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Nazi Germany Invades Poland
This marked the beginning of World War 2 -
Sitkrieg
Also known as "The Phoney War" , this was a period after the invasion of poland when seemingly nothing happened -
France Falls to Germany
This abruptly ends the Sitkrieg, defeated Allied forces in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands and invading -
Battle of Britain
German and British forces fight in the air over the United Kingdom. -
America's First Comittee Launched
It was one of the largest anti-war organizations -
Destroyers for Bases Deal
This was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom when fifty U.S Navy destroyers wer exchanged for land rights on British possessions -
Congress institutes the draft
By the Burke-Wadsworth Act, the first peactime draft is imposed and the Selective Service was made -
Four Freedoms Speech
FDR proposed the four fundamental freedoms of people everywhere. -
Lend-Lease Act
This authorized the transfer of materials for which Congress allows to foreign countries. -
USS Kearny attacked
The USS Kearny was torpedoed by a German U boat -
Reuben James sank
This boat was torpedoed by a German U boat and was the first ship to be lost. -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
More than 2,000 Americans died, leading FDR to ask Congress to declare war on Japan -
Battle of Bataan
This was the most intense phase of Japan;s invasion of the Philippines during World War 2 -
Manhatten Project
Led by the United States, this was the first development of the first nuclear weapon -
Bataan Death March
This was the forcible transfer of Filipino and American prisoners to Camp O'Donnell with a high death toll -
Battle of Coral Sea
This marked the first air-sea battle between the US and Japan -
Battle of Midway
This US victory was a turning point in the war, allowing the Allies to move into the offensive -
Island Hopping Campaign begins
This is the idea of making smaller advancements between islands to get across the Pacific to Japan rather than going straight there -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was one of the largest and bloodiest fights in the history of warfare on the Eastern Front between Natzi Germany and the Soviet Union -
Battle of El Alamein
This was a major battle that marked the culmination of the North African campaign between the Brisith Empire and German-Italian Army -
Casablanca Conference
This was a meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Morocco -
Tehran Conference
The was a strategy meeting between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill, the first conference in the second World War -
D-day
The Allies storm Normandy -
MacArthur returns to the Philippines
Also known as the Battle of Leyte, this American forced invade the Philipinnes to take back Japanese occupation there. -
FDR wins Elected to the fourth term
FDR remains the only president to have served more than 2 terms -
Battle of the Bulge
This was a major German offensive through Belgium, France, and Luxemburg -
Yalta Conference
This was meeting between Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Churchill towards the end of the war -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This was a major when the U.S marines landed on Japanese home islands -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces landed on Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War -
FDR dies/ Harry Truman becomes president
FDR has a massive cereberal hemorrhag, making Vice President Truman president -
VE Day
This was the day the Allies accepted Natzi Germany's surrender -
Potsdam Conference
The Big Three meet up to negiotate terms for the end of the war -
Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima
It was the code name for atomic bomb that was dropped, being the first ever -
Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki
Another code name for atomic bomb, right after little Boy -
VJ Day
This was the official ending of the war -
Nuremberg Trials
The Allied prosecution German war criminals -
Japanese War Crimes Trial
Hearing against 28 Japanese in military and government wtih secures.
