Alison War WWII Timeline

Germany invades Poland

Jan 2, 1940

Marshal Petain

Jan 21, 1940

Full name is Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain; generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain; a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944.

Inventions, WWII Events, Important People, ETC.

Period: Feb 1, 1940 to Dec 31, 1945

Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel

Feb 21, 1940

German Field Marshal

Frank Whittle

Feb 22, 1940

Air Commodore; British Royal Air Force Engineer Officer.

Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill

Mar 15, 1940

British Politician; Led U.K. in WWII; A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist.

Joseph Vissaionovich Stalin

Mar 22, 1940

Leader of the Soviet Union

Emperor Hirohito

Mar 22, 1940

124th emperor of Japan

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (Neville Chamberlain)

May 26, 1940

British Conservative Politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

First Jeep

Sep 23, 1940

Born and delivered to U.S. military by Willys Truck Company.

Armistice Day Blizzard

Nov 12, 1940

Took place in the Midwest region of the United States; cut a 1,000-mile-wide path through the middle of the country from Kansas to Michigan.

New Hampshire earthquake

Dec 20, 1940

It struck on December 20, 1940, with a force of Richter scale magnitude 5.5. The greatest earthquake recorded to hit the state, it hit central New Hampshire with a maximum VII intensity and was followed by a similar-sized earthquake four days later.

Deodorant

Jan 28, 1941

It was created; invented by Jules Montenier.

Great Cousin Mary McCarthy

Feb 19, 1941

She was born

Robert Menzies

Feb 22, 1941

Australian Politician; 12th Prime minister of Australia

The George Washington Carver Museum

Mar 11, 1941

Dedicated at the Tuskegee Institute with the participation of such luminaries as Henry Ford.

Great Grandpa Biever

Mar 22, 1941

Celebrated 40 year anniversary of General Store in Port Washington.

Great Grandpa Greisch

Apr 23, 1941

Owned Greisch Plumbing in Port Washington.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Apr 24, 1941

Prime minister of Canada his country with the British and the USA built the atomic bombs.

Atlantic Charter

Aug 14, 1941

An eight point declaration of principles is issued by President Roosevelt and Great Britain Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Germany created the computer.

Sep 27, 1941

The first programmable computer was created by the Germans to help make airplanes.

Mount Rushmore.

Oct 31, 1941

Mount Rushmore was completed.

Bazooka

Feb 20, 1942

A shoulder- fired gun, was invented. It was created by Edward Uhl.

T-shirt Introduced

Mar 21, 1942

A t-shirt’s defining characteristic is the T shape made with the body and sleeves. It is normally associated with short sleeves, a round neckline, and no collar; typically made of cotton fibers.

Benito Mussolini

Mar 21, 1942

Italian politician and leader of the National Fascist Party.

Great Uncle Emil Biever

Mar 22, 1942

Opened the Five and Dime Store.

Great Grandpa McCarthy

Apr 22, 1942

Policeman in Braddock, PA.

Battle Of Midway

Jun 4, 1942

Guided Missile

Jun 14, 1942

Reached 50 miles in altitude and a 120-mile range; invented by Dr. Gustav Rasmus.

Manhattan Project.

Jun 20, 1942

The development of the first atomic bomb is signed into agreement between the prime minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York.

Great Cousin Maggie Bendt

Aug 8, 1942

She was born

Stalingrad

Aug 23, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad began. The most important battle victory of WWII.

Atomic Power

Dec 18, 1942

Using early discoveries about the creation of plutonium, scientists were able to create the first fission chain reaction

The Jefferson Memorial

Apr 13, 1943

Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Great Aunt Helen Keller

Apr 23, 1943

Taught music in Milwaukee School System.

Great Grandpa Willarson

May 25, 1943

Worked for Railroad in Milwaukee.

Race riots

Jun 21, 1943

In Detroit and Harlem cause forty deaths and seven hundred injuries.

US and British troops land on Sicily.

Jul 10, 1943

US and British troops land on Sicily. By mid-August, the Allies control Sicily.

Napalm

Feb 23, 1944

Powdery chemical designed for use in bombs and flame throwers; when combind with gasoline, napalm forms a powerful sticky substance that clung to targets and burned for long periods of time; made by Dr. Louis Fieser.

Hitler escapes Assasination attempt

Mar 21, 1944

Assault Rifle

Mar 22, 1944

Called the MP44, it was easily produced in large quantities and was specifically designed to fire the Germans' short cartridges; moderately powerful, with its most effective fire at 300 yards

Sunscreen

Mar 22, 1944

Airman (and future pharmacist) Benjamin Greenmade a sticky red cerum so thick that it physically blocked the sun's rays.

D-Day- Invasion of Normandy, France

Jun 6, 1944

The G.I. Bill of Rights

Jun 22, 1944

Signed into law, providing benefits to veterans.

The greatest continental U.S. tragedy of World War II occurs when two ships loading ammunition at Port Chicago Naval Weapons Station in California explodes. The accident killed three hundred and twenty people.

Jul 17, 1944

VJ Day

Sep 2, 1944

Japanese surrendered, ending WWII.

US troops land in the Philippines.

Oct 20, 1944

Germans Surrender

Mar 21, 1945

Great Cousin Bill Bendt

May 15, 1945

He was born.

Great Cousin Jim Greisch

Jun 6, 1945

He was born.

Atomic Bomb

Jul 16, 1945

Atomic bomb tested suc cessfully.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Aug 6, 1945

Two cities in Japan that were bombed by atomic bombs conducted by the United States.