1940's timeline Project

  • Battle of the Atlantic

    Battle of the Atlantic
  • Al Pacino

    Al Pacino
    great actor was born
  • Lou Gehrig Dies

    Lou Gehrig Dies
    Yankee great Lou Gehrig Dies
  • Yankees win world series

    Yankees win world series
    Yankees win sixth world series over Brooklyn dodgers
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    An attack on a United States Naval Base in Hawaii a U.S. Territory at the time by the Empire of Japan and the goal was to Destroy the Whole fleet so Japan could move across the specific however it was unsuccessful. The next day America declared war upon the empire.
  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Japanese Internment Camps
    Japanese Americans were removed from their homes and thrown into internment camps during World War 2 as FDR felt it was necessary for the protection of the American People after the attack on Pearl harbor from the Japanese Empire.
  • Rosie the Riviter

    Rosie the Riviter
    The first day a published picture Of "Rosie" a female doing factory work for WWII equipment came out in may and from there on out the rest of the war and many more years "Rosie" represented women rights and their ability to work outside the house.
  • Invasion of Italy

    Invasion of Italy
  • D-Day

    D-Day
    A large scale invasion on the beaches of Normandy France by America, Great Britain, and Canada and the goal was to take back France from the Nazis.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
  • Okinawa

    Okinawa
  • Heroshima

    Heroshima
    Was the first city in Japan to be struck with a Nuclear bomb dropped by the U.S. in an effort to stop the war.
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki