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Germany Annexes Austria, Third Reich
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Manhattan Project Begins
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Germany Invades Poland, beginning World War II
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The Neutrality Act is passed; favors the Allies
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Roosevelt wins his third term, USA
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Germany invades the Soviet Union {6/22/1941 --> 12/5/1941}
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
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United States enters WWII
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Internment of Japanese Americans begins
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Japan drives British out of Burma
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Battle of Midway {6/4/1942 --> 6/7/1942}
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Americans begin assault on Guadalcanal
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Germans surrender at Stalingrad
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Allied Forces invade Italy
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D-Day landing in France
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Nazi death camps liberated
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Bombing of Hiroshima
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Bombing of Nagasaki
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World War II ends
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Nuremberg war crimes trials