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Road to WWII
| WWII - US | Events |
|---|---|
| 1939 | War broke out again in Europe when Hitler invaded Poland, US remained neutral |
| 1941 | Pearl Harbor brought US into the conflict-FDR "A day that will live in infamy" 12-7-1941. 12-11-1941 Congress declared war on Japan-their ally, Germany in turn declared war on the US. |
| AXIS | The Axis Powers were the coalition led by Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. |
| ALLIES | Allied Powers, consisting mainly of Great Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China |
| 1945 | May 7 Germany officially surrendered. Japan repeatedly refused to surrender. |
| First bomb | August 6, 1945, Harry Truman(then president) agreed to use the Atom bomb-Hiroshima |
| second bomb | Japan continued to refuse to surrender and on August 9, 1956 the second Atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki |
| Surrender | August 15th less than one week after the second bomb |