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Nazi Germany invade Poland
This is the beginning of WW2 -
Blitzkrieg
Military strategy from Germany to go all out with tanks and air force, Lightning war -
France fell to Germany
German tanks outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France and occupied Paris, France then surrendered -
Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by the German -
Destroyer-for-Bases Deal
U.s Gave Britain 50 old warships in exchange to set up military bases in islands near Great Britain -
America First Committee Launched
U.s non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
Roosevelt convinced congress to pass a draft where 1.2 M citizens were made to join the army during peace -
Four Freedoms
the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom to worship God in his own way, freedom from want and freedom from fear. -
Lend-Lease
U.S favoring Britain and allowing them to buy military needs on credit -
USS Kearny Attack
was torpedoed on her starboard side by a German U-boat while on patrol off Greenland but did not sink -
Reuben James Sank
first U.S Navy ship sunk by hostile action World War II and the first named for Reuben James who distinguished himself fighting in the Barbary Wars -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base -
Battle of Bataan
Japanese Army and Navy invaded Luzon along with several islands in the Philippine Archipelago -
Bataan Death March
Filipino and American prisoners of war from Saysain Point to Camp O'Donnell -
Battle of Coral Sea
naval battle between the Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia -
Battle of Midway
Japanese Navy lost four aircraft carriers and the initiative in the Pacific and this was a decisive battle -
Battle of Alamein
Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis forces of the Panzer Army Africa and Allied -
Battle of Stalingrad
Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Tehran Conference
strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill after the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran -
Casablanca Conference
plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
MacArthur waded ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte his forces invaded the main Philippine island of Luzon. -
FDR elected 4th term
This was the first and only time a president has been inaugurated for a fourth term. Roosevelt died 82 days into this term, and Truman succeeded to the presidency. -
Battle of the Bulge
Germans launch the last major offensive of the war attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
forces only concentrate their resources, setting up military forces/ supplies, on strategically important islands -
Yalta Conference
discussed Europe's postwar reorganization re-establishment of the nations conquered and destroyed by Germany. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
One-third of all Marine losses at Iwo Jima; it was the only large engagement of the war in which Allied forces suffered more casualties than their Japanese counterparts -
Battle of Okinawa
largest amphibious landing in the Pacific and It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies -
FDR Dies/ Harry Truman Became President
FDR's death marked a critical turning point in U.S. relations with the Soviet Union, as his successor, Harry S. Truman, decided to take a tougher stance with the Russians. -
VE day
public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Potsdam Conference
At the Potsdam meeting, the most pressing issue was the postwar fate of Germany. -
Little boy dropped on Hiroshima
atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on during World War II -
Fat man on Nagasaki
atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States and It was the second of the only two nuclear weapons ever used in warfare -
VJ Day
was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. -
Nuremberg Trials
presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals. Twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death -
Japanese War Crime trials
to try the leaders of the Empire of Japan for "Class A" crimes, which were reserved for those who participated in a joint conspiracy -
Manhattan Project Begins
research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons, led by U.S
