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| Gave FDR the ability to sell, lend, or lease any arms to countries the president deemed vital to US defense |
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- Yorktown and Lexington halted the japanese advance on Australia
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o US had broken Japanese naval code o Nimitz reinforced Midway with 3 carriers o 4 jap carriers sank |
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o Jap built airstrip on island to attack US transports to Australia - US took the strip after several months of fighting
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- first battle between the US and Germany
- US obliterated
- US was very inexperienced
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the Nazi invasion of Russia three pronged attack - northern to seize leningrad
- middle to seize moscow
- southern to seize oil fields
Russian winter stops invasioin
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largest air battle of WWII If Germany had won amphibeous assaults would have followed first defeat for German army |
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- All three US carriers were out at sea
- none of the oil tanks were damaged in attack
- 2 battleships sunk
- forced US into the war
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| Airborne troops were to be dropped on bridges in Netherlands to allow transport, but failed miserably |
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