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Manhattan Project
The US secretly start to work on the development of the Atomic Bomb in Roswell, New Mexico. -
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America's war mobilization
America started to move its economy into manufacturing supplies for the war effort. They used rationing in order to save supplies such as food and oil to give to the soldiers in the front lines. Women started taking mens places in the factories which they showed that women can do a "mans" job. -
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European Theater
Were majority of WWII took place between the Axis Powers and the Allies. Ended in the the defeat of the Axis Powers.
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Lend-Lease Program
The US gave supplies to the allies to help in the war effort while still remaining neutral in the conflict. -
FDR's response and passage of Fair Employment Practice Commitee
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Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a suprise attack on the United States naval base in Hawaii hoping to cripple their navy before the war even starts. The US wanting vengence ultimately enters WWII. -
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The Pacific Theater
The conflict that took place in the Pacific Ocean between the United States and Japan.
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A. Phillip Randolph & Double V Campaign
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Battle of Midway
The US sunk the 4 air carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor. It was a crucial victory and made major advancements for the US in the Pacific Theater. -
D-Day
The Allies launched a large scale invasion on Northern France on the beaches of Normandy. Allies gain a major foot on the western front of Europe. -
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Internment of Japanese- Americans, Italian-Americans, and German-Americans
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor any citizens with the ancestory that involves the Axis Powers were put in internment camps to prevent any attack on US soil again. Most people never recovered after released from the camps and lived the rest of their lives in poverty. -
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The Fall of Berlin
Soviet Union captured the Capital of Germany making Germany surrender. Hiltler shortly commits suicide after the fall of Berlin.
