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Date 01 September 1939
Significance Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the  east.
Summary Stung by German seizures in Czechoslovakia, the British and French issued security guarantees to Poland and stepped up their own rearmament.

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Date 05 June 1940
Significance the battle of France was over and Britain stood alone as the last Allied country in Europe to stand against the aggression of Germany.
Summary After a week of intense fighting, powerful German formations broke through west and east of Paris.

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Date 17 December 1940
Significance The lend-lease act program provided for military aid to any country whose defense was vital to the security of the United States.
Summary Roosevelt positioned the United States to support the allies.

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Date 22 June 1941
Significance The attack on the Soviet Union marked a turning point in both the history of World War II and the holocaust.
Summary on 22 June 1941 the Germans attacked with a massive force, the equivalent of over 160 divisions. They were soon aided by finish, hungarian, Italian, Rumanian and Slovakian forces.

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Date 6 September 1941
Significance Jews throughout Nazi occupied Europe were forced to wear a badge in the form of a Yellow Star as a means of identification.
Summary Hitler had long espoused hatred of Jews, and promulgated theories blaming and international Jewish conspiracy for Germany's defeat in World War I and other problems.

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Date 07 December 1941
Significance The United States officially joins the Allies in WWII
Summary The United States championed increasingly severe economic sanctions to severe Japanese aggression.

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Date 20 October 1941
Significance The importance of this location forced the United States to call Army General Douglas MacArthur, who had retired in the Philippines, to serve in the filipino Army as a field marshal.
Summary The United States had Committed to Philippine independence by 1946, and was in the process of training a Philippine Commonwealth Army when the Japanese attacked.

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Date 04 June 1942
Significance The US Navy was then able to launch a surprise attack on the larger Japanese fleet in the area.
Summary Midway was the decisive battle of the central pacific campaign, and a pivotal turning point in World War II.

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Date 04 July 1942
Significance The primary American  goal was to keep the chinese actively in the Allied war camp, thereby tying down Japanese forces that otherwise might be deployed against the Allies fighting in the pacific.
Summary China's poorly equipped army was outclassed by the modernized Japanese, and suffered from political discord as well.

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Date 17 September 1942
Significance an atomic bomb send to germans.
Summary numerous projects to harness scientific knowledge, none was more elaborate than the Manhattan project to build an atomic bomb.

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German U-boats break contact in North Atlantic

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German U-boats break contact in North Atlantic

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Date 22 May 1943
Significance Merchant ships sailed in convoys protected by convoy escorts and antisubmarine warfare ships and planes.
Summary Allied success in Europe hinged on moving troops and supplies across the Atlantic.

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Date 6 June 1944
Significance a massive allied force of almost three million built up in the British Island.
Summary Allied bombing and French resistance attacks isolated the future battlefield.

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President FDR dies during 4th term; Vice-president Truman becomes president of the US.

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President FDR dies during 4th term; Vice-president Truman becomes president of the US.

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Date 12 April 1945
Significance president Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge.

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Date 07 May 1945
Significance German armed forces surrendered unconditionally in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9 1945
Summary Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed by partisans on 28 April, and Hitler committed suicide on 30 April.

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Date 6 August 1945
Significance Hiroshima and the subsequent bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
Summary The Japanese government ignored the ultimatum.

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Date 14 August 1945
Significance Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing and end to World War II.
Summary as allied offensives overwhelmed Germany, German forces cut off in Italy, Berlin, the Netherlands, northwest Germany, Denmark and the fortress city of Breslau surrendered separately.

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Date 20 November 1945
Significance As allied offensives overwhelmed Germany, german forces cut off in Italy, Berlin the Netherlands , Northwest Germany, Denmark and the fortress city of Breslau surrendered separately.
Summary an underlying premise of the atlantic charter was international cooperation to prevent wars of aggression and crimes against humanity.