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Reuben James Sunk
United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action -
Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland. Hitler claimed the invasion was a defensive action. -
Sitzkrieg
Eight-month period at the start of World War, also known as the Phoney War, during this time there was no major military operations. -
France Fell to Germany
France signed an armistice with Germany. Hitler insisted that it be done in the same railway car where Germany had at the end of WWI. -
Battle of Britain
The first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. -
America First Committee Launched
Non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
50 mothballed destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
18 to 37 were eligible to be drafted into the war. -
Lend-Lease
Gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the legislation to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to defend itself against the Axis powers. -
USS Kearny Attacked
A US Navy warship during World War II that was torpedoed by a German U-boat. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor with bombs that killed 2,300 Americans. -
Four Freedoms
Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed
Freedom of speech
Freedom of worship
Freedom from want
Freedom from fear
to eveyone. -
Battle of Bataan
Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
the forcible transfer 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese Army -
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle between the Japanesse navy and the US and Aulstalian navy and air force. -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia -
Battle of El Alamein
A majir battle near an Egyptian Railway. The Allies won -
Casablanca Conference
Meeting between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the city of Casablanca -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
A strategy to capture the Pacific islands one by one -
Tehran Conference
Meeting between U.S. President, British Prime, and Soviet Premier in Tehran -
D-Day
Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
Douglas MacArthur comes back to the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942. -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
FDR is the only president to have served more than two terms. -
Battle of the Bulge
German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg -
Nuremberg Trials
13 trails in Germany against Nazi part officals. -
Yalta Conference
A meeting between Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and President Franklin D. Rossevelt. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima -
Battle of Okinawa
A series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
FDR passes away after four terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of the US in WWII -
VE Day
The formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender -
Manhattan Project Began
The prodject that created the first atomic bomb -
Potsdam conference
The U.S. President, British Prime Minister, and the Soviet leader met to negotiate terms for the end of World War II -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima as revenge -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
An atomic bomb dropped on Japan as revenge for Pearl Harbor. -
VJ Day
Truman declares Sep. 2 to be VJ day. (Victory over Japan) -
Japanese War Crime Trials
Trial against leaders of Japan for three types of war crimes.
