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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
This invasion started the beginning of WWII. -
Sitzkrieg
Known as the Phony War, it was the 8 month period in the beginning of WWII where France and Britain declared war on Germany but didn’t make a military advance toward them. -
Battle of Britain
This was a battle between German and British air forces and it was a turning point in WWII when Germany lost air superiority to Britain. -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
This was between the United States and Great Britain where Britain exchanged leases for British naval and air bases for U.S destroyers. -
America First Committee
The America First Committee was launched to deter America from entering into WWII. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
The Draft was instituted to get young men in place for America entering the war later on. -
Four Freedoms
The Four Freedoms were goals that, according to Franklin D. Roosevelt, "everyone in the world" should enjoy, which are Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear. -
Battle of Bataan
This battle was between Japan and the U.S. where Japanese soldiers overwhelmed Allied forces after the Pearl Harbor attack. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Legislation allowed U.S allies to lease out weapons without the U.S getting too involved in the war. -
USS Kearny Attacked
The USS Kearny was torpedoed by a German U-boat but didn’t sink due to the crew confining the flooding to one area and getting the ship out of the danger zone. -
Reuben James Sank
The Reuben James was the first U.S ship to sink in WWII. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
On this day, Japanese fighter planes bombed the American naval base in Hawaii and the following day the U.S declared war on Japan. -
Bataan Death March
The March took place after the U.S surrender of the Bataan Peninsula where U.S and Filipino captives had to trek 65 miles to prison camps by the Japanese who treated them harshly and many captives died on their way there. -
Battle of Coral Sea
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Manhattan Project Began
The Manhattan Project was signed off for by President Roosevelt to secretly develop a nuclear weapon. -
Battle of Midway
6 months after the Pearl Harbor incident, this battle between the Japanese and the U.S. was a turning point in WWII for the allie when the U.S defeated the Japanese and put themsleves in a offensive position. -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
U.S troops dropped another A-bomb on this city killing approximately 40,000 people and making Emperor Hirohito surrender on August 15. -
Battle of El Alamein
This battle between the Bristish Empire and the German-Italian army that amrked the ending of the North African Campain between them, the allies taking the victory. -
Casablanca Conference
This was a meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill in Casablanca, Morocco that finalized the plans of the Allies against the Axis and promoted the policy of “unconditional surrender”. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was a battle between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia fought on the Eastern front and was a victory for Russia, pushing Germany away from total victory. -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to coordinate their military strategies against Germany and Japan. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
Island hopping was a strategy used by Allied forces to take over Japanese bases by "hopping" form island to island in WWII, the first island captured being Tarawa. -
France fell to Germany
German soldiers truged through the Ardennes forest, passing the strong French frontier defence, invading other european countries, and crodding over the Meuse River into France, battling mercilessly with the Allies and, after a month, Germany took over the capital. -
D-Day
Also known as Operation Overlord, it was the invasion of over 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces into France to take power from Nazi Germany. -
MacArthur returned to the Phillipines
General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Phillipines after he was forced to flee in 1942. -
FDR elected to a 4th Term
This was an important event because Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only president with more than 2 terms because of the way he led. -
The Battle of the Bulge
This was a battle where Hitler attempted to split up the allies in Europe by a surprise blitzkrieg, trying to cripple them but his attempts proved fatal when Lieutenant General George S. Patton turned the Third Army away. -
Yalta Conference
This conference was the second meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt where they discussed Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for after the war. -
Battle of Iwo JIma
This was an invasion by U.S marines on the island of Iwo JIma against Japanese army and navy soldiers and the victory of the U.S was depicted by the raising of the flag by U.S troops over Mount Suribachi. -
The Battle of Okinawa
Marked as the bloodiest battle of the Pacific, this battle was the last of the Pacific battles in WWII between the Allies and the Japanese, both generals on each side died, and the allies barely won. -
FDR Died/ Harry Truman becomes president
Truman was rushed to the White House and informed by Elanor Roosevelt that the president was dead and Truman put into office quickly and was left with the duty to pick up where the president left off. -
VE Day
This was the day that the U.S and Great Britain celebrated the victory of the Allies in Europe. -
Potsdam Conference
This conference was the last of the WWII meetings by the “Big Three” heads of state and consisted of Truman, Churchill (Attlee), and Stalin and they discussed an establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers and an Allied Control Council for the administration of Germany. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
The U.S dropped the first ever atomic bomb over the city, wiping 90% of its occupants. -
VJ Day
This was the official day of the Victory over Japan, virtually ending WWII. -
Nuremberg Trials
The trials were conducted to bring Nazi war criminals to justice, resulting in high ranking officials put to death and put in prison for crimes against peace and humanity. -
Japanese War Crime Trials
In Tokyo, 28 Japanese military and government officials were put on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity during WWII, 25 of being found guilty and of that 25, 16 were punished to life in prison and 7 were sentenced to death, such as Tojo and Matsui.
