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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland, signifying the start of WW2. -
Sitzkrieg
France and Britain declared war on Germany and proceeded to launch no major military land operations for eight months. -
France Fell to Germany
France signed an armistice with Germany and the country was split in half after the Battle of France and German multiple German invasions. -
Battle of Britain
Germany and Britain battled in the sky, which resulted in a significant turning point with Britains victory over Germany. -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
Roosevelt signed this agreement with Britain exchanging 50 US destroyers for access to air and naval bases in British colonies. -
America First Committee Launched
This committee was organized in opposition to America`s potential intervention in World War II -
Congress Instituted the Draft
The Burke-Wadsworth Act is passed by Congress, by wide margins in both houses, and the first peacetime draft in the history of the United States is imposed. -
Four Freedoms
These were goals articulated by FDR that included Freedom of speech and worship and freedom from want and fear, that FDR believed everyone should have. -
Lend-Lease Act
This act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
USS Kearny Attacked
This ship was torpedoed on her starboard side by a German U-boat while on patrol off Greenland but did not sink. -
Reuben James Sank
The destroyer was sunk by a torpedo attack from German submarine, making it the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European side of World War II. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, which led to America's involvement in WW2. -
Battle of Bataan
Forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded Luzon along with several islands in the Philippine Archipelago after the bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, which resulted in America surrendering to Japanese forces. -
Bataan Death March
After America's surrender to the Japanese in the Battle of Bataan, more than 75,000 Filipino and American troop were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps under harsh Japanese guards. -
Manhattan Project Began
President Roosevelt signed an order creating a secret project to develop the nuclear weapon. -
Battle of Coral Sea
This was the first air-sea battle in history, between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia in the Pacific, resulting in Japanese defeat. -
Battle of Midway
This was one of the most decisive naval battles in the war, where the United States defeated Japan, allowing the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This major battle was where the Soviet Union successfully stopped the German advance into Russia and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies. -
Battle of El Alamein
A major battle that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein between the British Empire and the German-Italian army, where the Allied forces came out on top. -
Casablanca Conference
A meeting between FDR and Winston Churchill in Casablanca to discuss Allied strategic plans against the Axis powers . -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
After the Battle of Midway, the United States launched a counter-offensive attack establishing a line of overlapping island bases, as well as air control in hopes of capturing certain key islands, until Japan came within range of American bomber -
Tehran Conference
This was a meeting between Winston Churchill, FDR, and Joseph Stalin in Iran where they focused on the next phases of the war against the Axis Powers in Europe and Asia. -
D-Day
The Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
After advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto 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
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to an unprecedented fourth term in office. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive is launched against the Allies in the Ardennes Mountains region on the Western Front. -
Yalta Conference
This was the second wartime meeting of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt, where they agreed to demand Germany’s unconditional surrender and began plans for a post-war world -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt passes away after four momentous terms in office, leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting the Second World War and in possession of a weapon of unprecedented and terrifying power. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day was the public holiday to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Potsdam conference
the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state, where they established a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for administration of Germany. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, which wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
A second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people, resulting in the surrender of Japan. -
VJ Day
Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. -
Nuremberg Trials
These were a series of 13 trials carried out charging German officials against peace and crimes against humanity, later playng important precedent for dealing with later instances of genocide and other crimes against humanity. -
Japanese War Crime Trials
This was a case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II.
