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WW2
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A. Philip Randolph demands that war industries hire African Americans
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Hitler invades the Soviet Union
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The bitter cold had stopped Germany in their tracks outside the Soviet cities of Moscow and Laningrad
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
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Roosevelt createa the War Production Board to coordinate mobilization
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Japanese Americans are sent to relocation centers.
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In the Pacific, the Battle of Midway turns te tide in favor of the Allies.
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Nazis develop the Final Solution for exterminating Jews
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Zoot-suit riots rock Los Angeles
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Rommel's forces surrender in North Africa
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GI bill of Rights is passed
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President Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term.
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The first day of the Allies invasion of Europe. It was also known more formally as D-Day.
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General Omar Bradley launches a huge air and land bombardment against the enemy.
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Allies gain grounds on Europe from their invasion
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President Roosevelt had a stroke and died
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US marines take Iwo Jima
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Harry S. Truman becomes president when Roosvelt dies.
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Nazi retreat begins after the Battle of the Bulge
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Japan surrenders after atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
