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Treaty of Versailles
Peace settlement signed after WW1 burdening Germany with paying off the war debts. -
Washington Naval Conference
Conference between major national powers to discuss naval disarmament. -
Kellogg Briand Pact
62 nations signed a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes. -
Manchuria
Japan invaded a place in northern China, changed the name, and set up the puppet state. -
The Third Reich
The appointment of Adolf Hitler, and the first beginning steps of the Nazi revolution. -
Italo-Ethiopian War
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia resulting in Ethiopia's subjection to Italian rule. -
Neutrality Act
A series of acts passed by the US Congress and signed by FDR that tried to keep the United States out of war. -
Second Sino-Japanese War Declaration
China declares war on Japan. -
Munich Agreement
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France signed an agreement by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany. -
Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools, and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Outbreak of World War II
Hitler invaded Poland from the west, two days later France and Britain declares war on Germany. -
The Fall of France
France surrenders to Germany. -
Battle of Britain
Series of aerial combats that took place between Britain and Germany where Britain won. -
"Arsenal of Democracy"
FDR delivered the slogan "Arsenal of Democracy" in a radio broadcast, promising to help the UK fight Nazi Germany by giving them supplies. -
Lend-Lease Act
An act passed that stated that the U.S. government could lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States." -
Operation Babarossa
German army launched an invasion of the Soviet Union, holding the largest land theater of war in history. -
Atlantic Charter
A joint declaration issued by the US and Great Britain that set out a vision for the postwar world. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy leading to the entry of the US into the war. -
March on Washington Movement
A movement organized by A. Philip Randolph aimed to pressure the government into providing fair working opportunities for African Americans. -
Bracero Program
A migration of laborers into the US. -
Executive Order 9066
An executive order that led to the incarceration of Japanese Americans, German Americans, and Italian Americans in U.S concentration camps. -
Battle of Coral Sea
Both sides suffered major losses, US NAvy checked a major Japanese offensive for the first time. -
The Battle of Midway
A massive naval battle between the Japanese and America ending with the victory of the US and considered a major turning point in the Pacific war. -
Battle of Guandalcanal
First time the U.S defeats the Japanese on land and also the battle that commenced "island hopping" -
ENIAC
Presper Eckert, Jr and their colleagues at Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania led to build an all-electronic computer. -
Operation Vulcan and Operation Strike
The final ground attacks by the Allied forces against the Italian and German forces. -
Invasion of Sicily
The Allies launched Operation Husky, an amphibious assault on the southern shores of the island. -
D-Day
Known as the invasion of Normandy, where more than 156,000 troops stormed 50 miles of Normandy's beaches in northern France. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its greatest loss of ships and considered the defeat of the Japanese Navy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germany's last major offensive. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of the Allied representatives discussing the post-war world and the partitioning of Germany. -
"Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue"
Marines secured Iwo Jima and completely annihilated the enemy it was also during this battle that the Marines raised the American flag on Mount Suribachi. -
Mourning of a major leader
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away (age 63) due to a cerebral hemorrhage. -
German Instrument of Surrender
Germany surrenders and ends WW2. -
Battle of Okinawa
The bloodiest battle of the Pacific war, over 49,000 casualties and 12,520 killed. -
Potsdam Conference
The big three- Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill/Clement Attlee, and Harry Truman met in Potsdam, Germany to negotiate terms for the end of WW2. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A nuclear bomb named Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6 and another nuclear bomb named Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki. -
Surrender of Japan
Japan formally surrenders to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri finally bringing an end to the war.