SS Chapter 12
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- September 1, 1939
- the day that marked the official start of WWII in Europe
- lend-lease system
- the name of FDR's plan to assist Great Britain
- V-J Day
- August 14, 1945
- Battle of Midway
- battle in Pacific that marked the end of Japanese advancement (1st major battle w/ only planes)
- Nagasaki
- where the second atomic bomb was dropped
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- the US general responsible for the major offense of troops landing in Normandy
- September 2, 1945
- the day Japan fromally surrendered
- August 9, 1945
- the day that the second bomb was dropped on Japan
- Harry S. Truman
- authorized use of atomic bombs
- December 7, 1941
- the day that Japan attacked US soil
- Paris fell to Germans
- the event in Europe that caused FDR to realize us neutrality wasn't possible
- Harry S. Truman
- became US president after FDR's death
- August 6, 1945
- the day that the first bomb was dropped on Japan
- December 8, 1941
- the day that US declared war on Japan
- Hiroshima
- where the first atomic bomb was dropped
- August 14, 1945
- the day that Japan surrendered
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- where Japan attacked US soil
- April, 1945
- FDR died
- June 6, 1944
- when allied troops landed in Normandy
- Holocaust
- name for slaughter of Europe's Jews by the Nazis during WWII
- U.S.S. Missouri ~ Tokyo Bay
- where Japan formally surrendered
- internment camps
- name for locations in US where Japanese-Americans were held against their will during WWII
- V-E Day
- May 8, 1945
- D-Day
- the name of the day allied troops landed in Normandy