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Lend lease
On March 11, 1941 the lend lease act was signed into law for the united states to lend or lease war supplies to any nation that was vital for the defense of the united states -
Atlantic Charter
On August 14, 1941 the Atlantic Charter was declared by the Untied States and Great Britain which stated that they would not seek territorial gain in the war, respecting the principals of free trade among nations and the right for people to choose their government. -
Operation Torch
November 8-16, 1942 Operation Torch was led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. It was the first major allied military operation during world war 2. 65,000 troops were involved at Casablanca, Algiers, and Oran on the French North African Coast. There was a death of 1,300 french, 526 Americans and 574 British. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed pearl harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. Japan wanted to try to weaken the US naval strength and get vital oil supplies. 2,403 people were killed this attack was the main reason why america entered World war 2. -
Japanese Internment Camps
The Japanese Internment camps were located in California. Between February 19,1942 to March 20, 1946 there were a total of 10 camps which held about 120,000 Japanese Americans. The reason this happened is because many Americans were afraid that Japanese American were spies getting information to plan the next invasion of America. -
Bataan Death March
On April 9-17, 1942 The Bataan Death March was American and Filipino troops had low supplies but fought for three months until they surrendered to Japaneses troops but were forced into the Bataan Death March. General Edward King surrendered because he didn't want to see his men starving and diseased being slaughtered by the Japanese army. In result of the surrendered there were 600 to 650 american deaths and 5,000 to 10,000 Filipinos deaths. -
Battle of Midway
At Midway Atoll there was the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. The U.S navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher and Raymond A. Spruance defeated the imperial Japanese navy. This battle caused massive damage upon the Japanese fleet. -
Island Hopping
In world war 2 island hopping is a strategy used to seize lightly defended locations that could help support the next advance to another island. This was used by Americans to attack the Japanese home islands. It started to be used on November 12 to 15, 1942 on the island of Guadalcanal -
Italian Campaign
On July 10, 1943 to May 8, 1954 the Italian Campaign was an invasion of Sicily in July 1943 which led to the collapse of the Fascist Italian regime and the fall of Mussolini who was imprisoned on July 25, 1943. 150,000 Italian civilians were killed The purpose is to kick Italy out of the war. -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944 D-day was an invasion on Normandy, France. This day became the largest military operation in military history which brought land, air and sea forces of the allied armies. There was 4,414 allied troops killed the purpose of D-day was to liberate Europe and defeat Germany. -
Guadalcanal Campaign
August 7, 1942 to February 9, 1943 the Guadalcanal Campaign had 7 major naval battles, several clashes and almost continuous air combat with Japan. The purpose was to capture or neutralize the major Japanese base. -
Los Alamos
On August 1945 the United states started using Los Alamos, New mexico as place in world war 2 for the development and testing of atomic nuclear weapons that were to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. -
Yalta Conference
The Yalta Conference was held February 4-11, 1945. This was world war 2 meeting of the heads of government of the United, United kingdoms, and soviet union to discuss postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. This eradicated German militarism, Nazi general staff, bring no Nazi teaching of Germany, punish war criminals and disarm and break down Germany military. -
Fall of Berlin
April 20 to May 2, 1945 the fall of Berlin was the last major European political and military incident of the cold war. The soviet red army took revenge for the suffering of the soviet people since 1941. The soviet blockaded rail, road, and water access to allied controlled area of Berlin. -
Potsdam Conference
On July 24 the Potsdam conference was a negotiation between the United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain and France about watching and stabilizing Germany. They decided to demilitarize Germany and divided up to 4 zones for each of the countries. -
Hiroshima/ Nagasaki
In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan there were 2 atomic bombings. The atomic bombing was to get Japan to surrender so the war would end early. On August 6th, 1945 the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan which caused about 140,000 people to die it also left radiation on the city. Japan didn't surrender so the second bombing happened in Nagasaki, Japan on August 9th, 1945 caused 60,000 to 80,000 people to die.