Timeline events for US involvement in WWII By maremi37 Jan 30, 1882 Roosevelt is re-elected for the 3rd time Franklin D. Roosevelt: State of the Union Address (1942) Feb 24, 1933 Japan quits the League of Nations Japan Surrenders (1945 Sep 21, 1939 Cash and Carry Plan Why We Fight: War Comes to America - WW2 Documentary Propaganda Film (1945 Sep 2, 1940 Bases for Destroyers Deal 1940 US Destroyers exchange for Caribbean bases Sep 5, 1940 US Draft bill enacted FDR at the Selective Service Draft Lottery, October 1940 Sep 27, 1940 Axis Powers Act is signed Confusion Was Their Business. Mar 11, 1941 Lend Lease Plan Russians In New Drive 1944 Newsreel Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor day Pearl Harbor Day Attack Jan 1, 1942 Atlantic charter The Atlantic Charter.MP4 Feb 22, 1942 Gen. MacArthur evacuates the Phillipines General Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippine's speech... Jun 7, 1942 Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway Documentary Aug 7, 1942 Guadalcanal Lost Evidence "Guadalcanal" 1/5 Jul 9, 1943 Allies invade Sicily Italy Surrenders (1943) Jun 6, 1944 D-day D-Day 6/6/44 Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt meet in Yalta Apr 12, 1945 FDR Dies FDR Dies, 1945 May 8, 1945 VE Day VE and VJ Day Celebrations in London (1945) Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima Hiroshima Aug 6, 1945 Nagasaki Atomic bombing of Nagasaki - BBC Aug 15, 1945 V-J day VJ Day