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The U.S. Congress revoked the ban on arming American merchant vessels on Oct. 17, 1941 and also repealed the ban on the American ships entering combat zones in November, 1941.

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It was the germans last major offensive of the war which included Operation Mist  as an attempt to push the allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium

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Battle of the Bulge | Battlefield Detectives Documentary

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Battlefield detectives investigate what won and what lost the Battle of the Bulge.

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The Bracero Program was significant because it was created in conjunction with Mexico due to extreme labor shortages forcing the United States to change their immigration policies to support needs

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Forgotten Voices: The Story of the Bracero Program

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WORLD WAR II: TIMELINE

September 18, 1931

Japan invades Manchuria.

October 2, 1935–May 1936

Fascist Italy invades, conquers, and annexes Ethiopia.

October 25–November 1, 1936

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation on October 25; on November 1, the Rome-Berlin Axis is announced.

November 25, 1936

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union and the international Communist movement.

July 7, 1937

Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.

March 11–13, 1938

Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.

September 29, 1938

Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany.

March 14–15, 1939

Under German pressure, the Slovaks declare their independence and form a Slovak Republic. The Germans occupy the rump Czech lands in violation of the Munich agreement, forming a Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

March 31, 1939

France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.

April 7–15, 1939

Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania.

August 23, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement and a secret codicil dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence.

September 1, 1939

Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe.

September 3, 1939

Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.

September 17, 1939

The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.

September 27–29, 1939

Warsaw surrenders on September 27. The Polish government flees into exile via Romania. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them.

November 30, 1939–March 12, 1940

The Soviet Union invades Finland, initiating the so-called Winter War. The Finns sue for an armistice and have to cede the northern shores of Lake Lagoda and the small Finnish coastline on the Arctic Sea to the Soviet Union.

April 9, 1940–June 9, 1940

Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Denmark surrenders on the day of the attack; Norway holds out until June 9.

May 10, 1940–June 22, 1940

Germany attacks western Europe—France and the neutral Low Countries. Luxembourg is occupied on May 10; the Netherlands surrenders on May 14; and Belgium surrenders on May 28. On June 22, France signs an armistice agreement by which the Germans occupy the northern half of the country and the entire Atlantic coastline. In southern France, a collaborationist regime with its capital in Vichy is established.

June 10, 1940

Italy enters the war. Italy invades southern France on June 21.

June 28, 1940

The Soviet Union forces Romania to cede the eastern province of Bessarabia and the northern half of Bukovina to the Soviet Ukraine.

June 14, 1940–August 6, 1940

The Soviet Union occupies the Baltic States on June 14–18, engineering Communist coup d’états in each of them on July 14–15, and then annexing them as Soviet Republics on August 3–6.

July 10, 1940–October 31, 1940

The air war known as the Battle of Britain ends in defeat for Nazi Germany.

August 30, 1940

Second Vienna Award: Germany and Italy arbitrate a decision on the division of the disputed province of Transylvania between Romania and Hungary. The loss of northern Transylvania forces Romanian King Carol to abdicate in favor of his son, Michael, and brings to power a dictatorship under General Ion Antonescu.

September 13, 1940

The Italians invade British-controlled Egypt from Italian-controlled Libya.

September 27, 1940

Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact.

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Dr.Robert Oppenheimer was the head of the WW2 Manhattan Project which was devised to create the first nuclear bombs which were used on the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima

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The Yalta Conference was a meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down.

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The name code talkers is strongly associated with bilingual Navajo speakers specially recruited during World War II by Marines to serve in their standard communications units in the Pacific Theater.

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The leaders arrived at various agreements on the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations. Although talks primarily centered on postwar Europe, the Big Three demanding Japan to surrender.

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Potsdam Conference: Big Three: Truman, Stalin & Churchill Meet in Berlin 1945 US OWI Newsreel

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more at http://quickfound.net President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin meet at Potsdam (near Berlin). The meeting was originally called the "Berlin Conference," the name was later changed to the "Potsdam Conference." From a "United News" newsreel produced by the US Office of War Information.

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The Lend-Lease act was military support deemed necessary to protect the U.S. while the Cash and Carry was used to provide Britain with military supplies in exchange for money

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He was rose to the rank of General of the Army. Was a leader that possessed  Confidence to Stand Alone, Courage to Make Tough Decisions, Compassion to Listen to the Needs of Others

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Greatest Generals Best Top Leader Inspiration Strength Army Navy Marines Air Force Business Management Sales Zig Ziglar Principle Centered

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Life and Times of General Douglas MacArthur

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Universal The Story of Douglas MacArthur

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Powerful Leadership - General Douglas MacArthur

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A government documentary of the life of an incredible leader of World War 2 Allied forces - General Douglas MacArthur.

