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invasion of Poland Marks Beginning of WWII
Germany invades Poland, inciting Poland’s allies Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
Battle of Britain
the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by the German air force -
Office of Inter-American Affairs (OIAA) was created
It was an agency of the United States that promoted inter-American cooperation, especially in commercial and economic areas. -
Germany Invades USSR Opening Eastern Front
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor and Franklin Roosevelt Declares War
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, starting war with the US. Sensing weakness, Hitler declares war on America 4 days later. -
Twenty-six nations signed the Declaration of the United Nations
The declaration was an agreement among signing nations to uphold the Atlantic Charter, to employ all their resources in the war against the Axis powers, and to promise that no nation would try to seek a separate peace with any Axis nation -
Bataan Death March and Japan takes Philippines
surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese -
Bracero Program was signed into law
was an agreement. between the U.S. and Mexican governments that permitted Mexican citizens to take temporary agricultural work in the United States. -
Battle of Stalingrad
600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die) -
The North African Campaign - Allies Drive Germans out of North Africa
Axis forces in Tunisia surrender to the Allies, ending the North African campaign. -
D-Day
British, US, and Canadian troops successfully land on the Normandy beaches of France, opening a “Second Front” against the Germans. -
Victory in Europe Day
the Allies of World War II accept the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped
The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Organization of American States was created
The governments of 21 countries of the continent approved in Bogotá, Colombia, the declaration by which the Organization of American States was created