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The United States and Great Britain issue a formal declaration of war against Japan the next day. [30] December 11: The same day after Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, the United States declares war on Germany and Italy. [31] December 18: First meeting of the OSRD sponsored S-1 Section, dedicated to developing nuclear weapons ...
The draft began in October 1940, with the first men entering military service on November 18. By the early summer of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked the U.S. Congress to extend the term of duty for the draftees beyond twelve months to a total of thirty months, plus any additional time that he might deem necessary for national security.
The two measures recorded during the 1941 campaign both stand to this day and are regarded by practically all to be unattainable in the game today. 1941 saw the great Joltin' Joe DiMaggio step up to the plate in 56 consecutive baseball games and hit safely to break a record that had stood since 1897 when Wee Willie Keeler totaled 45 consecutive ...
After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, America began sending Lend Lease aid to the Soviet Union as well as Britain and China. [8] Although President Franklin D. Roosevelt's advisers warned that the Soviet Union would collapse from the Nazi advance within weeks, he barred Congress from blocking aid to the Soviet Union on the ...
8 September: Siege of Leningrad begins – a reasonable date to start measuring "the 900 days". German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad; Stalin orders the Volga Germans deported to Siberia. 10 September: German armies now have Kiev completely surrounded.
Map of North America at the start of Queen Anne's War (1702), showing areas occupied by the three European powers. England reunites the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey as the Province of New-Jersey; Queen Anne's War, 1702 – April 11, 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, April 11, 1713
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