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Japan quits the League of Nations
Japan decides to leave the League of Nations and no longer be a country considered with the league. -
Axis Powers Act is signed
Germany, Italy, and Japan become an alliance together. -
Cash and Carry Plan
This plan allowed other counties to purchase war weapons from the United States as long as the weapons were bought in cash and the country took them to their country on one of their ships. -
Bases for Destroyers Deal
In exchange for 50 old World War I American destroyers which had in 1939 and 1940 had been recommissioned and were serving on Neutrality Patrol, Britain Gave Us 99 Year leases to establish Military Bases on British Possessions in the Western Hemisphere -
The United States draft is enacted.
The draft is a backup that makes sure that in a great time of need the United States still will have manpower for protection. -
Lend Lease Plan
This plan was signed by FDR so the United States could help aid Britian with supplies to beat back Hitler. It let the Allies purchase weapons and allowed them to pay later on in the future; like an IOU. -
Atlantic charter
The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement first issued in August 1941 that early in World War II defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. -
Pearl Harbor Day
Japan bombs pearl harbor killing thousands of people. -
Gen. MacArthur evacuates the Philippines
When in the Phillippines General MacArthur finds himself near capture. He escapes being captured by Japan against all odds. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway is reguarded as one of the most important naval battles of WWII. -
Guadalcanal.
This was a battle in the war fought on the island of Guadalcanal. -
Allies invade Sicily
The allied nations invade Sicily and fought against the Germans. -
D-Day
The day on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Roosevelt is re-elected for the 3rd time
FDR is the only president to serve more then two terms. He was seen as a higher power, right under God, to the nation. -
Yalta Conference
A meeting between the Allied leaders Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in February 1945 at Yalta, a Crimean port on the Black Sea. The leaders planned the final stages of World War II and agreed on the subsequent territorial division of Europe. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day. -
Hiroshima
This was the first atomic bomb dropped in Japan by America. -
Nagasaki
This was the second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by America. -
FDR Dies
The president FDR passes away in his third term in office. -
VJ Day
Victory against Japan was on this day.
