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Joseph Stalin Leader of USSR
Leader of Russia after Lenin -
Benito Mussolini Leader of Italy
Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling as Prime Minister from 1922 until 1943 -
Atlantic Charter
A pivotal policy statement defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. -
Japan Invaded Manchuria
The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Japan invaded China
A military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan -
Holocaust Began
Genocide against the Jews under German chancellorn Adolf Hitler -
Adolf Hitler becomes Leader of Germany
President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader -
FDR Good Neighbor Policy
The foreign policy of the administration of United States towards Latin America -
Neutrality Acts Passed
A series of acts intended to prevent the U.S. from being drawn into a war -
Italy invaded Ethiopia
Fought between the armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy and the armed forces of the Ethiopian Empire -
European appeasement of Hitler
Foreign policy of the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain towards Nazi Germanyof avoiding war with Germany -
Kristallnacht
Night of Broken Glass was a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany -
Tuskegee Airmen
Name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II -
Germany and Russia sign the Nonagression Pact
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other -
Germany blitzkrieg into Poland
An invasion of Poland by Germany -
Battle of the Atlantic
The longest continuous military campaign where the Allied naval blockade of Germany -
Cash and Carry
A policy requested by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a special session of the United States Congress -
Churchill Minister of Great Britain
known for his military leadership ability, was appointed British prime minister in Chamberlain place -
Battle of Britain
The Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom -
Tripartite Pact Signed
Was a pact signed in Berlin, Germany which established the Axis Powers of World War II -
Four Freedoms
four fundamental freedoms Freedom of speech, worship, freedom from want, and fear -
Lend Lease Act
Program under which the United States supplied Great Britain, the USSR, Republic of China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel -
OPA Created
The functions of the OPA were originally to control money and rents after the outbreak of World War II -
Nazis Developed Final Solution
Nazi Germany's plan to exterminate the Jewish people -
Double V
A motivational tool used to propose two changes - one allow African Americans to fight in the war, and allow African Americans to be equal in society -
Japanese placed in Internment Camps
The U.S. government ordered the internment shortly after Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor -
Doolittle Raids
An air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Honshu island -
WAAC Formed
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps it was created as an auxiliary unit -
Battle of Midway
One of the most important naval battles of World War II -
Navaho Code Talkers Used
people who used obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime, used their knowledge of Native-American languages as a basis to transmit coded messages -
Manhattan Project
A research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II -
Battle of Stalingard
A major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad -
Operation Torch
The British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign -
Casablanca Conference
plan the Allied European strategy for the next phase of World War II -
Devolopment of Rosie the Riveter
Representing the American women who worked in factories during WWII -
Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act
War Labor Disputes Act allowed the federal government to seize and operate industries threatened by or under strikes that would interfere with war production, and prohibited unions from making contributions in federal elections -
Tehran Conference
A strategy meeting held between Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill -
D-Day
Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany -
MacArthur Returned to Philippines
MacArthur returned to the islands with an enormous invasion force and the largest assemblage of naval vessels in the history of mankind -
Battle of Bulge
German offensive campaign launched through the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of the war -
Yalta Conference
meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization -
Battle of Iwo Jima
A major battle in which the United States Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
Battle of Okinawa
The 82-day-long battle was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II -
FDR Dies
Died towards the end of the war in Europe as the allied armies pressed their invasion into the German -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Atomic Bomc Dropped on Hiroshima
U.S dropped atomic bomb Little Boy on Hiroshima -
Nuremberg Trials
Trials held in the city of Nuremberg for the major war criminals of WWII
