Event |
Date of Event |
2-3 Sentence Description of Event |
Start of War |
September 1, 1939 |
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Roosevelt Writes Hitler and Mussolini
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April 1939 |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt writes letters to both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, requesting they promise not to attack a list of nations for at least ten years. Hitler would respond on behalf of the Italian leader and himself, assuring Roosevelt that he had nothing to fear. |
U.S. Recognizes Austria |
April 6, 1938 |
The United States grants recognition to the new Austrian government. |
U.S. Withholds Gas from Japan |
Jul 26, 1940 |
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U.S. Seizes Axis Ships |
Mar 30, 1941
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Coast Guard to seize German ships that sail into American ports. 65 Axis ships are held in "protective custody." |
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor. |
December 7, 1941 |
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World War II in the Pacific. |
July 7, 1937 |
Japan invades China, initiating WWII in the Pacific. The started with the invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China. a |
Peace: Armistice |
June 22, 1940 |
Germany and France signed an armistice in the forest of compiegne. The treaty provided that hostilities between the two nations would end six hours after the signing of an armistice treaty between France and Italy,Germany´s axis partner. |