1940 - 1949 timeline

By e.evans
  • selective service

    selective service

    selective service act signed. the first official network television broadcast is put out by NBC.
  • WWII

    WWII

    germany attacks the balkans and russia. japanese surprise attack on u.s fleet at pearl harbor brings u.s into WWII; u.s and britain declare war on japan. manhattan project (atomic bomb research) begins.
  • holocaust

    holocaust

    nazi leaders attend wannsee conference to coordinate the "final solution to the jewish question", the systematic genocide of jews known as the holocaust.
  • casablanca

    casablanca

    churchill and roosevelt hold casablanca conference
  • invading

    invading

    allies invade normandy on d-day
  • holocaust (end)

    holocaust (end)

    hitler commits suicide on april 30th and germany surrenders may 7th
  • expansion

    expansion

    winston churchill's "iron curtain" speech warns of soviet expansion
  • treaties

    treaties

    peace treaties for italy, romania, bulgaria, hungary, finland signed in paris
  • war

    war

    verdict in japanese war trial; 18 imprisoned
  • harry truman

    harry truman

    truman proposes point four program to help worlds less developed areas