WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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WWII brought an end to the Monroe Doctrine as an instrument of foreign policy
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WWII was the first foreign war in the nation’s history
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WWII led to the defeat of Axis powers and ended the systematic killings
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WWII resulted in major changes in segregation laws
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, ended the debate over American intervention in both the Pacific and European theaters of World War II. The day after the attack, Congress declared war on Imperial Japan with only a single dissenting vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered. After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945, and the Second World War came to an end. The war cost the lives of more than 330, 000 American soldiers. Many more were permanently injured or maimed.
Detailed explanation-3: -As World War II transformed both the United States and the USSR, turning the nations into formidable world powers, competition between the two increased. Following the defeat of the Axis powers, an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War.