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European Theater
The European Theatre of World War II, also known as the European War, was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe, from Germany's and the Soviet Union's joint invasion of Poland in September 1939 until the end of the war with the Soviet Union conquering much of Europe along with the German surrender. -
Lend-Lease Program
On 11th March 1941, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. The legislation gave President Franklin D. Roosevelt the powers to sell, transfer, exchange, lend equipment to any country to help it defend itself against the Axis powers. -
FDR's response and passage of Fair Employment Practice Committe
implemented US Executive Order 8802, requiring that companies with government contracts not discriminate on the basis of race or religion. It was intended to help African Americans and other minorities obtain jobs in the homefront industry. On June 25, 1941, President Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Committee by signing Executive Order 8802, which stated, "there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, etc." -
Manhattan project
Secret code name of the construction of the atomic bomb during WW2 -
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941, warplanes from Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. By this time, Japan had already been at war with China for several years and had seized the Chinese territory of Manchuria. After the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan began a massive campaign of expansion throughout the Southeast Asia-Pacific region. -
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American War Mobilization
Shortly, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, people in the United States began to prepare for war: drafting soldiers, training, producing weapons. During World War II the United States was able to mobilize industry and motivate its citizens in breathtaking speed. Factories were overhauled and consumption habits transformed. -
A. Philip Randolph & The Double V campaign
A. Philip Randolph Protested wartime discrimination against African Americans – resulted in Fair Employment Practices Commission. He proposed a "march on Washington" to protest discrimination. FDR convinced him to cancel the march; enacted Fair employment act. -
Internment Of Japanese-Americans, German-Americans, And Italian-Americans
Two months after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 ordering all Japanese-Americans to evacuate the West Coast. This resulted in the relocation of approximately 120,000 people, many of whom were American citizens, to one of 10 internment camps located across the country.No comparable order applied to Hawaii, one-third of whose population was Japanese-American, or to Americans of German and Italian ancestry. -
Pacific Theater
The Pacific Theater / The U.S. Entrance And Battle Of Midway Although the Pearl Harbor attack provoked a declaration of war by the United States on Japan the very next day, it would be several months before U.S. forces would get seriously involved militarily. In late spring of 1942, the United States and Japan engaged in a series of naval battles, climaxing in the Battle of Midway on June 3-6, 1942, in which Japan suffered a catastrophic defeat. -
Battle Of Midway
U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. Turning point in the Pacific theatre as the Allies began to regain islands controlled by Japan. -
D- Day
Over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France from the Nazi. It was he turning point of World War II -
Fall Of Berlin
April 1945 Soviets captured Berlin and Germany had surrendered
