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Nazis invade Poland-WWII begins
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Fall of France to Germany
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Battle of Britain begins
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United States passes Neutrality Act
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Roosevelt's "arsenal of democracy" speech
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Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Act
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Roosevelt suspends relationships with Japan
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Roosevelt and Churchill sign Atlantic Charter
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Office of Price Administration created
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German submarines fire on US Destroyer Greer
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
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US and Britain declare war on Japan
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Germany declares war on the United States
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National War Labor board reestablished
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War Production Board established
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Japanese Americans in United States sent to relocation centers
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Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz
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Battle of Midway
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Battle of Atlantic
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D-Day Landings
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GI Bill of Rights
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Battle of the Bulge
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Korematsu v. United States decided
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Yalta Conference
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Okinawa
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Roosevelt dies; truman becomes president
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V-E(Victory in Europe) Day
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First atomic bomb ("Little Boy") dropped on Hiroshima
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V-J(Victory in Japan) Day
