-
WWII Begins
Germany invades Poland, starting WWII in Europe -
Occupied Poland
The Solviet Union occupies Poland form the East -
Neutrality Acts
The Neutrality Acts of 1939 allows belligerent nations to buy supplies from the United States on a cah-and-carry basis; The act favors the Allies -
Germany attacks Europe
"Germany attacks Western Europe (France and the low countries) -
Selective Service Act
Roosevelt tightens trade embargo against Japan; Congress passes Selective Service Act, instituting a peacetime draft -
Lend-Lease
Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the United States to give aid to the Allies -
Peace treaty?
Summer of 1941, Japanese and American diplomats try to resolve differences -
Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt and Churchill issue the Atlantic Charter -
Germany vs. US
October-November 1941 German U-Boats sick US Navy Ships; US merchant ships are armed and given permission to sink U-boats -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks Pearl harbor; the US decalres war on Japan and later on Germany and Italy -
Germany vs. US
Nazi Germany declares war on the United States -
Moving of the Jews
Germany begins the mass deportations of more than 65,000 Jewish people from Lodz to the Chelmo killing center -
Germany --> Stalingrad
Germany launches a new offensive towards the city of Stalingrad -
Germany and Jewish
Germany completes the mass deportation of about 265,000 Jews from Warsaw to Treblinka -
Allied successes
The Allies began to win the war in the North Atlantic; convoys of escort carriers protected Allied shipping -
More Jewish export
Germans begin the mass deportation of about 440,000 Jews from Hungary -
D-Day
Allied forces invade Normandy-France -
Paris
Liberation of Paris -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge Occurs -
Freed Jews
Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz concentration camp -
More Freed Jews
American forces liberate the Dachau concentration camp -
Hitler --> Dead
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in a bunker -
Germany and Western Allies
Germany surrenders to the Wester Allies -
V-E Day
V-E Day; the day that the Allied forces accepted Germany's surrender -
Germany and Soviets
Germany surrenders to the Soviets -
Japan Surrenders
Japan formally surrenders, ending WWII
