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the war industries board
The War Industries Board was a United States government agency established on July 28, 1917, during World War I, to coordinate the purchase of war supplies between the War Department and the Navy Department. -
the selective service act
On May 18, 1917, Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription. The act eventually required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register for military service -
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battle of france
he Battle of France, also known as the Western Campaign, the French Campaign and the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France during the Second World War -
nazi germany invaded poland
The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact. -
the war in europe
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict . The vast majority of the world's countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis -
battle of britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force -
operation barbarossa
german and soviet began war and germany make massive territorial gains which was led by joseph stalin -
pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii -
the campaign in african and italy
he East African campaign (also known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against Italy and its colony of Italian East Africa, -
battle of midway
battle of the u.s navy and Japanese navy played out six month after pear harbor -
island hopping
the offensive against the island of Guadalcanal was the beginning of island hopping -
the food administration
war food administration was responsible for the production and distrubution during ww2 -
battle of the komandorski island
american and japanese forces that took place in north pacific south of the soviet komandorski -
the invasion of france and germany d days
The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. -
discussion of eastern Europe future
on the matter of eastern Europe future Churchill and Truman acquiesced to Stalin they needed soviet against the japan war -
post war germany
divided into four occupation zones by soviet union Britain the united states and France -
potsdam conference
U.S president Harry S truman, Churchill and Stalin discussed the going war with japan and with germany peace settlement -
pacific theater
during ww2 the USA fought multiplr region of the world. regions were called theaters -
battle of berlin
soviet union army was able to advance into berlin the capital to germany making the end of ww2 -
USA drops atomic bomb in japan
atomic bomb hit city hiroshima and nagasaki and japan surrendered