Iszafranic 1940 timeline

  • The world fair reopens

    The world fair reopens
    The 1939–40 New York World's Fair, which covered the 1,216 acres of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair), was the second most expansive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
  • Mount Rushmore

    Mount Rushmore
    Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore, a batholith in the Black Hills in Keystone, South Dakota, United States. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 with the help of his son, Lincoln Borglum.
  • The attack on Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor
    Who-Japanese and America
    What-bombed Pearl Harbor
    Where-Hawaii
    When-December 7, 1941.
    Why-surprise to try and win war
  • The internment of Japanese Americans

    The internment of Japanese Americans
    Who-Japanese
    What-sent to internment camps
    Where- America mostly west coast
    When- 1941 December
    Why- because they thought they were spies because of Pearl Harbor
  • The Battle of the Coral Sea

    The Battle of the Coral Sea
    Who-imperial Japanese, America,Australia
    What -naval and it force battle
    Where-pacific ocean
    When-4 to 8 of may 1942
    Why-In an attempt to strengthen its defensive position in the South Pacific, the Japanese decided to invade and occupy Port Moresby
  • Rosie the riveter

    Rosie the riveter
  • Rationing

    Rationing
  • Invasion of italy

    Invasion of italy
  • Helsinki

    Helsinki
    The capital of Finland, Helsinki was bombed several times during World War II. Between 1939–1944 Finland was subjected to a number of bombing campaigns by the Soviet Union. The largest raids were three raids in February 1944
  • D-day

    D-day
    6 June 1944
  • Kamikaze

    Kamikaze
    Who-Japanese
    What-suicide bombers
    Where-japan
    When-October 1944
    Why- more efficient
  • Berlin blockade

    Berlin blockade
    Who-Soviet union and western allies
    What- blocked railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
    When-June 1948
    Why-international crisis