Images

Progression of US involvement in WWII

By conderjf

  • 1940 Presidential Election

    1940 Presidential Election
    Roosevelt won the election of 1940 and became the first president to have ran for 3 consecutive terms.

  • the Tripartite Pact

    the Tripartite Pact
    Germany, Italy, and Japan signed a treay and became the Axis powers.

  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act
    the president would lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country whose defense was vital to the United States.

  • Supporting Stalin

    Supporting Stalin
    Hitler broke the agreement he had made in 1939 with Stalin not togo to war and invaded the Soviet Union.

  • FDR plans for war

    FDR plans for war
    proposal to extend the term of draftees passed in the House of Representatives by only one vote

  • Shoot on Sight

    Shoot on Sight
    German U-boats sank the U.S. destroyerReuben James, killing more than 100 sailors

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    a Japanese dive-bomber swooped low over Pearl Harbor the largest U.S. naval base in the Pacific. The bomber was followed by more than 180 Japanese warplanes launched from six aircraft carriers