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Nazi Germany Invaded Poland
This was a combined invasion from Nazi Germany, the Free City of Danzig, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent. This invasion marked the beginning of World War II. -
Sitzkreig
Sitzkreig refers to the 8 month period of time where no large military actions took place. -
France Fell to Germany
France signed an armistice with Germany, surrendering to them. -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain was the second World War defense of the United Kingdom against the German Air Force. -
Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
The agreement was between the UK and the US. In this deal, 50 US Navy destroyers were sent to the Royal Navy from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
The Burke-Wadsworth Act was passed by Congress, and the first peacetime draft in the United States was imposed and the registration of men between the ages of 21 and 36 began -
America First Committee Launched
The America First Committee was a group formed to prevent America from entering into WWII. -
Four Freedoms
President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed four fundamental freedoms that people everywhere should have: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. -
Lend-Lease Act
The Lend-Lease Act allowed military aid to Britain which allowed the sale, lease, transfer, or exchange of arms and supplies to "any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the United States." -
USS Kearny Attacked
The USS Kearny was a WWII United States Navy warship. "She" was torpedoed by a German U-boat before the US had entered the war. The ship survived, but many didn't. -
Reuben James Sank
The USS Reuben James was the first United States Navy ship sunk by hostile action in the European theater of World War II. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii, Hawaii territory, It killed over 2300 Americans. -
Battle of Bataan
The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. -
Bataan Death March
After surrender of the Bataan Peninsula to the Japanese, the approx. 75000 Filipino and American troops were forced to walk 65 miles to the prison camp. -
Battle of Coral Sea
The Battle of Coral Sea was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Naval and Airforces from the US and Australia. -
Battle of Midway
US Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Japanese Navy. Took place in the Pacific Theater -
Battle of Stalingrad
A decisive Soviet victory over the German 6th army. -
Manhattan Project Began
A research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons. -
Battle of El Alamein
North African campaign between the forces of the British Empire and the German-Italian army. Took place in Egypt. -
Casablanca Conference
Meeting in French Morocco to plan the Allied European strategy. Attended by President Roosevelt and British Pime Minister Winston Churchill. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
Strategy to capture an island and use it as a base to capture the next island. -
Tehran Conference
Meeting between President FDR, Churchill, and Soviet Premier Stalin. -
D-Day
Day when allied troops invaded the beaches of Normandy in France. -
MacArthur Returned to the Philippines
During island hopping, MacArthur fulfilled promise to return to the Phillipine island he was forced to flee in 1942. -
FDR Elected to a 4th Term
He defeated Republican Thomas Dewey and became the only president to serve more than 2 terms. -
Battle of the Bulge
Major German offensive campaign. Germany's last ditch attempt to hault the allied drive on Berlin. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting of Churchill, FDR, and Stalin near end of war. They decided to make Germany surrencer unconditionally. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle where US Marines captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army. -
Nuremburg Trials
These trials were held to bring the Nazi war criminals to justice. -
Battle of Okinawa
Fought in Ryukyu Islands. Had the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific. -
FDR Died / Harry Truman Became President
Vice President Harry Truman becomes president after FDR passes away. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day is when the allies accepted Germany's surrender. -
Potsdam Conference
Meeting between Stalin, Churchill, Attlee, and Truman. -
Little Boy Dropped on Hiroshima
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. First atomic bomb used in warfare. -
Fat Man Dropped on Nagasaki
Fat Man was an even stronger atomic bomb than little boy that was dropped on Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
Victoryover Japan Day is the formal surrender ceremony day that was held in Tokyo Bay. -
Japanese War Crime Trials
The International Military Tribunals for the Far East began to hear the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes diring WWII.
