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Germany invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
Sitzkrieg
The Phoney War refers to an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front -
France Falls to Germany
Sitzkrieg met an abrupt end on 10 May 1940, when Germany launched an invasion of France and the Low Countries. -
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War defence of the United Kingdom by the Royal Air Force against an onslaught by the German Air Force. -
America First Committee Launched
America First Committee, founded in September 1940, was the most powerful isolationist group in America before the United States entered World War II. It had over 800,000 members, who wanted to keep America neutral. -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
In the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom and US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy fin exchange for land rights on British possessions. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
Authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people. -
Four Freedoms
Goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt ,he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech. -
Lend-Lease Act
Allowed military aid to Britain, Congress authorized the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to 'any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States. -
USS Kearny Attacked
The destroyer USS Kearny was hit by a German torpedo but survived and eleven crew members were killed and 22 injured in the attack. -
Reuben James Sank
The Reuben James was sunk on October 31, 1941, over a month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
"a date which will live in infamy." Signal for America to enter WW2 -
Battle of Bataan
Represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Manhattan Project Began
Manhattan Project was a secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon. Fears that Nazi Germany would build and use a nuclear weapon during World War II triggered the start of the Manhattan Project, which was originally based in Manhattan, New York -
Bataan Death March
Forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of Filipino and American prisoners of war . -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
Island Hopping' campaign was strategy was to capture the Pacific islands one by one, advancing towards Japan and bypassing and isolating centres of resistance. -
Battle of Midway
Crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
Battle of El Alamein
Major battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa -
Battle of Stalingrad
Major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. -
Casablanca Conference
meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the city of Casablanca, Morocco -
Tehran Conference
Tehran Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran, Iran, where they discussed military strategy against germany -
D-Day
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
After a hard fought campaign in the Phillipines, MacArthur declated he would return to Philipinno soil one day. -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
Roosevelt rose above personal and political challenges to emerge as one of the nation’s most revered and influential presidents and was elected tp his unprecedented fourth term on nov 7th, 1944 -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of British prime minister Winston Churchill, Soviet premier Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt early in February 1945 as World War II was winding down. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
President Roosevelt passes away leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge while the country is still engaged in ww2 -
VE day
Victory in Europe Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam conference
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
nickname for atomic bomb dropped on hiroshima . -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
codename for the type of atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States -
VJ Day
On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day. -
Nuremberg Trials
Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, -
Japanese War Crime Trials
In Tokyo, Japan, begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II.
