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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
Was seen as a primer of how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. -
Sitzkrieg
Phony war where German troops sat and waited while French forces held their defenses. -
France Fell to Germany
The Battle of France resulting in France and most of Europe being conquered by Germany leaving Britain alone against Hitler. -
Battle of Britain
An aerial battle fought in World War II in 1940 between the German Luftwaffe (air force), which carried out extensive bombing in Britain, and the British Royal Air Force, which offered successful resistance. -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
Roosevelt's compromise for helping Britain as he could not sell Britain US destroyers without defying the Neutrality Act resulting in Britain receiving 50 old but still serviceable US destroyers in exchange for giving the US the right to build military bases on British Islands in the Caribbean. -
America First Committee Launched
Leading isolationist group advocating that America focus on continental defense and non-involvement with the European war. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
First peacetime draft of in the United States which required that all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. -
Four Freedoms
Speech were Roosevelt proposed four points as fundamental freedoms humans "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: speech and expression, religion, want, fear. -
Lend Lease
The legislation gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the powers to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers. -
USS Kearny Attacked
United States Navy warship during World War II was noted for being torpedoed by a German U-boat in October 1941, before the U.S. had entered the war. -
Reuben James Sank
American destroyer sunk by German U-boat, killed many American sailors that lead to Congress now approving a measure that would allow the US to arm its merchant vessels and sail to belligerent ports. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet harbored in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii destroyed 18 U.S. ships and 200 aircraft resulting in the US declaring war on Japan and Germany -
Battle of Bataan
The most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
Forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war -
Battle of Coral Sea
Major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War. -
Battle of Midway
An enormous battle that raged for four days near the small American outpost at Midway Island, at the end of which the US, despite great losses, was clearly victorious. -
Battle of Stalingard
The most major confrontation of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Battle of El Alamein
British general Montgomery attacked El Alamein with help of american tanks eventually driving the enemy back to tunisia -
Casablanca Conference
Wartime conference where the Allies demanded the unconditional surrender of the axis, agreed to aid the Soviets, agreed on the invasion Italy, and the joint leadership of the Free French by De Gaulle and Giraud. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
Military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Tehran Conference
It was the first meeting of the "Big Three" and it agreed on an opening of a second front (Overlord), and that the Soviet Union should enter the war against Japan after the end of the war in Europe. -
D-Day
The turning point of WWII where over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. -
MacArthur Returned to the Philipines
After advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942. -
FDR elected to a 4th Term
Only time a president was elected for four terms later died during this term. -
Battle of Bulge
Last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. -
Yalta Conference
Russia agreed to declare war on Japan after the surrender of Germany and in return FDR and Churchill promised the USSR concession in Manchuria and the territories that it had lost in the Russo-Japanese War -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
Major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
FDR Died/Harry Truman Became President
FDR passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power. -
VE Day
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. -
Manhattan Project Began
Secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon. -
Potsdam Conference
Meeting between Stalin, Churchill, and Truman to discuss post-WWII and the compromise of each side taking reparations from its own occupation zone, dividing up GER, creating Council of Foreign Ministers and it also marked the end of wartime alliance -
Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima
The first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare, the first being Little Boy, and its detonation marked the third-ever man-made nuclear explosion in history. -
VJ Day
Day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
Nuremberg Trials
Series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces under international law and the laws of war after World War II. -
Japanese War Crime Trials
The trial in which America punished the Japanese leaders for the rape of Nanking and it also lead to McArthur taking over Japan and forced a new, American Constitution resulting in Japan quickly embracing democracy and industry booming.
