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M4 Sherman Medium Tank enters service
The M4 Sherman had enter service with the British and American armed forces since it was the best tank the allies had at the time. The Sherman had a 75mm gun and 60mm of armor and the Sherman had fought on all fronts in the war. British and Russians had gotten their M4 Sherman's thorough the Lend-Lease Program. Approximately 50,000 Sherman's were built and the last combat that the Sherman's were involved was the Lebanese Civil War in 1990. -
Executive order 9066
FDR had enacted Executive order 9066 to put all of the Japanese Americans in internment camps to protect the American war effort without Japanese spies hampering the war effort. -
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was the turning point in the war against Japan because it had destroyed 4 vital carriers which included Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu, Soryu of the Japanese Navy, that the Japanese navy never recovered from during the war. -
The U.S. Army invades Sicily
The U.S. Army invades Sicily to start the ground war in Italy to combat the Axis powers and it was the first invasion of the European Axis powers by the Allies. -
The Invasion of Normandy
Operation Overlord was created to start an invasion on the northern coast of Normandy. When the operation was launched, their was 5,000 ships and over 55,000 troops that participated in the landings that were successful in establishing a foothold in France. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as President for a fourth term
Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election against his rival Dewey by getting 432 Electoral College votes, while Dewey had 99 Electoral College votes. -
Harry S. Truman takes over the office of President after FDR Dies in office
After FDR had died in office, Harry S. Truman was put in the office of President to finish FDR's term in office and to help the nation through the end of World War II. -
The First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Harry S. Truman had given the go ahead on dropping the first Atomic bomb that would end the war. The Enola Gay was the first plane to drop an Atomic bomb on Hiroshima which had directly and indirectly killed 500,000 people that lived in Hiroshima when the Atomic bomb exploded in the city. -
Harry S. Truman is elected as President
Harry S. Truman had won the elections with 303 Electoral College votes, his second competitor Dewey who got 189 Electoral College votes, his third competitor Strom Thurmond had got 39 Electoral College votes. -
The North Korea starts the Korean War
The Korean War started because North Korea wanted to unify the whole Korean Peninsula and the North Koreans had Russian Weaponry to back up their military. Two days later, Harry S. Truman had sent troops over to the Korean Peninsula to support the South Koreans. -
China joins in the Korean War to support the North Koreans
The U.N. had to retreat across the 38th parallel to South Korea because the Chinese had to support their allies since they thought that the U.N. would start to invade China to eliminate the threat of Communism. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected as President
Dwight D. Eisenhower has won the election by getting 442 Electoral College votes compared to his competitor Adlai E. Stevenson who got 89 Electoral College votes. -
The Korean War had ended with an armistice
The Korean War had ended because the North Koreans and the Republic of China had signed an armistice treaty with the South Koreans to stop the war.
