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Naval Act of 1938
Naval Act of 1938, known as Second Vinson Act, was United States legislation enacted that "mandated a 20% increase in strength of the United States Navy". It represented the United States' response to Japanese invasion of China and the German annexation of Austria. -
Neutrality Acts
Originally designed to avoid American involvement in World War II by preventing loans to those countries taking part in the conflict; they were later modified in 1939 to allow aid to Great Britain and other Allied nations -
Start of WWII
Nazi Germany invaded Poland which started World War II. Nazi soldiers had posed as Polish military officers to stage an attack on the radio station in the Silesian city of Gleiwitz. -
France and Great Britain Declare War on Germany
Honoring their treaty with Poland, France and Great Britain enter the war against Germany. -
Poland Surrenders
In Warsaw, Poland, Polish troops surrender to the Germans. Poland is partitioned by Germany and Russia . -
Great Britain Attack on Germany
The British drop the first bombs on German soil as the RAF hits the seaplane base at Hornum. -
Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
Germany invades Denmark and Norway with the first major airborne attacks on Allied forces. -
Italy Joins War
Italy joins the war as on ally of Germany. They also declare war against the allies. -
Battle of Britain
July 10,1940 - October 31, 1940 Military campaign of World War II, in which Royal Air Force defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's Air Force, the Luftwaffe. First major military campaigns fought entirely by air forces. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor, in Oahu, Hawaii, was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
August 1942 to February 1943 The allies attack Guadalcanal island as their first step in "Island Hopping" retake of the pacific. There were heavy casualties on both sides and it was the first major successful battle against Japan -
Declaration of the United Nations
main treaty that formalized the Allies of World War II; the declaration was signed by 47 national governments between 1942 and 1945 -
Battle of Midway
June 4, 1942 to June 7,1942 Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater. . Japanese had planned to capture a strategic island in middle of the Pacific Ocean, home to a US military base. The Japanese's wanted to lure the American's into battle, assured they would lose. American admiral Chester Nimitz planned an effective defense, destroying four Japan aircraft carriers and winning a great victory. -
Battle of Stalingrad
September 14, 1942 to February 2, 1943 The German forces attempt to capture Stalingrad. They almost succeed, but the Soviet army and the Stalingrad terrain defeated the, around two million die in the bitter fighting. Turning point of the war in Europe. -
D-day
Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II. -
Battle of Bulge
December 16, 1944 to January 15, 1945 Germans planned to launch a surprise attack to split up the Allies and to massacre them. The German tanks pushed far into enemy territory, but due to the shortage of fuel the attack was stopped and resulted to a disastrous defeat for Germany. -
Yalta Conference
February 4-11,1945 Crimea Conference and code-named the Argonaut Conference, the World War II meeting of the heads of government of United States, the United Kingdom, and Soviet Union to discuss postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. -
Battle of Berlin
April 16, 1945 to May 2, 1945 designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, also known as the Fall of Berlin. It was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre. -
VE Day
victory in Europe Day was also when the Germans surrendered, Victory in Europe Day celebrated the official defeat of the Nazis and end of WWII in Europe -
End of World War II - Victory in Japan Day
On August 6,1945 US pilots dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, more than 600,000 resident died or went missing.
On August 9, two events shaped the ending results: Soviet Union declared war against Japan and invaded Japanese-held Manchuria and US dropped a 2nd atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing 35,000 residents, which led to Japan's surrendering
