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First Neutrality Act Passed
The first act prohibited the export of “arms, ammunition, and implements of war” from the United States. This was the first of many Neutrality Acts that were passed. -
Kristallnacht Starts
Thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues were damaged and 100 Jews were killed. -
Offical Start of WWII
Germany invaded Poland which offically started WWII. -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
After they declare war on Germany, they are formally known as the Allies. -
FDR Elected for Third Term
After he was elected again, he passed the Lend-Lease Act. -
Lend-Lease Act Passed
This act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation that was part of the Allies. -
General Tojo Takes Control of Japan
This occured after Japan took control of French Indochina with permission of the French Vichy government. -
Attack of Pearl Harbor
Japan plans two fleets of surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor. -
Executive Order 9066 Established
This order gave the armed forces the power to force people or groups to leave certain zones in America. -
US Surrender of the Bataan Penninsula
Approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Attack of Tokyo
16 American bombers attacked Tokyo, but didn't do any major damage to Japan. -
Invasion of Sicily
The Allied powers took Sicily from the Axis powers. -
The Start of Stalingrad
Major industrialized center in the Volga River where an estimated total of 250,000 Axis forces were trapped. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge Starts
Major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front. Hitler would not give up! -
Victory in Europe Day
Offical date of Nazi Germany's surrender. -
Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
This was a high speed transit from California to Tinian to deliver atomic bomb components. It was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-58 and sank in about 12 minutes. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
80,000 Japanese people were killed. -
Surrender of Japan
Held on the USS Missouri, Japan surrendered which thereby ended the hostilities. -
The Nuremberg Trials Began
The Nazis were tried for their crimes against humanity/war crimes.
