Map by Charles Stoltz

Japanese Internment Camp

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Between 1942 and 1945 a total of 10 camps were opened, holding approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans for varying periods of time in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Arkansas.

United States

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This act allowed the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation that was "vital to the defense of the United States."

Battle of Midway

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The Battle of Midway represented one of Japan’s main goals during World War II. Which was to remove the United States as a Pacific power in order to gain territory in east Asia and the southwest Pacific islands. Japan hoped to defeat the US Pacific Fleet and use Midway as a base to attack Pearl Harbor, securing dominance in the region and then forcing a negotiated peace.

The Rhineland

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In the morning of 7 March 1936, German Troops occupied the Rhineland which was not supposed to be occupied according to the Treaty of Versailles so Hitler took a big risk by stationing an army there. Germany then claimed this treaty was hostile to them so they did it for protection.

D-Day

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Allied forces launched the largest seaborn invasion in the history of warfare. The Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from Nazi occupation.

Bombing of Japan

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On August 6th and 9th 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.

U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC

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FDR enacts the neutrality acts that was designed to keep the U.S. out of foreign conflicts and focused on an isolationist mindset, tried to support our Country. Since there was a war spouting up the U.S. really hammered down on neutrality but eventually the U.S. did join the war.

United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA

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In this speech, President Roosevelt presented Americans with reasons of why it is necessary to go to war. Some of these reasons include helping Great Britain, a greater production of war supplies, and fighting for American freedom.

Manchuria Yusitan, Ghulja, Ili, China

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On September 18, 1931, an explosion destroyed a section of railway track near the city of Mukden. The Japanese blamed the Chinese and used the opportunity to invade Manchuria. Also, Japan wanted more raw materials to fuel its growing industries. By 1937 Japan controlled large amounts of China.

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA

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On December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese aircraft attacked the harbor, which killed 2,403 Americans. On top of that, 180 American aircraft were destroyed, along with 4 aircraft carriers.

United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA

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The day after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave his "Day of Infamy Speech," and immediately after that, Congress declared war.

U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC

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FDR suggested amending the neutrality act to allow warring nations to purchase ammo and goods if they paid cash shipped the goods on non-American ships. At first, this proposal failed, but after Germany invaded Poland in September, Congress passed the Neutrality Act of 1939 which ended the munitions embargo, but only for cash and carry.