1942-1953

By sjdh02

  • Commonwealth of the Philippines Conquered by Japan

  • Japanases-American Interment Begins

  • Dolittle Raid

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    Battle of the Coral Sea

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    Battle of Midway

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    Guadalcanal Campaign

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    Operation Torch

    Anglo-American invasion of North Africa during World War II.
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    Casablanca Conference

    Meeting between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Casablanca, French Morocco.
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    Detroit Race Riots

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    Allied Invasion of Sicily

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    Allied Invasion of Italy

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    Cairo Conference

    Meeting between Chiang Kai-Shek, President Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill in Cairo, Egypt.
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    Tehran Conference

    Meeting between Joseph Stalin, President Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill in Tehran, Iran.
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    Battle of Monte Cassino

  • D-Day

  • G.I. Bill Signed into Law

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    Battle of Peleliu

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    Battle of Leyte

  • Election of 1944

    President Roosevelt re-elected for fourth term, with Harry S. Truman as his vice president.
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    Battle of the Bulge

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    Yalta Conference

    Meeting between Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and President Roosevelt in Yalta, Crimea, Soviet Union.
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

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    Battle of Okinawa

  • President Roosevelt Dies, succeeded by Vice President Truman

  • Germany Surrenders, End of World War II In European Front

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    Potsdam Conference

    Meeting between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Truman regarding how to administrate Germany.

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki

  • Japan Surrenders, End of World War II in the Pacific

  • Philippines Gain Independence from the United States

  • Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play Major League Baseball

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    Berlin Blockade

  • Election of 1948

    Harry S. Truman elected for a full term, Vice President Alben W. Barkley is elected.

  • Communist Forces in China force Chian Kai-Shek to Retreat to Taiwan

  • Germany Divided into East and West

  • Soviet Union Tests Their First Nuclear Weapon

  • Korean War Begins

  • 22 Amendment Ratified

  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952

  • Election of 1952

    Dwight D. Eisenhower elected president, Richard Nixon elected as his vice president.

  • Korean Armistice Agreement