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Japan invades Manchuria
Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. Japan controlled large sections of China. -
Munich Pact
Was an agreement concluded at Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic, and the Kingdom of Italy, It provided "cession to Germany of the Sudeten -
Germany invades Poland
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and rule the east territory. -
Neutrality Acts of 1939
A final Neutrality Act passed. This Act lifted the arms embargo and put all trade with belligerent nations under the terms of “cash-and-carry.” The ban on loans remained in effect, and American ships were barred from transporting goods to belligerent ports. -
Exec Order 8022
executive order enacted on June 25, 1941, by U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt helped to eliminate racial discrimination in the U.S. defense industry and was an important step toward ending it in federal government employment practices overall. -
Atlantic Charter
Was a joint declaration issued during World War II (1939-45) by the United States and Great Britain that set out a vision for the postwar world. -
Lend-Lease Act
Senate passed a $5.98 billion supplemental Lend-Lease Bill on October 23, 1941, bringing the United States one step closer to direct involvement in World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attack had several major aims. First, it intended to destroy important American fleet units -
Exec Order 9066
Issued by President Franklin Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, this order authorized the evacuation of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to relocation centers further inland. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the Anglo-American invasion of French Morocco and Algeria during the North African Campaign of World War II. -
D-Day (invasion of Normandy)
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. -
Korematsu v. United States
Korematsu v. the United States, 323 U.S. 214, was a landmark the United States Supreme Court case upholding the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the West Coast Military Area during World War II. -
Yalta Conference
Held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.