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Office of Scientific Research and Developement (ORSD)
Roosevelt created this bill to bring scientists into the war effort to improve radar, sonar, locating submarines, and the use of pesticides. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. -
Manhattan Project
The code name for research work for the first atomic bomb. -
Office of Price Administration (OPA)
Fought inflation by freezing wages, prices, and rents and rationed foods. -
Interment of Japanese Americans
Roosevelt signed an order to remove of people of Japanese acentry from California, Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. -
Formation of WAAC
Women would work in noncombat positions as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, electricians, and pilots. -
Battle of Midway
A turning point in thePacific War, soon the Allies began "island hopping". Island by island they won territory back from the Japanese, and began moving closer to Japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The German commander surrendered, two days later, his starving troops also surrendered. -
The North African Front
The last of the Afrika Korps surrendered after months of fighting. -
Social Adjustments
Congress passed the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, better known as the GI Bill of Rights, which provided education and training for soldiers. -
D Day
The first day of the Allies invasion in Normandy, France. -
Liberation Of Death Camps
The first Soviet troop came upon one of the Nazi death camps and worked hard to bury and burn all evidence of their hideous crimes. -
The Allies Gain Ground
The Allies had freed France, Belgium, and Lexembourg. -
Aachen
Americans capture their first German town, Aachen. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler hoped that a victory would split American and British forces and break up Allied supply lines. Tanks drove 60 miles into Allied territory, creating a bulge in the lines that gave this desperate lastditch offensive. -
Battle for Okinawa
U.S marines invaded Okinawa. -
Roosevelt's Death
President Roosevelt had a stroke and died, that night Vice President Harry S. Truman became the nation's 33rd president. -
V E Day
The Allies celebrated V E Day, victory in Europe Day, when the war was finally over. -
The Mahattan Project
The first test of the new bomb took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico. -
Dropping the bomb
Truman ordered the military to make final plans for dropping two atomic bombs on Japanese targets.
