1940's

  • Battle Of The Atlantic

    Battle Of The Atlantic

    The longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945
  • Rationing

    Rationing

    Allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity)
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
  • Japanese Internment

    Japanese Internment

  • Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding

    Anne Frank Goes Into Hiding

  • Rosie The Riveter

    Rosie The Riveter

  • Invasion Of Italy

    Invasion Of Italy

    Location: Salerno, Calabria and Taranto, Italy. The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy
  • Ball Point Pens Go On Sale

    Ball Point Pens Go On Sale

  • Korematsu vs. US

    Korematsu vs. US

  • FDR Dies

    FDR Dies

  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

  • Cold War

    Cold War

    Tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine