1942-1953

By samanthakathryn
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    Battle of Guadalcanal

    First major victory victory of the Allies in the Pacific Theater against the Japanese, The U.S launched a surprise attack and took control of the air base

  • Executive Order 9066

    Executive Order 9066
    An executive order signed by President Franklin Roosevelt authorizing relocation of the Japanese.

  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March
    Japan forced 76,000 captured Allied soldiers to march to the Bataan Peninsula and had at least 7,00 casualties.

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    An air-sea battle between the U.S. Navy and the Japanese six months after Pearl Harbor ending in an allied vicroty

  • Manhattan Project

    Manhattan Project
    A United States government funded organization in which Americans started to produce nuclear weapons

  • Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad

    Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad
    A harsh military campaign between Germany and the Soviet Union.

  • Battle of Bismarck Sea

    Battle of Bismarck Sea
    United States and Australian forces sink Japanese ships.

  • Italy joins the Allies

    Italy joins the Allies
    The government of Italy declared war on their former partners and joins the Allies

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    Allies invaded Northern France/Normandy along the beaches to liberate Europeans from the Nazis.

  • Presidential Election of 1944

    Presidential Election of 1944
    Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected over Thomas Dewey

  • Yalta Conference

    Yalta Conference
    Post-war meeting of the Allies to discuss Germany and Europe.

  • End of WWII

    End of WWII
    The surrender of Japan end World War II.

  • ENIAC

    ENIAC
    ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) the first programmable computer was introduced by the U.S. Army

  • Beginning of the Cold War

    Beginning of the Cold War
    The beginning of tension without war between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted until 1991

  • Presidential Election of 1948

    Presidential Election of 1948
    Harry Truman is elected president.

  • NATO Established

    NATO Established
    The North Atlantic Treaty Organization established between North American and European countries.

  • First Credit Card

    First Credit Card
    The First Credit Card, "The Diner's Card" is invented. One can make purchases to multiple retailers.

  • Treaty of San Francisco

    Treaty of San Francisco
    A treaty signed by president Truman that established peace between the Allies and Japan.

  • Presidential Election of 1952

    Presidential Election of 1952
    Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president.