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Harry Truman decided to dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the fact that the Japanese were not giving up and he had a tough decision risking lives.

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The Attack on Pearl harbor occurred on December 7, 1941. The attack was airborne and completely caught the American naval fleet off guard. This sparked US involvement in the war.

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Newsreel: The Attack on Pearl Harbor - Video - TIME.com

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This 1942 newsreel shows the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the S.S. Normandie fire at a New York City pier (from the Prelinger Archive, Libary of Congress)

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American involvement in the European Theater

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American involvement in the European Theater

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This map shows that the majority of major battles such as the battle of the Bulge were fought in France and Africa with the exception of taking place in Stalingrad

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75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made treks in intense heat and to harsh treatment by Japanese guards.

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Approximately 7,000 Marines were killed, another 23,000 wounded.  Japanese suffered casualties of nearly 22,000 men.  The Japanese goal was to kill at least 10 Americans before they themselves were killed.

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Before the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7-8 May 1942, the Imperial Navy of Japan had swept aside all of its enemies from the Pacific and Indian ocean battle.

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The Battle of Midway: Anatomy of a Decisive World War II Victory | Battle 360 | History

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Was the mass killing of all Jews that were captured. Other little categories including homosexuals in concentration camps that would torture and kill all these people. All in horrible conditions

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This video offers very powerful insight on how heavy losses were throughout World War II. Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population.

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It can clearly be challenging to convey the magnitude of loss after a tragedy, particularly when that number is in the tens of millions, yet that is precisely what The Fallen of World War II, a documentary (also available as an interactive graphic) that examines the human cost of second World War, sets out to do. Written, directed, and narrated by Neil Halloran, the elegantly animated data visualization lays out the human losses of the war, and it's devastating.

The 15-minute video is divided into three sections: the first examines military deaths, while the second deals with those of civilians, including victims of the Holocaust. The third offers an illuminating, and ultimately uplifting, comparison between WWII and other world conflicts. One particularly striking moment: when Halloran depicts Soviet fatalities as a seemingly endless parade of tiny red soldiers.

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This Video Illustration Showing the Scale of Human Loss From World War II Is Devastating

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It can clearly be challenging to convey the magnitude of loss after a tragedy, particularly when that number is in the tens of millions, yet that is precisely what The Fallen of World War II, a documentary (also available as an interactive graphic) that examines the human cost of second World War, sets out to do.

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The Battle of Normandy was vital Allied success in France.The Allies faced  major issues of fleeing from beaches and into the heartland of Normandy and from Normandy to Paris.

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Battlefield Normandy 1944 Heavy Combat Footage

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Greatest Tank Battles The Battle of Easting

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Music = Really Slow Motion - You Will Be This Legend (Extended Version) Link to his youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRJcLPBG8AL7CY24bHNV76w

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The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps  between 110,000 and 120,000 Japanese descendants who inhabited the Pacific coast.

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The request was to allow trade of munitions with belligerent nations on a "cash and carry" basis. The Neutrality Act of 1939 ended the arms embargo and permitted the sales of munitions.

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US President Franklin Roosevelt's "Great Arsenal of Democracy" speech. HD Stock Footage

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Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, representing the American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, produced munitions and war supplies.

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Battle of Stalingrad July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943

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Battle of Stalingrad July 17, 1942-Feb. 2, 1943

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The successful Soviet defense of the city. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning tide of the war in favor of the allies & union

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The Pacific Theater, the battle between mainly the Japanese and Allies in the pacific. Primarily between the US and Japan, but the United Kingdom, New Zealand , Australia, and Canada helped.

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The Four Freedoms speech was an article declared that each person was entitled to four guaranteed freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

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Due to the reparations, German economy de-escalated, efforts to regain economic security included super-inflation which proved to be a failure. Especially when the Great Depression hit USA in 1929.

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Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Services

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Women Accepted For Volunteer Emergency Services

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WAVES, a unit of the U.S. Naval Reserve. Their numerous contributions proved to be  vital to winning the war as well as proving that mixed-gender forces could be successful.

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The America First Committee (AFC) was organized in September 1940 to oppose America`s potential intervention in World War II. Their leader, Charles Lindbergh, had inspirational techniques to recruit more fighters.

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The Axis powers include Italy, Germany, and Japan, whereas the Allied powers include Great Britain, France and the United States. The Axis powers mostly together whilst the Allies are separated.

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The significance of the Tuskegee Airmen 

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The significance of the Tuskegee Airmen 

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The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black servicemen to serve as military aviators in the U.S. armed forces, these men were significant because they represented the struggle of black men