along with fighter planes attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Most devastating loss in American history. Attack crippled the US pacific fleet -
War on Japan
Congress approved war on Japan -
Germany and Italy declare war on US
Germany and Italy declare war on US -
FDR ordered all Japanese-Americans to evacuated from the west coast
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Congress of Racial Equality founded
sought to desegrate public facilities in a nonviolent way -
Office of War Information is created
Employed artists, writers, and advertisers to explain the war and counter enemy propoganda. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
Turning point of the war, Russia drove Germans out of Russia -
National Congress of American Indians formed
Sought to end reservations and trust protections -
D-Day
Thousands of British, Americans, and Canadian troops landed at Normandy to try and take back France. Largest amphibious invasion in history -
Labor-Union membership rose to 14.8 million
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FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference
talked about postwar europe and Asia. Russians wanted to regain land lost to Japan and punish Germany. Roosevelt wanted a new United Nations -
Roosevelt passes away
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Russia encircles Berlin
Russia encircled Berlin. Hitler committed suicide -
First Atomic bomb exploded
US exploded first atomic bomb over a desert in New Mexico -
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Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met in Germany to discuss postwar Europe
could not agree on anything -
Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
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Japan accepts American terms of durrender