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Fireside chats
The fireside chats of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt were an important means for the president to inform the public about his programs and to allay their fears of the mounting problems caused by the Great Depression. The fireside chats were radio addresses given by the president during the 1930s.
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Spanish Civil War
WW2 would have happened with or without the scrimmage that the Spanish Civil War provided. It might have taken Germany a few weeks longer to conquer Poland, but it was going to happen. Hitler was emboldened by the lack of spine on the part of France and Britain, not faith in German tactics. That the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe got in a practice game before the season started was just a bonus.
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Japan invades China (WW2)
Japan was an aristocratic country, meaning that they were ruled by emperors and all of those people, rich people. Japan also wanted to have a strong empire like Germany. The government was replaced by a dictator. The United States saw that the Chinese needed their help so, they cut out the supply of iron and oil to the Japanese. 80% of Japan's supplies came from the USA. So when the iron and oil to kill more Chinese were taken off their hands, the Japanese were furious.
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The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and the USSR were lined up together, Britain and France were prevented from helping Poland in any practical way. It was important because Britain and France had been trying to arrange a pact with the Soviet Union but were unsuccessful. With the Soviet Union now neutral, Britain and France were out of possible powerful European allies. Since Germany and the USSR later became bitter enemies.
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FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
Lend-Lease was a way the U.S. was able to aid Britain in it's war on the European mainland with Germany . America had to enable Britain to wage war otherwise the U.S. would not be able to overcome the isolationist views of most Americans since most Americans viewed this as primarily a European problem because , after all , Americans fought in the "Great War" the war to end all wars , supposedly.
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway, which was a victory for the U.S. Navy, was important because it was effectively the turning point of World War II in the Pacific. Prior to the Battle of Midway, the Japanese had not lost a sea battle fought on the Pacific or Indian Ocean; they held a significant military advantage, in part because they possessed the strongest air carrier unit in the Pacific.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad( 23 August, 1942 - 2 February) was considered to be the turning point of the eastern front in World War II in favor of the Soviets. Prior to the Battle of Stalingrad, the Wehrmacht had been taking Soviet ground, and Hitler wanted to take the city because of its symbolic value. The battle taking place in winter ensured that German supply lines deteriorated.
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Normandy landings (D-Day)
On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to defeat Adolf Hitler’s crack troops. It marked the first time in the war that Allied troops threatened Germany's control of Europe.
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. They gathered together all the reinforcements and equipment they could find and commited them to one last offensive. The German defeat meant that they had nothing left to oppose the advance of the British and Americans into Germany.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was fought between the United States and Japan during February and March of 1945, during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. As a result of the battle, the United States gained control of the island of Iwo Jima and the airfields located there. The battle is famous for the raising of the US flag by U.S. Marines during the battle.
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Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Since the bomb detonated in the air, the blast was directed more downward than sideways, which was largely responsible for the survival of the Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall now commonly known as the Genbaku dome. The Americans estimated that 4.7 square miles of the city were destroyed. Japanese officials determined that 69% of Hiroshima's buildings were destroyed.The bombing started fires that spread rapidly through wood and paper homes.
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Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day)
On August 14, 1945, Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, August 15 have been known as “Victory Over Japan Day.” The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close. End the War.
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