1940s Timeline

  • Jeep invented

    Jeep invented
  • Mount Rushmore finished

    Mount Rushmore finished
  • Italy joins allies

    Italy joins allies
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
  • Bataan death march

    Bataan death march
  • 1943

    1943
  • D-Day

    D-Day
  • First German V1 and V2 rockets fired

    First German V1 and V2 rockets fired
  • U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Germany surrenders

    Germany surrenders
  • United Nations founded

    United Nations founded
  • FDR dies

    FDR dies
  • Winston Churchhill "Iron Curtain' speech

    Winston Churchhill "Iron Curtain' speech
  • Gandhi Assasinated

    Gandhi Assasinated
  • China Becomes Communist

    China Becomes Communist