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Manhattan Project Began
us project to create atomic bombs -
Sitzkrieg
nothing rlly happened, first few months of ww2 -
Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
first implement o blitzkrieg, or distraction tactics in large scale battles -
Congress Instituted the Draft
men between 21-40 had to register for the draft -
America First Committee Launched
didn't want americans involved in european conflicts -
France Fell to Germany
german tried to takeover france, devided into two pieces -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
us gave britain fifty destroyer ships in exchange for military bases on british lands -
Battle of Britain
british air force successfully defended britain from german planes -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
japan dropped small bombs on us ships at pearl harbor in an act of war -
Reuben James Sank
first us ship sunk in european waters during ww2 -
USS Kearny Attacked
american ship destroyed by german uboats -
Lend-Lease
FDR passed the lend lease act so the us could accept payment from nations that owed it money at a later date + interest -
Four Freedoms
freedom spech, relgion, from want and from fear
fdr speech -
Battle of El Alamein
stopped axis powers from invading egypt -
Battle of Midway
almost completley aerial battle fought between us and japan -
Battle of Coral Sea
japanese navy vs us navy & australia -
Bataan Death March
japanese took over philipine island, forced prisoners to walk thousands of miles -
Battle of Bataan
us surrendered the island to japan -
Casablanca Conference
roosevelt of the us formed an alliance with churchill of britain and they vowed to fight the axis powers until the end -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
powers began to go from one small island to the next, establishing military bases -
Tehran Conference
stalin, fdr and churchill discuss surrender -
Battle of Stalingrad
germans fail at invading russia -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
only president to serve more than two terms -
D-Day
battle at normandy, allies won -
Nuremberg Trials
arrested and tried nazi generals for war crimes -
VJ Day
when the us won the war against japan -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
second atomic bombed dropped on japan by the us -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
first atomic bomb dropped on japan -
Potsdam conference
stalin, truman and churchill met to discuss surrender of italians -
VE Day
when US declared victory over european axis powers -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
fdr had a stroke :( so truman took over -
Battle of Okinawa
aka operation iceberg, americans vs japanese -
Battle of Iwo Jima
us captured iwo jima from japan -
Yalta Conference
between us, britain and russia, negotiated end of ww2 -
Battle of the Bulge
last big battle by germans -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
macarthur rlly didn't lik the japanese being in the phillipines -
Japanese War Crime Trials
of 5,700 who were arrested, 948 of them were sentenced to death
