WWII

World War II and Its Beginnings

Period: Jan 1, 1930 to Sep 2, 1945

Formation of the Allied powers

Feb 25, 1930

-Japan and Germany quit the league of Nations

Treaty of Versailles

Oct 23, 1933

-Helped end the first World War
-Germans and Japanese pulled out of this and the League of Nations becasue the Germans said it treated them unfairly.

Start of War

Sep 22, 1939

-Germany invades Poland

Germany invades Poland

Oct 25, 1939

Japnese Bomb Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1940

Lend-Lease Act

Oct 25, 1941

Korematsu vs US

Oct 25, 1942

War Industry Board

Oct 25, 1942

D-Day

Jun 6, 1944

-Normandy invasion

Yalta Conference

Feb 25, 1945

Truman becomes President

Apr 12, 1945

Hitler Commits Suicide

Apr 30, 1945

VE Day

May 8, 1945

-Germans surrender

Manhattan Project

Jul 16, 1945

-code word for the creation of the atomic bomb
- rumors were that Germany was creating their atomic bomb which shoke the US so we started on our own atomic bomb

Surrender Papers

Sep 2, 1945

-Surrender Papers signed by the Japanese