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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
The Invasion of Poland, known in Poland as the September Campaign or the 1939 Defensive War -
Sitzkrieg
The Phoney War was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district. -
France Fell to Germany
German forces occupied Paris unopposed on 14 June after a chaotic period of flight of the French government that led to a collapse of the French army. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War -
America First Committee Launched
The America First Committee was the foremost United States non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II. -
Destroyers-For-Bases deal
Through this deal, the United States transferred destroyers to the British Navy in exchange for leases for British naval and air bases. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
The 1940 instituted conscription in peacetime, requiring the registration of all men between 21 and 35, with selection for one year's service by a national lottery. -
Lend-Lease
the Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II. -
Four Freedoms
The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941 -
USS Kearny Attacked
She was noted for being torpedoed by a German U-boat in October 1941, before the U.S. had entered the war. She survived that attack, and later served in North Africa and the Mediterranean. -
Reuben James Sank
was the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European theater of World War II -
Japanese Attack on pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, -
MacArthur Returned to the Phillippines
Upon his arrival in Australia, MacArthur gave a speech in which he famously promised "I shall return" to the Philippines. -
Battle of Bataan
The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war -
Battle of coral sea
was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia -
Battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II which occurred between 4 and 7 June 1942 -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
Leapfrogging, also known as island hopping, was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Manhattan Project Began
The Manhattan Project was a secret military project created in 1942 to produce the first US nuclear weapon. -
Casablanca Conference
The Casablanca Conference was held at the Anfa Hotel in Casablanca, French Morocco, from January 14 to 24, 1943, to plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II. -
Battle of el alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein -
Battle of stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was the largest confrontation of World War II in which Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. -
Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from 28 November to 1 December 1943 -
D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code named the Argonaut Conference, held from 4 to 11 February, 1945 -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo To, known in English as Iwo Jima, is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands. It is south of the Ogasawara Islands. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Marine and Army forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. -
FDR Died
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VE Day
was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 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 Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm, in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
Little Boy" was the codename for the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II -
Fat man dropped on nagasaki
Fat Man" was the codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
FDR Elected to a 4th term
This was the first and only time a president has been inaugurated for a fourth term.
