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First FM transmission
The first transmission of FM is heard by the FCC -
Italy joins the Axis powers
Italy allies with Hitler under Benito Mussolini -
Auschwitz
Heinrich Himmler establishes the concentration camp Auschwitz. -
Peacetime Military Draft
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 mandated that males 21 and up must sign up for selective service. It was the US’s first peacetime draft -
Pearl Harbor
A Japanese surprise military strike against a US naval base in Hawaii in the early morning in an attempt to weaken the US Navy -
Japanese Internment
A Government mandated relocation and imprisonment of any person of Japanese ancestry, regardless of citizenship, just after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. While officially done as a security measure, it is speculated to have been done out of racism. -
Kamikazes
Japanese for "Divine Wind," the first kamikaze attack happened during the battle of the Leyte Gulf. Essentially, kamikazes are suicide bombers. -
Iwo Jima
A battle on the Island of Iwo Jima, when the US Marine Corps landed and took the island from Japan to create an area to attack the Japanese mainland from. -
Battle of Okinawa
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Beginning of the Arms Race
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Hiroshima bombing
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Nagasaki bombing
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Imperial Japan's surrender
Note: officially signed on Sep 2nd
