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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
basically the start of world war 2 -
Sitzkrieg
refers to the first 8 months of world war 2, where no major land battles took place -
America First Committee Launched
non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II. -
Lend-Lease
as a program under which the United States supplied Free France, the United Kingdom, the Republic of China, and later the USSR and other Allied nations with food, oil, and material -
France Fell to Germany
germans defeated allied forces in a series of mobile operations -
Battle of Britain
the germans bombed britain, and this was the first mostly air campaign -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
fifty mothballed Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson-class US Navy destroyers were transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions -
Congress Instituted the Draft
and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed -
Four Freedoms
were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt -
USS Kearny Attacked
torpedoed by a German U-boat -
Reuben James Sank
was the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European theater of World War II -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Bataan
represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
concentrate the limited Allied resources on strategically important islands -
Bataan Death March
was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war -
Battle of Coral Sea
the battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other -
Battle of Midway
the United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. Military historian John Keegan called it "th -
Battle of El Alamein
major battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought on the northern coast of Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
ecalled MacArthur to active duty in the U.S. Army as a major general, and named him commander of U.S. Army Forces in the Far East -
Battle of Stalingrad
major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe -
Casablanca Conference
held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II -
Tehran Conference
Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill meeted and opted to open a second front -
D-Day
The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and contributed to the Allied victory on the Western Front -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
he won again during the backdrop of world war 2, and won a mass amount of electoral votes, though the popular vote was much closer -
Battle Of The Bulge
was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe -
Battle of Iwo Jima
major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II -
Yalta Conference
meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. the meeting was intended mainly to discuss the re-establishment of the nations of war-torn Europe -
Potsdam conference
oviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman—met in Potsdam, Germany -
Nuremberg Trials
Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice -
Japanese War Crime Trials
to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for three types of war crimes -
Battle of Okinawa
was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the 1 April 1945 invasion of the island of Okinawa itself -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
franklin roosevelt passed away, and truman's presidency ensues, and he has an atomic bomb -
VE Day
victory in europe day, to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Manhattan Project Began
research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II -
Little Boy
type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki -
VJ Day
a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri
