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VE Day
Great Britain and the U.S. celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe,put out flags and banner,rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi. -
Germany invaded Poland
Nazi propagandists falsely clamied that Poland had been planning with it's allies Great Britain and France, to dismember Germanry and that poles were persecuting ethic Germans. -
Sitzkrieg
It refers to the period of time in ww2 after the Blitkrieg attack on Poland nothing seemed to happen -
France fell to Germany
Low morale and superior German equipment play a part in the French defeat. However the French biggest problem was that the Germany ignore Maginot Line but attack throught an neutral countries. -
Battle of Britain
The battle of Britain was the successful defense of Great Britain against unremitting and destructive air raids conducted by German air craft. -
Destroyers-For-Bases Deal
It was an agreement between the U.S. and the UK that the U.S. would give 50 mothballed destroyers in exchange for land rights on British Possessions. -
American First Commmitte
There was influential political pressure group in the U.S that opposed aid to the Allies in WW2. -
Congress Instituted the Draft
It was under the Selective training and service act which first started the draft. In WW2 all men between the age 18 and 37 to register for the draft -
Four Freedoms
In this speech Roosevelt proposed four points as fundamental freedoms humans "everywhere in the world" freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. -
Lend-Lease
It was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during WW2. -
Japanese Attack on Peal Harbor
The bomb on Pearl Harbor killed more than 2,300 and completely destroyed the American battleship U.S.S Arizona and capsized U.S.S Arizona. This event brought the U.S into WW2 -
USS Kearny Attacked
The ship was torpedoed on her starboard side by a German U boat while on patrol off Greenland but did not sink. -
Reuben James Sank
Reuben James was sunk while escorting a convey from Hailfax Nova Scotia. This was the first ship destroy by the axis powers. -
Battle of Bataan
Following the attack of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese bombers struck the Philippine island of Luzon, forcing the Americans to retreat to the Bataan Peninsula. The U.S. held out for 4 mouths before surrounding. -
Battan Death March
The Surrendered Filipinos and Americans were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to march 65 miles from Mariveles to the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula. -
Battle of Coral Sea
This battle was the first carrier versus carrier battle in history, This battle was turning point due the Allies manage to stop the Japanese advance -
Battle of Midway
This was one of the most decisive naval battles of WW2. Thanks to code breakings the U.S. manage to counter Japan planed Ambush. The allies won and manage to inflict permanent damage. -
Battle of El-Alamein
The First Battle of El-Alamein ended up in a stalemate however the second battle was decisive and it marked the beginning of the end for the Axis in North Africa. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War 2. This battle is infamous as being one of the largest,longest and bloodiest in modern warfare. This turned the tide in the Allied favor. -
Tehran Conference
It was a meeting between Franklin D Roosevelt.Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. The discussion centered on the opening of a "second front" in western Europe. -
Manhattan Project Begins
President Roosevelt authorized the formation of the Manhattan project to combine various research efforts with the goal weaponizing nuclear energy -
Casablanca Conference
Franklin D.Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and their respective military chiefs and aids planned future global military strategy for the western allies. -
Island Hopping Campaign Begins
This was a strategy to establish a line of overlapping island bases, and air control. The ideas was to capture certain key islands one after another until Japan came in range of American bombers -
D-Day
This battle had American,British, and Canadian forces land on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. This invasion was one the largest amphibious military assaults in history. This was a major turning point in the war for the Allies. -
McAuthur returns
After Advancing island by island across the pacific ocean MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte fulfilling his promise to return to area he was forced to flee -
Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler attempted to split the Allied Armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Adennes to Antwerp. The Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge. -
FDR elected to a 4 term
He was the only president to have mange to ran for 4 terms. The 22 amendment limit all future president to an maximum of two elected terms in office. -
Yalta Conference
It was the second wartime meeting of Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the conference the three leaders to make Germany's unconditional surrender and began plans for post-war world. -
Battle of Two Jima
The Battle of lwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan. Neither the U.S army nor the U.S navy was able to use lwo Jima as s staging area. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was last major battle of WW2 but one of the bloodiest. This invasion was part of Operation Iceberg a complex plan to invade and occupy Ryukyu Islands plus Okinawa. The battle ended when General Cho commited ritual suicide. -
FDR died/Harray Truman became president
FDR passes away after four terms in office leaving vice president Harry S. Truman in charge of a country still fighting WW2. It was not untill FDR died did Truman learned the truth of the Manhattan Project. -
Potsdam Conference
Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman met inf Germany to negotiate terms for the end of WW2. The major issue at Potsdam was how to handle Germany. -
Little boy drops on Hiroshima
The U.S drops an atomic bomb o the city of Hiroshima. This was know as "little bomb" it was a uranium gun type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force -
Fat man Dropped on Nagasaki
Fat Man was the second plutonium implosion type bomb.This was the second nucleus weapon used in war. The bomb detonated over 1,800 ft above Nagasaki. It had the power of 20,000 tons of tnt. -
VJ day
The term stands for victory over Japan. It been used for Japanese surrender unconditional to the allies which effect ended World War 2. The term has also been used for Japanese formal surrender took place aborad the U.S.S Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay -
Nuremberg Trails
They were a series of 13 trials carried out Nuremberg Germany with the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. The Nuremberg trails are now regarded as a millstone toward the establishment of a permanent international court. -
Japanese War Crimes Trails
The international military tribunals for the Far east begins hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during WWII.
