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the neutrailty act of 1939
This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports -
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When Japan invaded China
Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace. the reason for this was because Japan was seeking for materials. -
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The Anschluss
the Nazi German regime's first act of territorial aggression and expansion. The Anschluss was widely popular in both Germany and Austria. -
invasion of polan
German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, causing the World War II. In response to German , Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. -
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The battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was majorly fought in the air largely in Southern England in the summer and autumn of 1940. It started because of the excavation of the British expeditionary force from Dunkirk. -
the fall of France
a German assault on the north -west Europe known as the Battle of France. which resulted in the capture of not only France but also three other countries Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium. -
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US Oil Embargo on Japan
Japan invaded the French in the effort to embargo all imports into China including the war supplies, which were all purchased from the U.S. That move made the U.S. to embargo all oil exports. -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
japan's purpose for going into this was to prevent the United States to the Pacific fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in the southeast. the Japanese lost 29 aircraft and also 5 submarines. -
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the bataan death march
The Bataan Death March is remembered as an absolute tragedy. The prisoners of war were forced to march through humidity, and without medical care. They suffered from starvation, having to sleep in the harsh conditions of the Philippines. -
battle of midway island
fought almost only with aircraft, the United States destroyed
Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best naval pilots. -
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d-day
On June 6, 1944, the long-awaited Allied landing in northern France began. Fighting at Hitler's Atlantic Wall, soldiers of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations landed on beaches in Normandy, beginning a campaign that lasted until July 24, 1944 -
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The Yalta Conference
the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France agreed to split Germany into four zones of occupation after the war. -
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V-E Day
Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States. On May 8, 1945 -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, during World War 2 an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
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atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
during World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki August 9, 1945, marked the first use of atomic weapons in war. -
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Invasion of Czechoslovakia
the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although the Soviet Union's action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia, it had unintended consequences for the unity of the communist bloc. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad was one of the most significant battles of ww2 on the Eastern Front. The Soviet Union caused a major defeat on the Wehrmacht in and around this strategically important city on the Volga River, which gave the name of the Soviet dictator